The Indian National Initiative for Advanced Biomass Cookstoves: The benefits of clean combustion

Venkataraman, Chandra; Sagar, Ambuj; Habib, Gazala; Lam, Nancy P.; Smith, Kirk R.

doi:10.1016/j.esd.2010.04.005

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“…According to Li and Mae-Wan (2008, p. 1), a 10 m 3 biogas digester "can save 2000 kg of fuel wood, which is equivalent to reforesting 0.26-4 ha". If burned as a cooking fuel, dung-derived biogas can also help to reduce the drudgery of biomass fuel collection as well as the 'indoor air pollution' (Bruce et al 2000;Venkataraman, 2010) associated with biomass fuel because biogas burns without smoke. Women and children are the main beneficiaries of biogas adoption as they are freed from the hazards and discomfort of cooking over smoky fires as well as from the drudgery of collecting cooking fuel, cleaning smoke-blackened cooking pots and disposing of animal dung (Reddy et al, 1995;Shailaja, 2000).…”

Section: Excrement To Energymentioning

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Poo gurus? Researching the threats and opportunities presented by human waste

Jewitt

2011

Applied Geography

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Section: Excrement To Energymentioning

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Poo gurus? Researching the threats and opportunities presented by human waste

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2011

Applied Geography

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“…Enabling institutional and market conditions at local level include the involvement of local institutions, the development of the supply chain for production and after sale services, the use of robust independent monitoring and evaluation tools. A useful illustration of the drivers of success and failure of large-scale national programs for ICS adoption is represented by the Chinese National Improved Stove Program (Smith et al 1993;Sinton et al 2004 ) and the National Program on Improved Chulhas in India (Kishore and Ramana, 2002;Venkataraman et al 2010), respectively.…”

Section: Policies For Fighting Energy Povertymentioning

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Access to modern energy: a review of barriers, drivers and impacts

Bonan¹,

2017

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Universal access to modern energy services, in terms of access to electricity and to modern cooking facilities, has been recognized as a fundamental challenge for development. Despite strong praise for action and the deployment of large-scale electrification programs and improved cookstove (ICS) distribution campaigns, few studies have shed light on the barriers to, the enablers of and the impacts of access to energy on development outcomes, using rigorous methodologies. This paper reviews this recent strand of research, trying to fill these gaps. We focus on the demand-side and household perspective. Our main outcomes of interest are electricity connection and ICS adoption for the analysis of barriers, time allocation, labour market outcomes and welfare for the impact analysis. We provide evidence of significant wellbeing impacts of electrification, and mixed evidence for cookstoves.JEL classification: O1, O13, Q4, Q48

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“…The Indian National Biomass Cookstove Initiative was launched in 2009 by the Indian government to extend the use of clean energy to all the estimated 160 million households that cook with inefficient Biomass [36]. According to study done by the India Institute of Technology, the programs has the potential to avoid 570,000 premature deaths in poor women and children and over 4% of India‫׳‬s estimated greenhouse emissions if the initiative were to take place in 2010 [37].…”

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“…The demand for local biomass energy may exceed the natural re-growth of local resources and causes deforestation from which environmental problems can result. There is evidence that biomass fuels burned in traditional ways contribute to a buildup of greenhouse gases (GHGs) [8], as well as other climate forces, including black carbon (BC), in the atmosphere [9].…”

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A review of improved Cookstove technologies and programs

Urmee

Gyamfi

2014

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Many Cookstove programs have been implemented in many countries around the world. The objectives of these programs have been to reduce fuel use and hence reduce deforestation, and improve the health conditions of users by reducing environmental emissions. Other objectives include improving the social life of people in developing countries and reducing global climate change. The success of improved Cookstove programs has been reported as mixed. While some of the programs have achieved their target objectives, many of them have failed. This paper reviews the literature of improved Cookstove programs around the world. It starts with a review of some selected Cookstove technologies, classified by the types of fuel they burn and whether they are fixed or portable. This is followed by a review of different Cookstove programs, with the objective of finding the factors that determine their success, the form they should take, and the role played by the stakeholders. It is found that the success of the programs depends on the factors such as: compatibility of technical parameters of stoves with social expectations, consistency with local needs and culture, attitude of the users who are often afraid adopting new technology, and the stove cost. Also programs that use a "bottom-up" strategy, where users and local artisans play participatory roles in establishing a self-sustaining industry ensure success of the program.

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The Indian National Initiative for Advanced Biomass Cookstoves: The benefits of clean combustion

Cited by 284 publications

References 29 publications

Poo gurus? Researching the threats and opportunities presented by human waste

Poo gurus? Researching the threats and opportunities presented by human waste

Access to modern energy: a review of barriers, drivers and impacts

A review of improved Cookstove technologies and programs

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