Do Improved Biomass Cookstoves Reduce Fuelwood Consumption and Carbon Emissions?

This paper uses a randomized experimental design with real-time electronic stove temperature measurements and controlled cooking tests to estimate the fuelwood and carbon dioxide savings from an improved cookstove program in the process of being implemented in rural Ethiopia. Knowing more about how households interact with improved cookstoves is important, because cooking uses a majority of the fuelwood in the country and therefore is an important determinant of greenhouse gas emissions and indoor air pollution. Creating local networks among stove users generally appears to increase fuelwood savings, and among monetary treatments the most robust positive effects come from free distribution. The paper estimates that on average one improved stove saves approximately 634 kilograms of fuelwood per year or about 0.94 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year, which is about half of previous estimates. Using the May 2015 California auction price of $13.39/ton, the carbon sequestration from each stove deployed is worth about $12.59. Such carbon market offset revenues would be sufficient to cover the cost of the stove within one year.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Beyene, Abebe, Bluffstone, Randy, Gebreegzhiaber, Zenebe, Martinsson, Peter, Mekonnen, Alemu, Vieider, Ferdinand
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015-06
Subjects:	FOREST DEGRADATION, LPG, WOOD BURNING, TEMPERATURE, CARBON DIOXIDE, FOSSIL FUELS, AIR QUALITY, FOREST MANAGEMENT, BIOMASS FUEL, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, CARBON, REFRIGERATION, COOKING STOVES, DEFORESTATION PRESSURES, EMISSIONS, BIOCHEMISTRY, COLLECTION METHODS, ATMOSPHERE, INCENTIVES, SMOKE, GAS, PRICE, EMISSION REDUCTIONS, AIR, GREENHOUSE GAS, EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS, RENEWABLE BIOMASS, BIOMASS, CARBON FOOTPRINT, CO2, CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, STOVES, ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS, AIR POLLUTION, BIOMASS ENERGY USE, EMISSION FACTOR, ENERGY SOURCES, CO2 EMISSIONS, COOKING, CALORIFIC VALUE, FUEL USE, OPTIONS, WATER, DIFFUSION, CARBON SEQUESTRATION, CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, SURFACE TEMPERATURE, POLLUTION, FORESTRY, ENERGY SECTOR, GAS EMISSIONS, CHEMISTRY, FUEL CONSUMPTION, FUEL SWITCHING, FUELS, EMISSIONS REDUCTION, CARBON EMISSIONS, AGREE, EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS, COOKSTOVE, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, GREENHOUSE, EMISSION, FUELWOOD SUPPLY, FOSSIL FUEL EMISSION, HEAT, FUEL EFFICIENCY, IPCC, CLIMATE CHANGE, COMMERCIAL ENERGY, FOREST COVER, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY, BLACK CARBON, ELECTRICITY, WOOD FUEL, DEFORESTATION, CLIMATE, FORESTS, HEAT RESISTANT, FOSSIL FUEL, EMISSION FACTORS, FUELWOOD, LOGGING, FOREST, INDOOR AIR QUALITY, CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM, CARBON OFFSET, ENERGY USE, ECONOMIC THEORY, COOKSTOVES, BIOMASS FUELS, WOODY BIOMASS, PRIMARY ENERGY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY DEMAND, ENERGY OUTLOOK, FIREWOOD CONSUMPTION, CARBON REDUCTIONS, TONS OF CARBON, EMISSIONS FACTORS, NATURAL GAS, BIOMASS ENERGY, ENERGY CONSERVATION, COMBUSTION, FOREST BIOMASS, BIOMASS COOKING, COAL, BIOMASS COMBUSTION, FUEL, CARBON MARKET, LESS, AVAILABILITY, INVESTMENTS, BIOMASS UTILIZATION, HOUSEHOLD ENERGY, GASES, FUEL SAVINGS, FOREST AREA, KEROSENE, CHARCOAL CONSUMPTION, REDUCED CO2, FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, CARBON EMISSION, FOSSIL, APPROACH, AMBIENT TEMPERATURE, BENEFITS, ENERGY,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24684329/improved-biomass-cookstoves-reduce-fuelwood-consumption-carbon-emissions-evidence-rural-ethiopia-using-randomized-treatment-trial-electronic-monitoring https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22193
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