Efficient Charcoal Stove to Reduce Carbon Emission
Country: Philippines
Organisation: JID Engineering Equipment
Technology: Efficient charcoal cookstove
Date submitted: 21 November 2007
Overview
The project is development and mass production of cookstove fuelled by charcoal made from twigs/thinnings of trees, agri-wastes and other biomass. The design takes advantage of materials science by considering the refractive, insulative and radiative property of materials, enhanced by stove architecture for maximum heat transfer.
Duration(Continuing)
Activities:
1. Prototyping and testing - 3 months
2. Procurements of production equipment - 4 months
3. Construction of building - 3 months
4. Hiring and training of production team - 2 months
5. Operation starts on the 7th month
Cost and financing
Production Equipment/Instrumentation -US 500,000
Land and Building - US 600,000
Working Capital - US 1,000,000
Total US 2,100,000
(Note:Carbon Credit belongs to financier)
Estimates of baseline and emissions displaced
The population of the Philippines is about 85 million with 15.5 million households. Conservatively, about 50% or 7.75 million have earthen or cement cookstove. The calculated charcoal consumption per household is 0.5 kg every day. The total consumption per year is 1,369 million tons of charcoal. At about 80 % carbon that will yield approximately 62 million tons CO2 equivalent/year. A savings of 30% that would mean about 18 million CER's(carbon credit)/year for Philippines only. The stove may be exported to other Southeast Asian countries, or even Africa.
