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Rice husk stoves are perhaps one of the simplest and least
costly, pro-poor alternative of all the renewable rural energy
technologies. The traditional metal stove has been locally
manufactured from scrap sheet metal and costing 5 - 10 USD
and can burn loose rice husk and other dry small particle
plant matter very cleanly and efficiently via gasifacation.
In the rural areas of the Indo-gangetic plains farmers usual
use for rice husk is to burn in a smoldering pile at sunset
to produce smoke to keep the mosquito's at bay. In many rural
areas the husk, a by-product of rice milling, is easily available
and even given away by small rice mills. On the main roads
and closer to urban areas the husk is sold to small and large
industries who are using in increasingly efficient boilers
but still much more affordable than petroleum based cook stove
fuel (CNG, LPG, kerosene) or biogas systems.
NAEF with input from Agricultural Engineering Division, Nepal
Agricultural Research Institute locally manufactured and sold
20 pieces in 2004. From that simple beginning reports are
coming that thousands of families in Rupandehi District are
using these simple renew energy stoves. Additionally, NAEF's
proposal to massively scale the adoption of these stoves in
Nepal has made it as a finalist in the World
Bank's Gobal DM2008 competitive grant competition.
Click here
for the updated report on adoption of rice husk stoves
in Rupandehi, Nepal (.pdf format).
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