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Household energy

Around 2.4 billion people use biomass fuels - wood, charcoal and animal dung - for their domestic energy needs. These are typically burned in inefficient stoves or on open fires, with serious consequences for health and the environment. SEI identifies and designs actions to help households transition to cleaner technologies and energy sources.

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Charcoal for sale on the side of a road in Kenya

Kenya blazes a trail to more sustainable charcoal – and better livelihoods

Perspective / The government is trying a new approach: working with organized and registered charcoal producers to modernize their trade.

17 August 2016 / About Energy access, Forests, Household energy and Public policy

A group of people standing on an open roof, inspecting stoves

What makes an ‘improved’ stove worth using? Insights from India

Perspective / Results from a project offering electric, gas and efficient wood cookstoves suggest only aspirational technologies really appeal. But how much are they used?

15 August 2016 / About Energy access, Household energy and Pollution

What’s health got to do with it? Testing marketing messages for clean cookstoves in Cambodia and Kenya

SEI working paper

5 June 2016 / About Behaviour and choice, Household energy and Renewables

Keep that fire burning: fuel supply risk management strategies of Swedish district heating plants and implications for energy security

Journal article

15 March 2016 / About Household energy, Planning and modelling and Supply chains

Women are central to Africa’s energy transformation

Perspective / Dependence on biomass for household energy imposes a huge burden on women in sub-Saharan Africa. Women also play a key role in modernizing energy systems.

8 March 2016 / About Energy access and Household energy