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Do Improved Biomass Cookstoves Reduce Fuelwood Consumption and Carbon Emissions?: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia Using a Randomized Treatment Trial with Electronic Monitoring

dc.contributor.author Beyene, Abebe
dc.contributor.author Bluffstone, Randy
dc.contributor.author Gebreegzhiaber, Zenebe
dc.contributor.author Martinsson, Peter
dc.contributor.author Mekonnen, Alemu
dc.contributor.author Vieider, Ferdinand
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-17T14:36:15Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-17T14:36:15Z
dc.date.issued 2015-06
dc.description.abstract This paper uses a randomized experimental design with real-time electronic stove temperature measurements and controlled cooking tests to estimate the fuelwood and carbon dioxide savings from an improved cookstove program in the process of being implemented in rural Ethiopia. Knowing more about how households interact with improved cookstoves is important, because cooking uses a majority of the fuelwood in the country and therefore is an important determinant of greenhouse gas emissions and indoor air pollution. Creating local networks among stove users generally appears to increase fuelwood savings, and among monetary treatments the most robust positive effects come from free distribution. The paper estimates that on average one improved stove saves approximately 634 kilograms of fuelwood per year or about 0.94 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year, which is about half of previous estimates. Using the May 2015 California auction price of $13.39/ton, the carbon sequestration from each stove deployed is worth about $12.59. Such carbon market offset revenues would be sufficient to cover the cost of the stove within one year. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24684329/improved-biomass-cookstoves-reduce-fuelwood-consumption-carbon-emissions-evidence-rural-ethiopia-using-randomized-treatment-trial-electronic-monitoring
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22193
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7324
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject FOREST DEGRADATION
dc.subject LPG
dc.subject WOOD BURNING
dc.subject TEMPERATURE
dc.subject CARBON DIOXIDE
dc.subject FOSSIL FUELS
dc.subject AIR QUALITY
dc.subject FOREST MANAGEMENT
dc.subject BIOMASS FUEL
dc.subject GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
dc.subject CARBON
dc.subject REFRIGERATION
dc.subject COOKING STOVES
dc.subject DEFORESTATION PRESSURES
dc.subject EMISSIONS
dc.subject BIOCHEMISTRY
dc.subject COLLECTION METHODS
dc.subject ATMOSPHERE
dc.subject INCENTIVES
dc.subject SMOKE
dc.subject GAS
dc.subject PRICE
dc.subject EMISSION REDUCTIONS
dc.subject AIR
dc.subject GREENHOUSE GAS
dc.subject EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
dc.subject RENEWABLE BIOMASS
dc.subject BIOMASS
dc.subject CARBON FOOTPRINT
dc.subject CO2
dc.subject CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
dc.subject STOVES
dc.subject ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES
dc.subject GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS
dc.subject AIR POLLUTION
dc.subject BIOMASS ENERGY USE
dc.subject EMISSION FACTOR
dc.subject ENERGY SOURCES
dc.subject CO2 EMISSIONS
dc.subject COOKING
dc.subject CALORIFIC VALUE
dc.subject FUEL USE
dc.subject OPTIONS
dc.subject WATER
dc.subject DIFFUSION
dc.subject CARBON SEQUESTRATION
dc.subject CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject SURFACE TEMPERATURE
dc.subject POLLUTION
dc.subject FORESTRY
dc.subject ENERGY SECTOR
dc.subject GAS EMISSIONS
dc.subject CHEMISTRY
dc.subject FUEL CONSUMPTION
dc.subject FUEL SWITCHING
dc.subject FUELS
dc.subject EMISSIONS REDUCTION
dc.subject CARBON EMISSIONS
dc.subject AGREE
dc.subject EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS
dc.subject COOKSTOVE
dc.subject ENERGY CONSUMPTION
dc.subject GREENHOUSE
dc.subject EMISSION
dc.subject FUELWOOD SUPPLY
dc.subject FOSSIL FUEL EMISSION
dc.subject HEAT
dc.subject FUEL EFFICIENCY
dc.subject IPCC
dc.subject CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject COMMERCIAL ENERGY
dc.subject FOREST COVER
dc.subject ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
dc.subject BLACK CARBON
dc.subject ELECTRICITY
dc.subject WOOD FUEL
dc.subject DEFORESTATION
dc.subject CLIMATE
dc.subject FORESTS
dc.subject HEAT RESISTANT
dc.subject FOSSIL FUEL
dc.subject EMISSION FACTORS
dc.subject FUELWOOD
dc.subject LOGGING
dc.subject FOREST
dc.subject INDOOR AIR QUALITY
dc.subject CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM
dc.subject CARBON OFFSET
dc.subject ENERGY USE
dc.subject ECONOMIC THEORY
dc.subject COOKSTOVES
dc.subject BIOMASS FUELS
dc.subject WOODY BIOMASS
dc.subject PRIMARY ENERGY
dc.subject ENERGY EFFICIENCY
dc.subject ENERGY DEMAND
dc.subject ENERGY OUTLOOK
dc.subject FIREWOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subject CARBON REDUCTIONS
dc.subject TONS OF CARBON
dc.subject EMISSIONS FACTORS
dc.subject NATURAL GAS
dc.subject BIOMASS ENERGY
dc.subject ENERGY CONSERVATION
dc.subject COMBUSTION
dc.subject FOREST BIOMASS
dc.subject BIOMASS COOKING
dc.subject COAL
dc.subject BIOMASS COMBUSTION
dc.subject FUEL
dc.subject CARBON MARKET
dc.subject LESS
dc.subject AVAILABILITY
dc.subject INVESTMENTS
dc.subject BIOMASS UTILIZATION
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD ENERGY
dc.subject GASES
dc.subject FUEL SAVINGS
dc.subject FOREST AREA
dc.subject KEROSENE
dc.subject CHARCOAL CONSUMPTION
dc.subject REDUCED CO2
dc.subject FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject CARBON EMISSION
dc.subject FOSSIL
dc.subject APPROACH
dc.subject AMBIENT TEMPERATURE
dc.subject BENEFITS
dc.subject ENERGY
dc.title Do Improved Biomass Cookstoves Reduce Fuelwood Consumption and Carbon Emissions? en
dc.title.subtitle Evidence from Rural Ethiopia Using a Randomized Treatment Trial with Electronic Monitoring en
dc.type Working Paper en
dc.type Document de travail fr
dc.type Documento de trabajo es
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea Climate Change
okr.date.disclosure 2015-06-22
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24684329/improved-biomass-cookstoves-reduce-fuelwood-consumption-carbon-emissions-evidence-rural-ethiopia-using-randomized-treatment-trial-electronic-monitoring
okr.globalpractice Energy and Extractives
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/1813-9450-7324
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 090224b082f75b01_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 24684329
okr.identifier.report WPS7324
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2015/06/22/090224b082f75b01/1_0/Rendered/PDF/Do0improved0bi0lectronic0monitoring.pdf en
okr.region.administrative Africa
okr.region.country Ethiopia
okr.topic Urban Development :: Urban Environment
okr.topic Energy :: Energy Production and Transportation
okr.topic Environment :: Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases
okr.topic Energy :: Energy Conservation & Efficiency
okr.unit Environment and Energy Team, Development Research Group
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