The current status, challenges and prospects of using biomass energy in Ethiopia

NE Benti, GS Gurmesa, T Argaw, AB Aneseyee… - Biotechnology for …, 2021 - Springer
Despite enormous challenges in accessing sustainable energy supplies and advanced
energy technologies, Ethiopia has one of the world's fastest growing economies. The …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 impacts on household energy & food security in a Kenyan informal settlement: The need for integrated approaches to the SDGs

M Shupler, J Mwitari, A Gohole, RA de Cuevas… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
This longitudinal study presents the joint effects of a COVID-19 community lockdown on
household energy and food security in an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. Randomly …

Pathways to clean cooking fuel transition in low and middle income Sub-Saharan African countries: The relevance of improving energy use efficiency

M Murshed - Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Most of the Sub-Saharan African countries are heavily reliant on unclean cooking
fuels due to facing multifaceted difficulties in overcoming such monotonic cooking fuel …

Modelling of supply and demand-side determinants of liquefied petroleum gas consumption in peri-urban Cameroon, Ghana and Kenya

M Shupler, J Mangeni, T Tawiah, E Sang, M Baame… - Nature Energy, 2021 - nature.com
Household transitions to cleaner cooking fuels (for example, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG))
have historically been studied from a demand perspective, with clean energy usage …

[HTML][HTML] Empowerment or employment? Uncovering the paradoxes of social entrepreneurship for women via Husk Power Systems in rural North India

T Sahrakorpi, V Bandi - Energy Research & Social Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Men continue to dominate the supply-side narratives of energy access projects, leaving an
unexplored gap in gendered organizations. To fill this gap, the article utilises interviews with …

Sustained uptake of LPG as cleaner cooking fuel in rural India: Role of affordability, accessibility, and awareness

P Kumar, RK Rao, NH Reddy - World Development Perspectives, 2016 - Elsevier
India is witnessing gradual increase in domestic consumption of LPG for past few decades.
As a part of journey towards low carbon economy, a concerted push is been given towards …

Experimental evaluation of electric clean cooking options for rural areas of developing countries

YB Aemro, P Moura, AT de Almeida - Sustainable Energy Technologies …, 2021 - Elsevier
Worldwide, about 3 billion people, mainly located in rural areas, do not have access to clean
cooking, due to lack of electricity access, low availability and affordability of clean cooking …

Facilitators and barriers to improved cookstove adoption: a community-based cross-sectional study in Northwest Ethiopia

MM Adane, GD Alene, ST Mereta… - Environmental Health and …, 2020 - Springer
Background Among the environmental risk factors, household air pollution exposure from
traditional cooking practices is one of the biggest killers globally, which mainly impacts …

Sustained uptake of clean cooking practices in poor communities: role of social networks

P Kumar, L Igdalsky - Energy research & social science, 2019 - Elsevier
Around 3 billion people across the world rely on the use of traditional fuels for their energy
needs. Nearly all are poor and a majority use traditional inefficient cookstoves that partially …

Widening inequities in clean cooking fuel use and food security: compounding effects of COVID-19 restrictions and VAT on LPG in a Kenyan informal urban settlement

M Shupler, D Menya, E Sang… - Environmental …, 2022 - pubishingsupport.iopscience.iop.org
Universal access to cleaner cooking fuels (including liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)) is a key
target of Sustainable Development Goal 7. Currently, approximately 40 million Kenyans rely …