Improved Cook Stove Project 1, Nkhata Bay District, Malawi

  • Energy efficiency
Registered: VCS (V3937)

The project involves dissemination of the Changu Changu Moto high efficiency biomass cook stoves to approximately 19,000 households in Nkhata Bay District, Malawi. The project is being developed under the small scale CDM methodology AMS- II.G. Energy efficiency measures in thermal applications of non-renewable biomass, version 5. The Changu Changu Moto is a low cost, high efficiency biomass fired cook stove developed through extensive trials with the local communities and is specifically designed for local Malawian conditions. The stove is constructed from locally available materials and does not require specialist construction skills or equipment. The stove design is a brick rocket stove, constructed using 26 mud bricks and a mud mortar mix. The Chichewan name Changu Changu Moto translates to “Fast Fast Fire”, and reflects one of the main benefits of the improved cook stove in reducing cooking time and saving wood fuel. The Changu Changu Moto improved cook stove will replace the low efficiency 3-stone fire stove, which is the dominant firewood end-use system for cooking within Malawi. Emission reductions are achieved through improving household energy efficiency and thus reducing the consumption of non-renewable woody biomass

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