Development and Commercialisation of Innovative PAYG Induction Stoves in Africa

非洲创新型 PAYG 电磁炉的开发和商业化

• 批准号: 10048103
• 金额: $ 221.7万
• 依托单位: GAMOS LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10048103
• 关键词: Development; Commercialisation; Innovative; PAYG; Induction

BURN is the largest vertically integrated modern cookstove company in the world, providing world class R&D, manufacturing, and carbon offset projects from its HQ in Kenya. BURN produces the world's most fuel-efficient biomass cookstoves, has sold over 1.4 million units to date and has operations or distribution in over 15 African countries.Gamos and BURN were the recipients of Energy Catalyst Round 7 funding for development and pilot distribution of innovative, affordable electric pressure cookers (EPCs) in Kenya. The project validated the need and availability of a market for EPCs with a financing program. Low-income households in urban and peri-urban communities in Kenya were part of the project, and reported positive outcomes such as a reduction in cooking costs, reduced indoor pollution, and time savings from using the EPC. The success of this pilot necessitated Gamos and BURN to develop a more versatile electric stove, to complete BURN's suite of electric stoves.Gamos is partnering with BURN Manufacturing to develop, test, and commercially roll-out BURN's innovative electric cookstoves in four target markets in Africa, with the goal of building a commercially viable distribution model. Once prototypes are manufactured and tested in-house, a distribution pilot will be launched for the roll-out of the electric cooking line to low-income households in urban and peri-urban communities. Through the distribution pilot, we will establish a proof of concept for a financing program.BURN's electric stoves are designed for grid-connected low- and middle-income urban and peri-urban households in sub-Saharan Africa. The stoves leverage high urban electricity penetration, ongoing charcoal usage, and low lifeline electricity tariffs in the four target markets. The average urban electricity access rate in the target markets is 84%, and this is expected to increase to 97% by 2030\. Electricity in these markets is available at affordable rates with an average lifeline tariff of $0.06 per kWh. Despite a high rate of on-grid connectivity and low tariffs, 51% of urban households in our target markets continue to cook with charcoal, presenting a significant market opportunity.The use of electric stoves in cooking presents advantages over other fuels. It is 3-10x cheaper to cook using electricity than other fuels, saving consumers up to USD 1,700 over 7 years of use. Electric stoves also reduce cooking time by over 50% and eliminate indoor air pollution in comparison to other cooking stoves/fuels.

Burn是世界上最大的垂直一体化现代炉具公司，在其肯尼亚总部提供世界级的研发、制造和碳抵消项目。Burn生产世界上最省油的生物质炉灶，迄今已售出超过140万台，并在15个以上的非洲国家开展业务或分销。Gamos和Burn是Energy Catalyst第7轮资金的接受者，用于肯尼亚创新的、负担得起的电高压锅(EPC)的开发和试点分销。该项目通过融资计划验证了EPC市场的需求和可用性。肯尼亚城市和城市周边社区的低收入家庭是该项目的一部分，并报告了一些积极成果，如烹饪成本降低、室内污染减少以及使用EPC节省了时间。这一试点的成功促使Gamos和Burn开发更多功能的电炉，完成Burn的电炉套件。Gamos正在与Burn制造公司合作，在非洲的四个目标市场开发、测试并商业化推出Burn的创新电灶，目标是建立一个商业上可行的分销模式。一旦样机在内部制造和测试，将启动向城市和城市周边社区的低收入家庭推出电动烹饪生产线的分销试点。通过配电试点，我们将为融资计划建立概念验证。BURN的电炉是为撒哈拉以南非洲的并网中低收入城市和城市周边家庭设计的。这些炉灶利用了四个目标市场的高城市电力渗透率、持续的木炭使用量和低生命线电价。目标市场城市平均通电率为84%，预计到2030年将提高到97%。这些市场的电力供应价格实惠，平均生命线电价为每千瓦时0.06美元。尽管高并网率和低电价，我们的目标市场中仍有51%的城市家庭继续使用木炭做饭，这带来了巨大的市场机会。使用电炉做饭比使用其他燃料具有优势。使用电力做饭比其他燃料便宜3-10倍，在7年的使用中为消费者节省高达1700美元。与其他炉灶/燃料相比，电炉还可减少50%以上的烹饪时间，并消除室内空气污染。