Baseline and Feasibility Assessment for Alternative Cooking Fuels in Senegal
This report was prepared by Practical Action Consulting for the Africa Clean Cooking Energy Solutions (ACCES) initiative of the World Bank. Most of Sub-Saharan Africa continues to rely overwhelmingly on traditional fuels and cooking technologies, b...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/05/19662465/baseline-feasibility-assessment-alternative-cooking-fuels-senegal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18956 |
| Summary: | This report was prepared by Practical
Action Consulting for the Africa Clean Cooking Energy
Solutions (ACCES) initiative of the World Bank. Most of
Sub-Saharan Africa continues to rely overwhelmingly on
traditional fuels and cooking technologies, both of which
are a major cause of death and illness as well as a range of
socio-economic and environmental problems. More than 90 per
cent of the rural population of Senegal relies on solid
fuels (charcoal and firewood in particular, but also dung
and agricultural residues) to meet its household cooking
needs. The primary objective of this study is, (a) to
establish a baseline for the current level of penetration of
four alternative cooking fuels in Senegal in a number of
pre-identified regions, and (b) to assess the feasibility of
adopting them in those regions. The four fuels are
briquettes from charcoal dust and agricultural residues;
ethanol, mainly from sugar cane residue (that is, molasses);
pure plant oil (PPO) from locally grown, oil-bearing plants
such as Jatropha curcas; and a household biogas system using
mainly livestock waste. Against this background, the World
Bank commissioned this study to assess the feasibility of
promoting the use of a number of alternative cooking fuels
in Senegal, which were pre-identified for possible support
under its Sustainable and Participatory Energy Management
Project (PROGEDE II). Four alternative fuels were analysed
in terms of their potential for adoption by households for
cooking, each in a different region of Senegal: (a)
briquettes in Dakar, (b) ethanol in Saint-Louis, (c) biogas
in Kaolack, and (d) pure plant oil (PPO) in Tambacounda. The
study includes a baseline assessment of household cooking
fuels in Senegal, including a number of alternative fuels,
as well as an analysis of their potential supply chains. Its
objective is to inform a range of relevant stakeholders, in
particular the Ministry of Energy and Mines in Senegal, the
World Bank's PROGEDE II, nongovernmental organisations,
investors and private sector companies, about strategies to
increase production of and access to these alternative
fuels. The study also presents important lessons on each
alternative fuel deriving from household surveys in each
region, a review of the relevant literature, interviews with
stakeholder organisations, and focus group discussions (FGDs). |
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