Renewable cooking equipment in India

Providing households in rural India access to 100% renewable biomass cookers

Cooking on biogas is better for health, climate and the environment and saves households time and money. This project gives households in rural India access to 100% renewable energy for cooking. The project is Fairtrade and Gold Standard certified, ensuring that a fair, minimum income is generated for the families it supports.

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This project provides a verified carbon credit that can be retired on purchase.

Verified by: Gold Standard

Active since: 28 February 2021

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Carbon Improved Cookstoves

Background

This project enables households in rural India access to a 100% renewable energy method for cooking. Cooking on biogas is better for health, climate and the environment and saves households time and money. The project is Fairtrade and Gold Standard certified, ensuring that a fair, minimum income is generated for the families it supports.

Why did we choose this project?

Clean, safe and healthy food preparation has a huge range of benefits for both people and the planet. In India, a large part of the rural population (800 million people) still cooks on an open fire. Burning biomass makes an important contribution to greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. Using wood for cooking is a cause of deforestation. Cooking on an open fire not only has adverse effects on the climate, it also has a negative impact on peoples' health. In India, more than a million people die every year from inhaling harmful fumes from cooking.

How does it work?

Organic waste (mainly cow droppings) is converted in an underground bio-digester into methane gas for cooking. About 2 cows are needed to provide an average household with sufficient gas for daily cooking. This clean way of cooking replaces the traditional way of using an open fire. Using biogas is comparable to cooking on normal gas in terms of convenience and air quality. The only difference is that biogas is a 100% renewable energy!

How do we know it's working?

The project is already working well, with ambition to do lots more. Since 2009, the project has given 12,000 families access to biogas and saved 436,837 trees and 203,000 tonnes of CO2.

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Biogas installation in the Chickballapur district in the province of Karnataka. Organic waste (mainly cow dung) is converted into methane gas for cooking in an underground brick biodigester. To provide an average household with enough gas for cooking every day, approximately 2 cows are needed. This clean way of cooking replaces the traditional way of cooking on an open fire.

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With 800 million people in India's rural population still cooking on an open fire, which negatively contributes to greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, and air pollution, this newly installed local biogas cooker will give access to a 100% sustainable and clean way of cooking.

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The Bachat project in India provides 10,000 households with improved cookstoves, thereby reducing 30,000 tonnes of CO2 annually. This contributes to improvements in terms of health, environment and economy.

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🧡 Improved cookstoves in India are improving health and safety for women and children. 🫁Traditional ways of cooking often take a long time in a smoky kitchen with coughing as a result. ☁️ With the new cookstoves, harmful smokes and carbon emissions decrease.

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In India, a family of 5 needs around 50 kilos of wood. 🪵 Women often have to travel long distances to find wood, because of deforestation. This is time-consuming and exhausting. They are even at risk of being harassed on the way. With FairClimateFund's cookstove projects, improved cookstoves reduce wood consumption, contributing to cleaner air, free time, and safety for all. ❤️‍🩹

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Roughly one-third of the world's population still cooks on an open wood fire daily, usually indoors. The smoke released is very harmful to human health, and lots of wood is used in the process. 😔 Enough reason for us to act now! Visit our website to learn about what we do - https://www.fairclimatefund.nl/en/about-us/our-approach

Over a month ago

Biogas fuels change in India. With biogas, women save 8 hours weekly by not fetching wood. It’s faster, safer, and timesaving. Proudly collaborating with local partners, we bring biogas plants to Chickaballapur district for a healthier future.

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🥘Check out this family in India enjoying their clean cookstove. Thanks to the Fairtrade verification of the project, they can cook without worries. 💵 The Fairtrade minimum price for CO2 credits covers all the project costs and ensures that income is returned to the producer organization, making sustainable living accessible to everyone. Let's work towards a fair and cleaner world! 💚

Over a month ago

Meet Narsamma, the proud owner of her own biogas stove! 🥘 And when we say she owns it, we mean it! The biogas cooking project in India is Fairtrade certified. This means that local households are owner of their stoves and of the carbon credits.

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Cooking on biogas can have a big impact on women in India. By using biogas instead of traditional stoves and firewood, women can save time ⏰ and free up hours in their day. This can allow them to pursue education 📚 or participate in meaningful community activities 🌍

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Since 2009 we have been working with our local partner ADATS to supply biogas installations to 12,000 farming families in the Chickballapur district of Karnataka province. Organic waste (mainly cow droppings) is converted in an underground bio-digester into methane gas for cooking!

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Did you know that since 2009, our renewable cooking biogas project in India has given 12,000 families access to biogas, thereby preventing deaths from harmful fumes and reducing 203,361 tonnes of CO2 emissions?

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Meet Narsamma and hear her story. "Rich people use gas for cooking and since I use biogas, I feel rich too. Before, I would leave at 08.00 hours to fetch firewood and I would be back around noon. It took me about 16 hours per week to fetch firewood. I had to carry the whole bundle of wood on my head when I went home, and also because I had to cut the wood into smaller pieces. If I didn't have to fetch wood then I would start cooking at 06.00 hours in the morning and finish around 09.00 o'clock. I can cook faster now, so my kids are on time for school. Also, I can work now. I am very grateful"

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Renewable cooking equipment in India was verified by Pinwheel

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Renewable cooking equipment in India joined Pinwheel!

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