Tracking the Adoption of Electric Pressure Cookers among Mini-Grid Customers in Tanzania
Tracking the Adoption of Electric Pressure Cookers among Mini-Grid Customers in Tanzania
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跟踪坦桑尼亚迷你电网客户对电压力锅的采用情况
作者：
Ansila Kweka;Anna Clements;M. Bomba;Nora Schürhoff;Joseph Bundala;Erick Mgonda;Mattias Nilsson;Elliot Avila;N. Scott
“电炊具是否是小型电网的可行清洁烹饪解决方案？”为了帮助回答这个问题，能源获取研究所（A2 EI）在坦桑尼亚维多利亚湖周围的六个不同的微型电网位置建立了一个试点项目，并为100户家庭提供了一个电压力锅（EPC）。每个EPC都连接到一个智能电表，以收集有关EPC使用情况的数据。本文介绍了围绕A2 EI试点项目设计的一项研究的结果，该项目旨在了解烹饪实践，随着时间的推移采用电烹饪，并评估电烹饪替代传统烹饪燃料的潜力。通过与现代能源烹饪服务（MECS）计划，Nexleaf Analytics和PowerGen的合作，该试点已经生成了来自六个偏远地区的92个家庭的电能消耗数据，以及从其中两个地区的28个家庭收集的其他数据集。本文对这些数据进行了初步分析。它首先分析了这些社区的烹饪实践--菜肴、烹饪用具和燃料的选择。它继续研究燃料堆积行为，最后，它研究了人们如何将EPC整合到他们的烹饪实践中，然后突出与使用EPC相关的关键影响。原始研究问题的答案将对不同的利益相关者有用，如公用事业公司，微型电网运营商，电动烹饪用具制造商，清洁烹饪部门和国际组织。
“Are electric cooking appliances viable clean cooking solutions for mini-grids?” To help answer this question, the Access to Energy Institute (A2EI) set up a pilot project in six different mini-grid locations around Lake Victoria in Tanzania and gave 100 households an electric pressure cooker (EPC) to use in their homes. Each EPC was connected to a smart meter to collect data on how the EPCs were used. The paper presents findings from a study designed around the A2EI pilot project that aims to provide an understanding of cooking practices, the adoption of electric cooking over time, and to assess the potential for electric cooking to substitute traditional cooking fuels. Through collaboration with the Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) program, Nexleaf Analytics, and PowerGen, the pilot has generated data on electrical energy consumption from 92 households in six remote areas as well as a comprehensive range of other datasets gathered from 28 households in two of the locations. This paper presents a preliminary analysis of this data. It starts with an analysis of cooking practices in these communities—dishes cooked, utensils used for cooking, and choice of fuels. It goes on to examine fuel stacking behavior, and finally, it examines how people have integrated EPCs into their cooking practices before the highlighting key impacts associated with using EPCs. The answer to the original research question will be useful for different stakeholders such as utility companies, mini-grid operators, electric cooking appliance manufacturers, the clean cooking sector, and international organizations.