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economy has not yet built its manufacturing capacity for solar equipment, although this is a work in progress as seen by upcoming solar
assembling plants (New Vision 2019). Biomass-based products have
made a breakthrough in terms of local capacity to manufacture. Case
in point is the briquettes which, with the right training in technical
expertise, can easily be made manually. Such products are made by the
community members using locally sourced materials which are used to
make final products for subsistence.
9.3.5 Ensuring Carbon Emission Capability
Carbon emissions per product are integral to consider especially around
the efficiency of technology; after all, it is the emission of carbon dioxide
into the atmosphere that has brought a dire need for clean energy.
Carbon dioxide emitted by Africa is extremely low compared to the
rest of the world. However, African populations experience the highest
vulnerability on the individual health of people, particularly women
(United Nations 2006). While it is very accurate that some cleantech
products may not deter carbon emissions completely, their efficiency to
a more considerable extent reduces the emission in comparison with the
use of fossil fuels which only add to climate damage. In that regard,
the carbon efficiency of products should be understood more carefully.
An improved cookstove still uses charcoal whose source of material is
firewood from a tree. However, what the improved cookstove does is
reduce the need for charcoal normally used in a traditional metallic stove
because the clay technology in the stove absorbs heat for more extended
periods of time. Improved cookstoves are considerable and effective in
fuel and cost savings (Bonn International Cooking Energy Forum 2013).
Some development agencies like EnDev are supporting other sectors and
local people to learn technical skills in becoming stove artisans. It is access
to life-changing products that will speed up the transition and progression from over-dependence on what is traditionally the norm of cooking
or lighting (Nalule 2020). Urban households, while having affordable
access to the grid electricity, still sometimes use cookstoves for cooking
certain foods like beans which typically take a long time to get ready.
M. Tumusiime
economy has not yet built its manufacturing capacity for solar equipment, although this is a work in progress as seen by upcoming solar
assembling plants (New Vision 2019). Biomass-based products have
made a breakthrough in terms of local capacity to manufacture. Case
in point is the briquettes which, with the right training in technical
expertise, can easily be made manually. Such products are made by the
community members using locally sourced materials which are used to
make final products for subsistence.
9.3.5 Ensuring Carbon Emission Capability
Carbon emissions per product are integral to consider especially around
the efficiency of technology; after all, it is the emission of carbon dioxide
into the atmosphere that has brought a dire need for clean energy.
Carbon dioxide emitted by Africa is extremely low compared to the
rest of the world. However, African populations experience the highest
vulnerability on the individual health of people, particularly women
(United Nations 2006). While it is very accurate that some cleantech
products may not deter carbon emissions completely, their efficiency to
a more considerable extent reduces the emission in comparison with the
use of fossil fuels which only add to climate damage. In that regard,
the carbon efficiency of products should be understood more carefully.
An improved cookstove still uses charcoal whose source of material is
firewood from a tree. However, what the improved cookstove does is
reduce the need for charcoal normally used in a traditional metallic stove
because the clay technology in the stove absorbs heat for more extended
periods of time. Improved cookstoves are considerable and effective in
fuel and cost savings (Bonn International Cooking Energy Forum 2013).
Some development agencies like EnDev are supporting other sectors and
local people to learn technical skills in becoming stove artisans. It is access
to life-changing products that will speed up the transition and progression from over-dependence on what is traditionally the norm of cooking
or lighting (Nalule 2020). Urban households, while having affordable
access to the grid electricity, still sometimes use cookstoves for cooking
certain foods like beans which typically take a long time to get ready.