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Welcome to the Improved Cooking Energy Portal!

The improved cooking energy portal provides an overview of the information on clean cooking energy on energypedia.

Overview on Cooking Energy

• Link to the Cooking Energy Compendium
  
• Cooking Energy System
  

• FAQ on Stoves
• Advantages and Disadvantages of Biomass
• Improved Cookstoves and Energy Saving Cooking Equipment
• The Cooking Energy System

Designing and Implementing Cooking Energy Interventions

• Frame Conditions for Planning Cooking Energy Interventions
• Process of Planning Cooking Energy Interventions
• Content of Planning Cooking Energy Interventions
• Enhancing Production of Improved Cookstoves (ICS)
• Commercialisation of Cookstoves
• Creation of Public Awareness for Improved Cookstoves (ICS)
• User Training - Improved Cookstoves (ICS)
• Financing Mechanisms for Cookstove Dissemination
• Cooking Energy in Refugee Situations

Cooking Fuels

• Cooking with Firewood
• Cooking with Charcoal
• Cooking with Dung
• Cooking with Agricultural Residues
• Cooking with Coal
• Cooking with Biogas
• Cooking with Woodgas
• Cooking with LPG
• Cooking with Ethanol and Methanol
• Cooking with Plant Oil
• Cooking with Kerosene
• BLEENS - Biogas, Liquefied Petroleum Gas, Electricity, Ethanol, Natural Gas, and Solar

Monitoring & Evaluation of Cooking Energy

• Result Based Monitoring of Cookstove Projects
• Impact Studies Material
  
• Indicators and Observation Fields for ICS
• Sustainability Assessment of ICS Dissemination
• Cooking Energy System Evaluation

Cooking Energy Technologies

• Firewood Cookstoves
• Charcoal Cookstoves
• Dung-burning Cookstoves
  
• Coal Stoves
  
• Biogas Stoves
• Gasifier Stoves
• LPG Stoves
• Alcohol Stoves
• Plant Oil Cookers
• Kerosene Stoves
• Solar Cookers
  
• Baking with Improved Ovens

Impacts of Cooking Energy

• Lessons Learnt from Improved Cookstove Projects
• Indoor Air Pollution (IAP)
• Evidence on Cookstoves Impact
  
• Sustainability Assessment of ICS in Kenya
• Reasons for Success and Failure of Stove Projects
• Economic Impact of Energy Access

Energy-Saving Cooking Equipment and Practices

• Heat Retainers - Thermos Flasks and Fireless Cookers
• Pressure Cookers
  
• General Kitchen Management Practices
  
• Smoke Hoods

Climate Change and Cooking Energy

Policy Framework on Cooking Energy

• Background - Cooking Energy Crisis
• Cooking Energy Intervention Strategies
• Biomass Energy Strategy (BEST)
• Cooking Energy and the Sustainable Development Goals
• Cooking Energy and Focal Areas of Develoment Cooperation
• Webinar on Cost-Benefit Analyses of Clean Cooking Policies and Interventions

Case Studies on Cooking Energy

Cooking Energy Resources

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Improved Cooking Events

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Improved Cooking Publications

• Energy Safety Nets: India Case Study
• The Kenya eCookbook to Save Time & Money: Beans & Cereals edition
• Have Improved Cookstoves Benefitted Rural Kenyans? : Findings from the EnDev Initiative

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23 February 2026
Senior Consultant

30 April 2026
Senior Fellow, WRI Polsky Center for the Global Energy Transition

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Opportunities

1 February 2026
Call for Papers: International Energy Workshop (IEW)

5 February 2026
LEAP-SE 2026 Call

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