Four months ago we asked you to help us kickstart our renewable fuels and energy efficiency project in Uganda. And you did! We collected almost $6,500 for our project!
This message is our progress report to you, our donors, our investors.
Rubaare: Project update in pictures Read More »
Back when The Charcoal Project was a getting its web chops we covered what we thought was a fantastic idea from a startup company called BioLite. The idea was simple: produce a stove that can reduce emissions, cut down on fuel use while also charging a cell phones or power other small electronics. We’re thrilled to see the company finally get some respect. Congratulations BioLite!
A startup cookstove with a killer app gets a big boost Read More »
With a hat tip to WASHplus/IAP Updates, below are abstracts of selected articles from the Dec 2011 issue of Energy Policy dedicated to Clean Cooking Fuels and Technologies in Developing Economies (Link to all articles in the December 2011 issue) Item 1 – Authors: Min Bikram Malla, Nigel Bruce, Elizabeth Bates, Eva Rehfuess, Applying global
Research: Clean Cooking Fuels & Technologies in Developing Economies Read More »
Greenpeace Canada just released a report that questions the country’s current wood energy industry, its practices, and its impact on the environment and climate change. The report suggests that “burning woody biomass on an industrial scale could severely harm Canada’s public forests and further contribute to the global climate crisis.”
Read the report and tell us what YOU think!
Greenpeace Canada: Biomass energy is a real “Biomess” Read More »
* Are you considering a stove project that includes charcoal or fuel briquettes?
* Do you know why the impact of woodfuel on the environment is smaller than charcoal?
* Did you know you can create micro grids in rural areas using improved charcoal kilns?
* Did you know that Dar es Salaam consumes enough charcoal each year to fill a swimming pool as long as the distance between Paris and London?
The Charcoal Project is guest-editing the upcoming issue of the Partnership for Clean Indoor Air‘s bulletin on charcoal and alternative solid biomass fuels.
So you wanna know about charcoal, eh? Read More »
In researching the fuel briquette solutions, we discovered there were multiple options available and no decision tree on how to choose between them. The Charcoal Project team spent the first six months researching and talking to developers, implementers, manufacturers and others with experience in the field.
Our research eventually led us to Isaac Owor, founder of EnviroCoal, a fuel-briquette manufacturer based in the capital, Kampala.
Postcard from Rubaare: A man, a problem, a solution. Read More »
Recent news out of Uganda about the displacement of tens of thousands of people from their land to make way for a large-scale biofuel plantations raises question about governmental oversight and corporate social responsibility on the part of of foreign investors.
It is all the more urgent that African nations, with the help of appropriate international agencies, begin putting place the regulatory framework that will lead to the responsible and sustainable exploitation of wood energy resources in the context of low-carbon economic growth and high-value export generation.
Wood Energy in Africa: the next gold rush? Read More »
The PCIA latest bulletin focuses on biogas for both household and institutional use, and presents the local, national and regional-level efforts to promote its use in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Biogas-promoting organizations with decades of experience share their strategies for partnership-building, education and training, innovative solutions to financing, and marketing biogas’s added benefits.
PCIA bulletin: Biogas for Household & Institutional Use Read More »
Absent in the majority of the speeches we heard at last week’s summit of African Energy Ministers in Johannesburg were references to biomass, either as a renewable fuel with the potential to deliver significant energy for economic growth, or for its contribution to sub-Saharan Africa’s energy balance.
The black sheep in Africa’s renewable energy family Read More »
Are you interested in learning more technical details on how to access carbon finance for your cookstove project? Have you heard about The Gold Standard (GS) Foundation’s new methodology for cookstove projects, and want to learn more about it?
If so, register today for the Partnership for Clean Indoor Air (PCIA) webinar entitled “Innovations in Version 3 of the Gold Standard Methodology” on September 27, 2011.
Webinar: All about new carbon finance methodology for cookstoves 27/9/11 Read More »
The Charcoal Project will present a roadmap for sustainable charcoal production and consumption in Africa at a summit of the continent’s Energy Ministers next week in Johannesburg.
The Charcoal Project to unveil sustainable charcoal plan to Africa’s Energy Ministers Read More »
This is a quick note to thank all those of you who helped us raise almost $4,500 from 60 donors to kick off our Biomass Energy Efficiency Project in Rubaare, Uganda.
Can we fundraise? Yes, we can! Thank you for believing in us! Read More »
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