Baseline and Feasibility Assessment for Alternative Cooking Fuels in Senegal

Practical Action Consulting ; Enda ; World Bank

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY;    AGRICULTURAL RESIDUES;    AIR POLLUTION;    ALTERNATIVE ENERGIES;    ALTERNATIVE FUEL;   

RP-ID  :  88451

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This report was prepared by PracticalAction Consulting for the Africa Clean Cooking EnergySolutions (ACCES) initiative of the World Bank. Most ofSub-Saharan Africa continues to rely overwhelmingly ontraditional fuels and cooking technologies, both of whichare a major cause of death and illness as well as a range ofsocio-economic and environmental problems. More than 90 percent of the rural population of Senegal relies on solidfuels (charcoal and firewood in particular, but also dungand agricultural residues) to meet its household cookingneeds. The primary objective of this study is, (a) toestablish a baseline for the current level of penetration offour alternative cooking fuels in Senegal in a number ofpre-identified regions, and (b) to assess the feasibility ofadopting them in those regions. The four fuels arebriquettes from charcoal dust and agricultural residues;ethanol, mainly from sugar cane residue (that is, molasses);pure plant oil (PPO) from locally grown, oil-bearing plantssuch as Jatropha curcas; and a household biogas system usingmainly livestock waste. Against this background, the WorldBank commissioned this study to assess the feasibility ofpromoting the use of a number of alternative cooking fuelsin Senegal, which were pre-identified for possible supportunder its Sustainable and Participatory Energy ManagementProject (PROGEDE II). Four alternative fuels were analysedin terms of their potential for adoption by households forcooking, each in a different region of Senegal: (a)briquettes in Dakar, (b) ethanol in Saint-Louis, (c) biogasin Kaolack, and (d) pure plant oil (PPO) in Tambacounda. Thestudy includes a baseline assessment of household cookingfuels in Senegal, including a number of alternative fuels,as well as an analysis of their potential supply chains. Itsobjective is to inform a range of relevant stakeholders, inparticular the Ministry of Energy and Mines in Senegal, theWorld Bank's PROGEDE II, nongovernmental organisations,investors and private sector companies, about strategies toincrease production of and access to these alternativefuels. The study also presents important lessons on eachalternative fuel deriving from household surveys in eachregion, a review of the relevant literature, interviews withstakeholder organisations, and focus group discussions (FGDs).