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Potential and prospects of improved cook stoves
in Zimbabwe

• Dr Godfrey Chikowore Post Doctoral Fellow
  Tafadzwa Makonese, Harold AnnegarnSeTAR
  Centre, Department of Geography, Environmental
  Management and Energy Studies, University of
  Johannesburg
• DUE, CPUT, 11-12 April 2011

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Key Questions

• Introduction
• What is the argument?
• Purpose of the argument?
• What is the energy policy in Zimbabwe?
• What challenges face widespread use of improved
  cook stoves in Zimbabwe?
• What is the outcome (alternatives and
  recommendations)?
• What are the inherent possibilities in
  perspective?

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Introduction

• Socio-economic and political meltdown from mid
  1990 through to 2000 decade (Aggregate impact
  ESAP ZDERA ZANU PF MDC M MDCT)
• Power sector in rural and urban areas adversely
  affected (investments not forthcoming)
• National Power Utility ZESA conceded inability
  and opens sector private investors

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Introduction continued

• Fuel wood common source of domestic fuel in
  rural and urban (collected free generally cheaply
  obtainable)
• Protracted energy- blackouts for hours/ days/
  weeks and months compel people to resort to fuel
  wood to meet daily energy needs (cooking,
  lighting, heating)

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Introduction continued

• continued powerblackouts reflect states failure
  to invest in electricity and renewable energy
  technologies
• State failure to capitalize on regional,
  continental and global energy development
  programs to the best limits
• Scientific community

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What is the argument?

• Extensive routine black outs triggered by the
  1990s Economic Structural Adjustments 2000
  decade socio-economic and political meltdown
• National energy policy makers consider provision
  of modern energy services and technologies a NON
  Priority
• Improved cook stoves potential remains largely
  unexploited (90 rural while 10 urban in high
  density suburbs) Example electrification
  argument less than 10 rural and 90 urban)

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Purpose of the argument?

• highlight marked potential, prospects for
  adoption of improved cook stoves technology in
  Zimbabwes rural and urban communities
• Mobilise and better inform policy makers
  governments academia general public about
  cook-stove technologies competitive capacities
  reduced fuel use reduced energy use
  environmentally user friendliness (health
  improvement) in rural and urban communities

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Introduce new concepts

• improved cook stove biased transformation
• national energy policy
• rural and urban households health
• improved cook stove environmental friendliness.
  

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Questions?