Executive summary: Solar4Africa Project #4 aims to provide long-lasting solar electric cooking systems to rural communities in Malawi, generating significant health improvements and cost savings over the systems’ lifetimes.
Key points:
Replacing wood/biomass cooking with solar electric systems can reduce harmful emissions by 75-90% and respiratory disease burden by an estimated 30% over 5 years for each household.
Solar electric cooking systems can last 10-20 years, leading to major cost savings compared to purchasing wood/biomass fuel.
Health and monetary benefits over the lifetime of the solar systems are used to estimate cost-effectiveness based on cost per unit of impact.
Barriers remain for solar electric systems to outperform wood stoves in terms of upfront cost, requiring efficient distribution of low-cost, long-lasting batteries.
Related research has found clean cookstoves can generate significant health benefits and carbon emission reductions, though long-term adherence is a challenge.
Further analysis is planned using Global Burden of Disease data and Solar4Africa field data to refine cost-effectiveness estimates.
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Executive summary: Solar4Africa Project #4 aims to provide long-lasting solar electric cooking systems to rural communities in Malawi, generating significant health improvements and cost savings over the systems’ lifetimes.
Key points:
Replacing wood/biomass cooking with solar electric systems can reduce harmful emissions by 75-90% and respiratory disease burden by an estimated 30% over 5 years for each household.
Solar electric cooking systems can last 10-20 years, leading to major cost savings compared to purchasing wood/biomass fuel.
Health and monetary benefits over the lifetime of the solar systems are used to estimate cost-effectiveness based on cost per unit of impact.
Barriers remain for solar electric systems to outperform wood stoves in terms of upfront cost, requiring efficient distribution of low-cost, long-lasting batteries.
Related research has found clean cookstoves can generate significant health benefits and carbon emission reductions, though long-term adherence is a challenge.
Further analysis is planned using Global Burden of Disease data and Solar4Africa field data to refine cost-effectiveness estimates.
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