Adoption of Clean Cooking Stoves and Operational Model in India

The Need – Global Scenario

Nearly 3 billion people each day cook on open fires or rudimentary cook stoves that are fuelled by coal or solid biomass such as wood leading to a wide variety of environmental problems.

Black carbon, which results from incomplete combustion, is estimated to contribute the equivalent of 25 to 50 percent of carbon dioxide warming globally.

The unsustainable collection of wood for charcoal production can contribute to mud-slides, loss of watershed, and desertification, pressures on regional food security and agricultural productivity.

Reliance on inefficient cook stoves and fuels leads to health (emphysema, cataracts, cancer, heart disease, etc.) and economic burdens that disproportionately impact women and girls, particularly because cooking and fuel collection.

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that exposure to smoke from the simple act of cooking is the fifth worst risk factor for disease in developing countries, and causes almost two million premature deaths per year – exceeding deaths attributable to malaria or tuberculosis.

Source: http://www.cleancookstoves.org/

The Need – Scenario in India

An urgent need of sustainable energy for cooking needs and agricultural processing.

72% of all households in India rely on traditional energies for their cooking needs. Over 89% of these households are in rural areas.

In households, women and children are often exposed to high levels of pollutants, for 3 to 7 hours daily, over many years.

Interest in household energy dissipated in the 1990s as the development focus shifted toward rural electrification.

The need for improved cooking stoves to reach nearly 120 million rural and semi-urban households of India persists.

The following issues are to be addressed now:

• Research and development of new designs• Delivery models• Fuel processing and supply• Issues related to community stoves• Testing protocols and performance standards

The Basis

Employment

Energy

Educatio

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Rural Empowerment Sustainable Rural Development

Skills & Wisdom

Sustainable & Clean

Livelihood & Satisfaction

15/04/2023ETHOS 2013

Rural Customer, not just a beneficiary!

Operational Model in India

An innovative Business Model is being developed.

It includes

Field studies to assess the ground realities

Studying present status of biomass cooking stoves used in the field

Users response to switch over to cleaner stoves

Their willingness to pay for the same in part or in full, in one go or in installments etc.

Cooking systems - Sustainable and low cost fuel supply

Business Development & Tech Support – Certified cook stove design, Pilot scale, Customer Referrals, Mela & Expo sales, Customized designs for scale & fuel type, Brand Awareness, Environmental Impact Awareness, Local Fabrication Units, Franchise Model

Financial Support – MNRE, NGOs, Developmental Organizations, MFI, SHGs

Customer Support – Ready-to-use processed Fuel Supply, Local Market outlet, Fuel Home Delivery, Warranty, Door step Demos, Cooking classes & competitions, Biomass Exchanges

Local Man Power – Graduates, Diploma holders, Polytechnic degree holders, Unskilled labour

Trend Analysis – NSSO, Market Prices, Export Import Prices and demand, MoPNG

The Solution

Compelling Value Proposition

Towards local self sufficiency

Customer Support like never before

Access to education & usage of clean fuel

One Stop Shop for all cooking energy needs Zero carbon & Zero waste economic model

Provides Employment to women & rural households

Flexible Solutions with no capital cost for customers

Let us together end this drudgery and bring prosperity to Rural Communities!!