Emergency Funds for Fuel Providers The Charcoal Project (TCP) is raising funds to provide micro grants to fuel providers struggling with COVID 19 restrictions. TCP will dedicate all funds raised in conjunction with the Giving Tuesday Now campaign to help entrepreneurs with payroll and other necessary expenditures. The travel and transportation bans in East Africa […]
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Clean Energy Companies Turn to Bamboo as a Renewable Resource Use of Wood Fuel is Still Prevalent Over 80% of sub-Saharan Africans are still relying on wood or wood charcoal for household energy needs. A large swath of the population still lack access to affordable modern cooking fuels, like electricity, LPG or ethanol. Dependence on
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The Charcoal Project is pleased to sponsor a Charcoal Briquette Industry Networking Event in Kampala, Uganda, on January 29th, 2020 Come join us for an afternoon of learning and sharing in the sector. Great chance to network with your peers! For producers and distributors of carbonized briquettes. Featured speakers from CIRCODU, UNSB and
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The Charcoal Project has been working with Accenture Development Partnerships and the Clean Cooking Alliance on a new project to develop a price index for cooking fuel. In sub-Saharan Africa, charcoal prices vary greatly, by location, quality and time of year, which puts a strain on low-income households already lacking energy solutions. The lack of
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TCP and MIT D-Lab are excited to share the report of our October 2018 Convening – Advancing Sustainable cHarcoal Enterprises at Scale (AScHES). This was an amazing week of learning and community building for producers of sustainable biomass briquettes. Knowing that many producers were not able to join our group, we are happy to share
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Pathways to Clean Cooking II – Leaving No One Behind Wexford, England, May 30-31st This conference will explore recent advances and probe continuing challenges. It proposes to focus attention on reaching the furthest behind first, with topics such as: – Households and settings – Evaluating pathways to modern, sustainable cooking energy systems – Impact Based Finance
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Students from D-Lab are doing a study on what makes a quality briquette – please fill out this survey so we can learn how to improve sustainable charcoal alternatives! #sustainablecharcoal #renewableenergy “We are a team from MIT D-Lab Energy class and for our class project, we are exploring what makes a high quality briquette and
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TEWDI uses beekeeping project to teach skills to students. Last year, TCP helped kick start a beekeeping project for the Teso Women Development Initiative (TEWDI), one of our Harvest Fuel Initiative partners. Betty Ikalany, the director of TEWDI, wanted to use beekeeping as a way to generate income for women in Soroti, Uganda. Honey and
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