Comments on: U.S Sentate – Bill to fund pilot program on fuel-efficient stoves http://blogs.washplus.org/iaqupdates/2009/07/u-s-sentate-bill-to-fund-pilot-program-on-fuel-efficient-stoves/ from the WASHplus Project Sat, 19 Sep 2015 07:30:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.4 By: Salim Mayeki Shaban http://blogs.washplus.org/iaqupdates/2009/07/u-s-sentate-bill-to-fund-pilot-program-on-fuel-efficient-stoves/#comment-14 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:03:38 +0000 http://iapnews.wordpress.com/?p=167#comment-14 GOAL OF THE PROJECT
To promote energy conservation, Reduce indoor air pollution and reduce deforestation in the sugar cane growing areas in Western Kenya
Objectives
To Promote TLUD gasifier cookstoves and five biogas planter in Western Kenya
To provide and service 20,000 TLUD gasifier cookstoves and 5,000 fireless stoves..
To train 150 women and youth groups in production, repair and sale of energy saving equipment
To train schools and communities on energy conservation and use of renewable energy technologies.
To develop an energy equipment workshop for production, service and sale of improved cook stoves and energy saving equipment
This project meets the requirements of MDG’s and Partnership for clean indoor air broad objective. The project will support community driven effort and will address environmental threats on local scale within the Nile basin region in the area of development and use of alternative energy and construction materials. In the process of carrying out participatory planning and appraisals for Musamba, Matungu, Kholera and Khalaba, the villagers expressed the desire to get cheap alternative to fuel firewood energy and alternative to open fire 3-stone cooking method. In all this areas, villagers expressed their fears that trees are disappearing and as a result they use farm wastes like maize stalks for firewood. The same should be used to replenish soil fertility after the crop season and should not used in the kitchen as firewood. Others were resorting to cane trash and remnants.
Am very much interested kindly let me hear from you
Regards
Salim

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