Born to a very poor family, orphaned at a young age, Henry Twinemasiko is providing hope and education to 1,650 schoolchildren in this remote corner of Uganda.
Henry’s next mission is to bring clean-burning biomass fuels and green technology to the schools and the community’s 15,000 inhabitants.
At The Charcoal Project we are proud and humbled to be Henry’s partner.
We can’t wait to see how this ends up! New Cookstove Attachment Uses Loudspeaker Parts to Turn Waste Heat Into Power by Rob Goodier, 03/30/11 as published in Inhabitat Read more: New Cookstove Attachment Uses Waste Heat to Generate Extra Power | Inhabitat – Green Design Will Save the World This innovative new cookstove attachment
Space-probe technology to generate electricity from biomass-burning stoves? Read More »
“Whatever you can do or imagine, begin it; boldness has beauty, magic, and power in it.” – Goethe We were giddy with excitement and full of dreams when we launched The Charcoal Project in late 2009. But the truth is we had no idea what awaited us. Now, almost a year and half later —
The Charcoal Project goes boots-on-the-ground in Uganda Read More »
Last month at the PCIA conference in Peru we had a chance to learn about the very interesting work GIZ (the German Development Agency) is doing on sustainable and renewable solid biomass initiatives in developing countries. The representatives we met (Marlis, Lisa, and Verena) were kind enough to share valuable information, like this paper on
A perspective on Carbon Markets for Wood Energy Projects Read More »
Clean cookstoves as covered by National Public Radio in the United States. NPR/February 9th, 2011 By Martin Kaste Almost half the world still cooks its food with solid fuels, such as wood and charcoal. The results are deforestation and black carbon, which contributes to global warming. And smoke-related disease kills an estimated 1.6 million people
NPR: Engineers Hone Clean-Energy Stoves For The World Read More »
Combined sources based on the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) report: Bundles of energy: The case for renewable biomass energy New technologies can convert trees to liquid and gaseous fuel 30 per cent of global energy to come from this source by 2050 Developing nations have an untapped resource that would enable them
NEWS: Wood, charcoal, viable energy sources – report Read More »
Via Climate Change News, a online publication of EESI (Environmental & Energy Study Institute) New Research Predicts Less Precipitation for East Africa as Global Temperatures Rise On March 4, a study published in Climate Dynamics predicted that droughts common in eastern Africa are likely to continue if global temperatures rise further. Researchers studied temperature, windspeed,
East Africa, droughts, and the impact on biomass availability Read More »
“Delivering efficient, clean energy to those who lack electricity is not as daunting as it sounds.” — Prof. Daniel M. Kammen, The World Bank Whether it was the topic at hand, or the possibility of catching a bite to eat, it was standing-room-only at a lunch-time panel last Monday at the UNDP offices in New
Do you live in a country where people rely on charcoal or woodfuel for cooking and heating? Are you seeing the impact of unsustainable charcoal production and woodfuel consumption? Maybe you see it in the degradation of the local environment? Or perhaps you see it in the growing price of woodfuel or even charcoal itself.
Got a charcoal story to tell? Read More »
At the invitation of the government of Peru, the PCIA hosted its fifth biennial international forum outside the capital during the last week of February.
The Charcoal Project was especially thrilled to be able to speak with program managers, carbon finance experts, manufacturers, and policy-makers.
We learned many things after speaking and listening to so many people. What follows is a tiny sampling.
Top 10 things I learned at the PCIA forum in Lima Read More »
Postcard from Digital Frontier I knew things had gone well for The Charcoal Project after attending the amazing PCIA conference in Lima last week. But I wasn’t prepared for the onslaught of traffic we began receiving early Monday morning. What was it? Was it my presentation on our visionary Biomass Energy Efficiency Project (BEEP) in
Lost Kittens, or, How Bollywood ate my traffic Read More »
OPINION How many economists do you know that you can call a rock star or a superhero? In our books, Fatih Birol, Chief Economist at the IEA (International Energy Agency) is up there with Superman and Captain Planet. That’s because no economist out there has so tirelessly advocated for help for the 3 billion people
IEA: Providing electricity and sustainable energy for all is within reach. Read More »
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