Anila, the smokeless stove that uses agro-waste to burn and makes charcoal as a by-product. Photo/CORRESPONDENT
A new stove that uses gases from rotting materials (bio-residues) to burn and which could potentially change the lives of rural people for the better, has been launched.
Given the shortage of conventional fuels such as kerosene and LPG, Anila, the smokeless stove, is expected to be a boon to people up country where agro-waste is available in plenty.
If well managed, this stove can earn a household up to Sh515,000 a year, reduce on the rate of deforestation, improve on soil fertility and mitigate climate change.
The stove which burns coconut frond, coir, baggase, husk, groundnut shells, areca waste, mulberry leaves and similar agro-wastes, has been developed by Shalin, a Finnish networking organisation focused on social, environmental and economic issues in collaboration with Helsinki University of Technology.
Ms Eva Kagiri, one of the researchers, says the Anila stove has shown the potential to improve the efficiency in biomass energy production by almost 60 per cent. Read more from the Daily Nation
hi,
do you have a diagram for this stove?
stephen
Is this stove commercially available in
Australia ?? Where can I find out more about it ??
Kind regards