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in rural areas. To curb the prevalence of counterfeits on the market,
certification should step into solve this trust-gap. It is often difficult to
differentiate counterfeits from genuine products since the counterfeits
producers leverage on the marketing effort of the genuine producers,
thereby outcompeting and amassing more revenues.
As a regional testing centre located in Uganda, the CREEC institute, commissioned by the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, is the
body that tests and accredits biomass products particularly cookstoves,
briquettes and biogas technologies. Using their international state of the
art indicators and tests, they perform stress-related tests on technology
while calculating their carbon offset to ensure that products release little
to no CO 2 . For solar, Lighting Global is a worldwide body that accredits
good quality genuine solar products regardless of their lumens or wattage.
The Uganda National Bureau of standards is stepping into not only
accredit other products but also clean energy products using new testing
machines (UNBS Uganda 2019). Accredited products create a firmer
ground for warranties and guarantees in the unfortunate event of failure
or damage of the products. Information dissemination on sensitizing the
public on the ways to differentiate real from a fake can go a long way in
removing counterfeits out of business. Counterfeits have been recorded
as being a significant factor in propagating market distortion of the clean
energy product ecosystem (Diecker et al. 2016).
9.2.2 Reliance on Tree Biomass and Oil Economy
Uganda is heavily depending on petroleum for the transport sector,
leaving it dependent on swings in the global oil market and supply
(Nalule 2020). Notwithstanding the constant delays in final investment
decision by oil stakeholders, oil production as of 2020 is postponed
and set to begin after 2024. This delayed oil production is reported
to affect the economic outlook according to the World Bank (Daily
Monitor 2020). This is attributed to the heavy reliance on debt for industrial projects, especially given the shaky world crude oil prices. As the
future oil economy of Uganda will put the country in a quicker stride
towards its goals of achieving middle-income status, it would be key
M. Tumusiime
in rural areas. To curb the prevalence of counterfeits on the market,
certification should step into solve this trust-gap. It is often difficult to
differentiate counterfeits from genuine products since the counterfeits
producers leverage on the marketing effort of the genuine producers,
thereby outcompeting and amassing more revenues.
As a regional testing centre located in Uganda, the CREEC institute, commissioned by the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, is the
body that tests and accredits biomass products particularly cookstoves,
briquettes and biogas technologies. Using their international state of the
art indicators and tests, they perform stress-related tests on technology
while calculating their carbon offset to ensure that products release little
to no CO 2 . For solar, Lighting Global is a worldwide body that accredits
good quality genuine solar products regardless of their lumens or wattage.
The Uganda National Bureau of standards is stepping into not only
accredit other products but also clean energy products using new testing
machines (UNBS Uganda 2019). Accredited products create a firmer
ground for warranties and guarantees in the unfortunate event of failure
or damage of the products. Information dissemination on sensitizing the
public on the ways to differentiate real from a fake can go a long way in
removing counterfeits out of business. Counterfeits have been recorded
as being a significant factor in propagating market distortion of the clean
energy product ecosystem (Diecker et al. 2016).
9.2.2 Reliance on Tree Biomass and Oil Economy
Uganda is heavily depending on petroleum for the transport sector,
leaving it dependent on swings in the global oil market and supply
(Nalule 2020). Notwithstanding the constant delays in final investment
decision by oil stakeholders, oil production as of 2020 is postponed
and set to begin after 2024. This delayed oil production is reported
to affect the economic outlook according to the World Bank (Daily
Monitor 2020). This is attributed to the heavy reliance on debt for industrial projects, especially given the shaky world crude oil prices. As the
future oil economy of Uganda will put the country in a quicker stride
towards its goals of achieving middle-income status, it would be key