The Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) hosted a webinar on 11 December 2023 as part of the Scope of Work of Activity Group 8, under the thematic area of ‘Advanced liquid biofuels’.

In terms of household energy access, there are still 2.3 billion people who lack access to clean cooking. This reliance on traditional biomass for cooking can have debilitating social and economic impacts, as well as consequences for the environment due to GHG emissions, air pollution, deforestation and landscape degradation.

Innovative technologies for the provision of modern clean energy in the household, such as improved feedstocks and cookstoves, can help alleviate pressures on natural ecosystems and restore diverse ecological, social and economic functions of landscapes. Modern clean cooking value chains also have beneficial impacts for human well-being, creating new job opportunities for the production, establishment and maintenance of the new technologies, and diversifying farmer income from the production, collection and processing of biomass into solid or liquid biofuel. Furthermore, the adoption of these technologies reduces the production of smoke and indoor air pollution to which women and children are particularly exposed.

Among the various clean cooking technologies, ethanol cookstoves have emerged in recent years as one of the most valuable and accepted bioenergy options. The webinar  explored the market opportunities for the production and use of ethanol as a clean cooking fuel in East Africa.

For more information visit:  https://www.fao.org/in-action/global-bioenergy-partnership/news-and-events/events/events-detail/webinar-on-ethanol-as-a-clean-cooking-fuel-in-east-africa/en 

Germany is among the 23 partner countries of GBEP with the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) in the lead; FNR, as an agency of the BMEL, is part of GBEP’s German delegation.

FNR contact person: Lena Huck