Urban households in low-and middle-income countries (LAMICs) face the challenge of
finding affordable, reliable and sustainable cooking fuel supplies. Most city residents use …

The production, use and trade of charcoal for domestic cooking and heating are
characterized by contradictions, stereotyping, and misconceptions. Partial information, over …

With almost 7,700 Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects and almost 300
programmes of activities (PoAs) registered and more than 1.6 billion Certified Emissions …

Paddy fields emit considerable amounts of methane (CH4), which is a potent greenhouse
gas (GHG) and, thereby, causes significant environmental impacts, even as they generate …

Charcoal is an important source of renewable biomass and has great industrial importance
as a bio-thermo-reducer in the production of pig iron and steel. To increase the quality and …

Charcoal briquettes are solid fuel made from carbonized biomass, or densified biomass that
is subsequently carbonized. In spite of clear advantages of charcoal briquettes that include …

Charcoal is an important source of renewable energy with great industrial importance as a
bio-thermo-reducer in the production of pig iron and steel. To increase the quality and yield …

Brazil is the largest producer of charcoal, specifically for obtaining pig iron, basic raw
material for the production of steel. Charcoal production is an economically important activity …

Most of the Brazilian charcoal is produced in rudimentary kilns without greenhouse gas
emissions (GHG) control. The furnace-kiln system, which allows the burning of methane …

Chars were obtained by the pyrolysis of waste wood samples of different origin–silver fir
(Abies alba), holm oak (Quercus ilex), stone pine (Pinus pinea) and Pyrenean oak (Quercus …