New IEA report highlights Kenya’s strong progress in expanding access to electricity and clean cooking driven by robust policies and targeted infrastructure investments Kenya is on track to achieve universal electricity access by 2030, as ambitious implementation plans and electrification using clean energy technologies position the country as an economic … [continued]
Women are beginning to emerge as a powerful force for accelerating the renewable energy transition in Africa.
With approximately 950 million people in Africa still reliant on traditional cooking methods, predominantly wood and charcoal, there is a pressing need to disseminate clean cooking technology as fast as possible. Research by the World Health Organization shows that the air pollution created by these methods leads to heart disease, … [continued]
Kenya Power wants to help change this and accelerate cooking with electricity.
There are lots of reasons why induction cooking is better than gas: control, speed, safety, health, and the environment. In our last post, we sang the praises of induction and dug into all the reasons it is crucial for decarbonizing our lives. In this post, we assume you’re sold and … [continued]
New National Geographic series “Secrets of the Elephants” is a stunning piece of visual story telling that has a hidden backstory in the struggle for clean cookstoves.
Renewable energy has a clean power problem in the cookstove area, but help is on the way.
Large-scale efforts and resources have been directed towards low- and middle-income countries to encourage individual households to adopt more efficient clean cooking solutions including improved cookstoves and cleaner fuels. While households initially express enthusiasm for their new stoves, they eventually abandon them.
Envirofit, a for-profit social enterprise, has delivered one million clean cookstoves to customers around the world. These devices save money by decreasing annual fuel costs and they reduce exposure to household air pollution, which is a leading cause of death globally. According to the World Health Organization, in 2012 4.3 … [continued]
Social enterprise Envirofit tallies up the benefits created by its sale of one million clean cookstoves in the developing world.
