Development and Commercialisation of Innovative PAYG Induction Stoves in Africa

BURN是世界上最大的垂直一体化现代炉灶公司，在肯尼亚总部提供世界级的研发，制造和碳抵消项目。BURN生产世界上最节能的生物质炉灶，迄今已售出140多万台，并在15个非洲国家开展业务或分销。Gamos和BURN是能源催化剂第7轮资助的接受者，用于在肯尼亚开发和试点销售创新的、负担得起的电压力锅。该项目通过融资计划验证了EPC市场的需求和可用性。肯尼亚城市和城郊社区的低收入家庭参与了该项目，并报告了积极的成果，例如降低了烹饪成本、减少了室内污染以及使用EPC节省了时间。这一试点的成功需要Gamos和BURN开发一种更通用的电炉，以完善BURN的电炉套件。Gamos正在与BURN Manufacturing合作，在非洲的四个目标市场开发、测试和商业推广BURN的创新电炉，目标是建立一个商业上可行的分销模式。一旦原型制造出来并在内部进行测试，将启动一个分发试点，向城市和城郊社区的低收入家庭推出电烹饪线。BURN的电炉是为撒哈拉以南非洲地区的城市和城郊地区的低收入和中等收入家庭设计的。这些炉灶利用了四个目标市场的高城市电力渗透率、持续的木炭使用率和低生命线电价。目标市场的平均城市电力接入率为84%，预计到2030年将提高到97%。这些市场的电力价格可以负担得起，平均生命线电价为每千瓦时0.06美元。尽管电网接入率高且电价低，但在我们的目标市场中，51%的城市家庭继续使用木炭做饭，这带来了巨大的市场机遇。使用电炉做饭比其他燃料更具优势。使用电力烹饪比其他燃料便宜3- 10倍，使用7年可为消费者节省高达1，700美元。与其他炉灶/燃料相比，电炉还可以减少50%以上的烹饪时间，并消除室内空气污染。

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.