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Tanika Vital-Pringle
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1) The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves was launched in 2010 to address the health and environmental impacts of the 3 billion people who rely on solid fuels for cooking. 2) BioLite created an efficient wood-burning stove in 2008 that uses a fan powered by a thermoelectric generator to reduce smoke emissions. 3) The Alliance's Spark Fund provided grants to clean cooking enterprises, including an initial grant to BioLite in 2012 that helped them expand operations in Uganda.

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HOW TO FIX A BURNING ISSUE /SHELL//ENERGYFILES///COOKSTOVE S H E L L / W I R E D P A R T N E R S H I P adopt clean and efficient cooking stoves and fuels by 2020. Were stimulating demand through awareness building and behavior change, and strengthening supply by developing a pipeline of businesses to supply products that customers value at affordable prices, says Muthiah. One such business is New York City startup BioLite. In 2006, Alec Drummond and Jonathan Cedar were workingasdesignersforSmartDesign, a consumer product development firm. They were both avid campers, but hated carrying gas canisters on the trail, so Drummond began trying todesignaclean,efficientwoodstove. He realised that by integrating a fan intothecombustionsystem,thestove could burn wood almost as cleanly as gas. Cedar brought his engineering background to the table and the two completed the first prototype BioLite CampStove in May 2008. We all need to eat. But what if home cooking endangered your familys health every day? Thats the case for almosthalfthepopulationoftheplanet. Globally three billion people rely on solid fuels to cook, causing serious environmental and health impacts that disproportionately affect women and children, says Radha Muthiah, CEO of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. According to the World Health Organization, household air pollution from cooking kills over four million people every year and sickens millions more. To tackle this vast challenge, the Alliance was launched in 2010 by the United Nations Foundation, the US StateDepartment,andShell,alongwith 16 other partners. The public-private partnership aims to achieve large- scalebehaviouralchangebycreatinga marketforcleancookstovesandfuels, and enable 100 million households to THE GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR CLEAN COOKSTOVES AND ITS GLOBAL PARTNER BASE IS WORKING TO INCREASE ENERGY ACCESS AND SAVE MILLIONS OF LIVES BY UPDATING A UBIQUITOUS TECHNOLOGY: THE TRADITIONAL STOVE BioLite HomeStoves disruptive technology offers clean cooking and off-grid electricity to charge mobile phones and LED lights. Here is is used in Uganda.
S H E L L / W I R E D P A R T N E R S H I P /SHELL//ENERGYFILES///COOKSTOVE THERE IS NO ONE-SIZE FITS ALL SOLUTION TO ENERGY ACCESS... WE NEED TAILORED SOLUTIONS " " 1 2 3 4 The BioLite HomeStove is as simple to operate as a traditional stove, but comes with significant benefits. Spark Fund was crucial in helping BioLite co-founders Alec Drummond Jonathan Cedar explore new markets 1. Light the HomeStove To get the stove burning, users feed local fuels whether wood, cow dung or crop residue through the side of the stove. Then they light the fire any way they normally would. 2. Power up the in-built fan Excess heat from the flame is converted into electricity through a thermoelectric generator. This powers the internal fan and the USB port, for phone charging or LED lighting. 3. Utilise the power of oxygen The internal fan force- feeds oxygen into the flame, eliminating smoke, and leading to near complete and clean combustion of the solid fuel. The fuel now burns almost as cleanly as gas. 4. Re-fill with fuel as necessary All the user needs to do to keep to keep the feedback loop going is keep the HomeStove supplied with a viable biomass fuel. This results in an almost limitless energy solution. BIOLITE HOMESTOVE HOW IT WORKS BIOLITE: A SPARK FUND RECIPIENT Alec Drummond It was Drummonds initial curiosity and love for camping that started the BioLite story. He wanted to design a stove to be used on trail, without taking fuel. The Spark Fund aims to invest $2 million in grant capital annually in enterprises, with scalable approaches that have the potential to transform the sector through their success. Spark grants target the specific capital and capacity development needs of enterprises across the value chain that have passed the proof-of-concept stage. BioLite was one of several recipients of the grant in 2012. Using the fund, BioLite partnered with Impact Carbon in Uganda to establish Jonathan Cedar A colleague of Drummonds, Cedar gave engineering advice in the projects infacy. His input helped bring the first BioStove prototype into existence. and support a national network of distribution and retail partners. This network helped drive the cookstove market in Uganda. Its Impact Carbons goal to improve health, reduce poverty, and improve local environments while slowing climate change. The partnership resulted in a full scale product launch of BioLites HomeStove, the fan stove that reduces household air pollution while enabling phone and light charging. The breakthrough innovation came by integrating a thermo- electric generator, which works like a solar panel for heat, says Cedar.Whatwecoulddoistakea bitofwasteheatfromafire,turnit into electricity, and power the fan system,aslongasyouhadsticks. This elegant solution not only created the energy to power clean, efficient combustion, but italsoproducedextraelectricity enoughtochargeaphoneorpower lights. When the team learned that open fire cooking kills more people than HIV, TB and malaria combined, they expanded their focus to the three billion people using such cooking methods. The resulting HomeStove model reduced smoke by 90 percent. In 2009, Cedar and Drummond quit their jobs to turn their design into a marketable business.They pioneered a new business model called parallel innovation, in which BioLite designs products withthesamecoretechnologyfor both emerging and established markets reinvesting revenue from outdoor recreation sales into the emerging markets business, until self-sufficient. Across markets, BioLite has since enabled clean cooking and charging in more than 70 countries. The co-generated electricity has been key in engaging husbands in the stove purchase alongside their wives. Concurrently, the US EPAs Partnership for Clean Indoor Air, working with the UN Foundation, the Shell Foundation, and the US Department of State identified the need for an independent global initi- ative to address household air pollu- tion.The Alliance, a multi-stakeholder partnershipwasdevelopedtoaddress the gaps in funding, awareness, and strategic focus for the sector. Shell Foundation,anindependentUKcharity set up in 2000 to create new business solutions to development challenges, was beginning to demonstrate how new models for the design, production and distribution of clean cookstoves could operate at scale in Asia and Africa.ThemovecoincidedwithShells identification of access to energy as a key social investment theme. What wed learnt at Shell was that producingenergydoesntalwaysresult inuniversalaccesstoit,saysAnnavan Remundt, social performance advisor, access to energy at Shell. We believe Shell can, and should, continue to play a role in enabling energy access by leveraging its resources and investing in innovation. There is no one-size fits allsolutiontoenergyaccess.Insteadwe need tailored solutions driven by local markets,needsandopportunities.This requireseffectivecollaborationbetween governments,businessesandothers. RadhaMuthiahsays,Fromdayone, Shell has been an effective partner in the Alliances efforts to support entrepreneurs and raise awareness about this little known issue. The partnership between Shell and the Alliance combines Shells financial pledgeof$12millionwithin-kindsupport through participation on the Alliances Advisory Council, a secondee, and the provision of technical and business skills to assist the Alliance in its goals. JenniferTweddell, Shells secondee, has helped develop three catalytic enterprisedevelopmentgrantprograms includingtheSparkFundwhichare workingtoraiseinvestorawarenessof the sector. The Alliance has attracted over $50 million in grant funding, and calculates that over $58 million in new investmentstothesectorhaveoccurred sincetheAlliancewaslaunchedin2010. The Spark Fund, developed by the Alliance in 2012, is a grant facility designed to mirror early stage invest- ment. With a pool of $1-2 million a year, of which $1 million is funded by Shell, Sparkaimstohelpenterprisesworking in the household cooking sector reach commercial viability and scale. The AllianceleveragesShellscommitment withsupportfrommultilateralandbilat- eral donors such as the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, Germanys Federal MinistryforEconomicCooperationand Development, and Swedens Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During each round of the Alliances Spark Fund, four to six enterprises receive financial support. In partner- ship with Impact Carbon, BioLite was part of the first round of beneficiaries inacohortthatincludedEzyLifeKenya, whichprovidesefficientcookstoves,as wellassolarlightingandwaterpurifica- tionsystems.Thisfundingwasexactly whatBioLiteneededtoexpandintonew territories.BeinginvolvedintheSpark Fund provided us with the high risk dollars that were critical to the growth ofthecompanyinanewmarket,says Cedar. In 2013, the Alliance awarded Spark grants to six more enterprises including Greenway Appliances, an Indian-based company with sales of more than 250,000 cookstoves. ThepartnershipbetweentheAlliance andShell,andtheircollaborationonthe SparkFundhaveimpactedthehealthof millions,buthavealsoprovidedclimate andgenderempowermentbenefits.For example, black carbon, which results from incomplete combustion of solid fuel, is estimated to contribute the equivalentofupto50percentofcarbon dioxidewarmingglobally,andresidential solid fuel burning accounts for up to 25 percent of black carbon emissions. Cooking is a gender issue, says Anna van Remundt. Women and girls aremosteffectedandinsomeregions spend up to five hours a day gathering wood, or allocate up to a third of their household income on fuel. Using an improved cookstove frees up to 60 days a year for women, and increases in efficiency could equate to enough savingstosendtwochildrentoschool. Butthejobisnotyetdone.According toRadhaMuthiah,whiletheAlliancehas made strong progress in developing the sector over the past five years and is on target to reach its mid-term and long-termgoalsthatofgettingcleaner cookstoves into 60 million homes by 2017 and ultimately 100 million homes by 2020 much work is still needed to tap the full benefit of clean cooking for thewellbeingoftheworldspopulation. If we get this right, says Cedar, of his BioLite technology and others. We couldseethesamekindofglobalhealth impact as penicillin. #makethefuture UGANDA TANZANIA SOUTH SUDAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO KENYA

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  • 1. HOW TO FIX A BURNING ISSUE /SHELL//ENERGYFILES///COOKSTOVE S H E L L / W I R E D P A R T N E R S H I P adopt clean and efficient cooking stoves and fuels by 2020. Were stimulating demand through awareness building and behavior change, and strengthening supply by developing a pipeline of businesses to supply products that customers value at affordable prices, says Muthiah. One such business is New York City startup BioLite. In 2006, Alec Drummond and Jonathan Cedar were workingasdesignersforSmartDesign, a consumer product development firm. They were both avid campers, but hated carrying gas canisters on the trail, so Drummond began trying todesignaclean,efficientwoodstove. He realised that by integrating a fan intothecombustionsystem,thestove could burn wood almost as cleanly as gas. Cedar brought his engineering background to the table and the two completed the first prototype BioLite CampStove in May 2008. We all need to eat. But what if home cooking endangered your familys health every day? Thats the case for almosthalfthepopulationoftheplanet. Globally three billion people rely on solid fuels to cook, causing serious environmental and health impacts that disproportionately affect women and children, says Radha Muthiah, CEO of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. According to the World Health Organization, household air pollution from cooking kills over four million people every year and sickens millions more. To tackle this vast challenge, the Alliance was launched in 2010 by the United Nations Foundation, the US StateDepartment,andShell,alongwith 16 other partners. The public-private partnership aims to achieve large- scalebehaviouralchangebycreatinga marketforcleancookstovesandfuels, and enable 100 million households to THE GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR CLEAN COOKSTOVES AND ITS GLOBAL PARTNER BASE IS WORKING TO INCREASE ENERGY ACCESS AND SAVE MILLIONS OF LIVES BY UPDATING A UBIQUITOUS TECHNOLOGY: THE TRADITIONAL STOVE BioLite HomeStoves disruptive technology offers clean cooking and off-grid electricity to charge mobile phones and LED lights. Here is is used in Uganda.
  • 2. S H E L L / W I R E D P A R T N E R S H I P /SHELL//ENERGYFILES///COOKSTOVE THERE IS NO ONE-SIZE FITS ALL SOLUTION TO ENERGY ACCESS... WE NEED TAILORED SOLUTIONS " " 1 2 3 4 The BioLite HomeStove is as simple to operate as a traditional stove, but comes with significant benefits. Spark Fund was crucial in helping BioLite co-founders Alec Drummond Jonathan Cedar explore new markets 1. Light the HomeStove To get the stove burning, users feed local fuels whether wood, cow dung or crop residue through the side of the stove. Then they light the fire any way they normally would. 2. Power up the in-built fan Excess heat from the flame is converted into electricity through a thermoelectric generator. This powers the internal fan and the USB port, for phone charging or LED lighting. 3. Utilise the power of oxygen The internal fan force- feeds oxygen into the flame, eliminating smoke, and leading to near complete and clean combustion of the solid fuel. The fuel now burns almost as cleanly as gas. 4. Re-fill with fuel as necessary All the user needs to do to keep to keep the feedback loop going is keep the HomeStove supplied with a viable biomass fuel. This results in an almost limitless energy solution. BIOLITE HOMESTOVE HOW IT WORKS BIOLITE: A SPARK FUND RECIPIENT Alec Drummond It was Drummonds initial curiosity and love for camping that started the BioLite story. He wanted to design a stove to be used on trail, without taking fuel. The Spark Fund aims to invest $2 million in grant capital annually in enterprises, with scalable approaches that have the potential to transform the sector through their success. Spark grants target the specific capital and capacity development needs of enterprises across the value chain that have passed the proof-of-concept stage. BioLite was one of several recipients of the grant in 2012. Using the fund, BioLite partnered with Impact Carbon in Uganda to establish Jonathan Cedar A colleague of Drummonds, Cedar gave engineering advice in the projects infacy. His input helped bring the first BioStove prototype into existence. and support a national network of distribution and retail partners. This network helped drive the cookstove market in Uganda. Its Impact Carbons goal to improve health, reduce poverty, and improve local environments while slowing climate change. The partnership resulted in a full scale product launch of BioLites HomeStove, the fan stove that reduces household air pollution while enabling phone and light charging. The breakthrough innovation came by integrating a thermo- electric generator, which works like a solar panel for heat, says Cedar.Whatwecoulddoistakea bitofwasteheatfromafire,turnit into electricity, and power the fan system,aslongasyouhadsticks. This elegant solution not only created the energy to power clean, efficient combustion, but italsoproducedextraelectricity enoughtochargeaphoneorpower lights. When the team learned that open fire cooking kills more people than HIV, TB and malaria combined, they expanded their focus to the three billion people using such cooking methods. The resulting HomeStove model reduced smoke by 90 percent. In 2009, Cedar and Drummond quit their jobs to turn their design into a marketable business.They pioneered a new business model called parallel innovation, in which BioLite designs products withthesamecoretechnologyfor both emerging and established markets reinvesting revenue from outdoor recreation sales into the emerging markets business, until self-sufficient. Across markets, BioLite has since enabled clean cooking and charging in more than 70 countries. The co-generated electricity has been key in engaging husbands in the stove purchase alongside their wives. Concurrently, the US EPAs Partnership for Clean Indoor Air, working with the UN Foundation, the Shell Foundation, and the US Department of State identified the need for an independent global initi- ative to address household air pollu- tion.The Alliance, a multi-stakeholder partnershipwasdevelopedtoaddress the gaps in funding, awareness, and strategic focus for the sector. Shell Foundation,anindependentUKcharity set up in 2000 to create new business solutions to development challenges, was beginning to demonstrate how new models for the design, production and distribution of clean cookstoves could operate at scale in Asia and Africa.ThemovecoincidedwithShells identification of access to energy as a key social investment theme. What wed learnt at Shell was that producingenergydoesntalwaysresult inuniversalaccesstoit,saysAnnavan Remundt, social performance advisor, access to energy at Shell. We believe Shell can, and should, continue to play a role in enabling energy access by leveraging its resources and investing in innovation. There is no one-size fits allsolutiontoenergyaccess.Insteadwe need tailored solutions driven by local markets,needsandopportunities.This requireseffectivecollaborationbetween governments,businessesandothers. RadhaMuthiahsays,Fromdayone, Shell has been an effective partner in the Alliances efforts to support entrepreneurs and raise awareness about this little known issue. The partnership between Shell and the Alliance combines Shells financial pledgeof$12millionwithin-kindsupport through participation on the Alliances Advisory Council, a secondee, and the provision of technical and business skills to assist the Alliance in its goals. JenniferTweddell, Shells secondee, has helped develop three catalytic enterprisedevelopmentgrantprograms includingtheSparkFundwhichare workingtoraiseinvestorawarenessof the sector. The Alliance has attracted over $50 million in grant funding, and calculates that over $58 million in new investmentstothesectorhaveoccurred sincetheAlliancewaslaunchedin2010. The Spark Fund, developed by the Alliance in 2012, is a grant facility designed to mirror early stage invest- ment. With a pool of $1-2 million a year, of which $1 million is funded by Shell, Sparkaimstohelpenterprisesworking in the household cooking sector reach commercial viability and scale. The AllianceleveragesShellscommitment withsupportfrommultilateralandbilat- eral donors such as the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, Germanys Federal MinistryforEconomicCooperationand Development, and Swedens Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During each round of the Alliances Spark Fund, four to six enterprises receive financial support. In partner- ship with Impact Carbon, BioLite was part of the first round of beneficiaries inacohortthatincludedEzyLifeKenya, whichprovidesefficientcookstoves,as wellassolarlightingandwaterpurifica- tionsystems.Thisfundingwasexactly whatBioLiteneededtoexpandintonew territories.BeinginvolvedintheSpark Fund provided us with the high risk dollars that were critical to the growth ofthecompanyinanewmarket,says Cedar. In 2013, the Alliance awarded Spark grants to six more enterprises including Greenway Appliances, an Indian-based company with sales of more than 250,000 cookstoves. ThepartnershipbetweentheAlliance andShell,andtheircollaborationonthe SparkFundhaveimpactedthehealthof millions,buthavealsoprovidedclimate andgenderempowermentbenefits.For example, black carbon, which results from incomplete combustion of solid fuel, is estimated to contribute the equivalentofupto50percentofcarbon dioxidewarmingglobally,andresidential solid fuel burning accounts for up to 25 percent of black carbon emissions. Cooking is a gender issue, says Anna van Remundt. Women and girls aremosteffectedandinsomeregions spend up to five hours a day gathering wood, or allocate up to a third of their household income on fuel. Using an improved cookstove frees up to 60 days a year for women, and increases in efficiency could equate to enough savingstosendtwochildrentoschool. Butthejobisnotyetdone.According toRadhaMuthiah,whiletheAlliancehas made strong progress in developing the sector over the past five years and is on target to reach its mid-term and long-termgoalsthatofgettingcleaner cookstoves into 60 million homes by 2017 and ultimately 100 million homes by 2020 much work is still needed to tap the full benefit of clean cooking for thewellbeingoftheworldspopulation. If we get this right, says Cedar, of his BioLite technology and others. We couldseethesamekindofglobalhealth impact as penicillin. #makethefuture UGANDA TANZANIA SOUTH SUDAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO KENYA