Rwanda plans cookstoves to cut energy emissions
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In Rwanda, government officials and companies are promoting efficient cookstoves as a key strategy to reduce emissions from the energy sector.
Jean-Pierre Nizeyimana of the Ministry of Environment explained that these stoves could account for 25 percent of the country’s total energy sector emissions reduction, aiming to cut 1.56 million metric tonnes of the 6.24 million tonnes targeted.
The country intends to expand the use of improved cookstoves, increasing their share from 9 percent to 22 percent by 2029 and raising the number of households using them from one million to approximately three million. Ecogreen Solutions Ltd is developing cookstoves that use either firewood or sustainable biomass pellets.
Their pellet stoves, powered by solar or battery energy, achieve 41 percent thermal efficiency, much higher than traditional stoves which typically reach 10 to 20 percent efficiency, reducing fuel waste and emissions. The company also produces firewood stoves with 41 to 43.2 percent efficiency. Rwanda’s climate action plan for 2035 aims for 2.4 million rural households to use improved wood or biomass stoves and 1.2 million urban households to switch to clean cooking technologies like electricity, LPG, and ethanol.
Government officials, like Fidèle Bingwa, emphasize that achieving cleaner air requires collaboration and practical solutions.
