To have a detailed technical discussion that explores principal R&D needs/challenges and identifies research pathways to create clean, affordable, usable, and deployable cookstoves with much better emissions and fuel use performance.
Nearly half the world's population prepares their food and heats their homes using biomass in traditional cookstoves. This causes serious health, climate and environment, labor, and other adverse impacts. Current improvements in biomass cookstoves show, very roughly, 30%–50% reductions in emissions when compared to traditional stoves, and almost equal reductions in fuel use. Distributing stoves with these improvements may bring modest benefits. However, to achieve dramatic improvements, it is necessary to reduce emissions by at least 90% and fuel use by at least 50%, at a cost that allows widespread deployment to people who live on $1 per day.
The U.S. Department of Energy is bringing together foremost technical experts in clean biomass cookstoves to share their viewpoints on R&D challenges and opportunities. Based on the inputs and discussions from workshop participants, together with DOE staff and other sources, a prioritized list of R&D needs and pathways will be developed for use in framing a competitive solicitation. This work will be done in collaboration with the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves (GACC).
The workshop will be divided into four sessions, focusing on potential R&D activities within the following areas:
Our R&D strategy will have tight linkages with fieldwork to ensure that the stove designs are robust under field conditions and meet user needs.
The meeting will take place at the Westin Alexandria, Alexandria, Virginia. Alexandria is about 8 miles from downtown Washington, DC, and 5 miles from Ronald Reagan National Airport.
This event is sponsored by: