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Renewable Energy in Kenya (GIZ) - Cooking Technologies
Renewable Energy in Kenya (GIZ)
Energy, Transport and Climate Change Cluster
Objective (DC Program): The modernization of the renewable energy sector contributes to sustainable economic development, improving the quality of life of the population and achieving Kenya's climate targets.
Promotion of Climate-Friendly Cooking: Kenya and Senegal – GCF CoFi (GCF)
OBJECTIVE: Demonstrate an innovative ICS market transformation strategy in Kenya, and at improve global knowledge about ICS sector as contribution to Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
2020 - 2024
- ICS Sector Growth - Accelerate the growth of the ICS sector, in more remote locations with market transformation.
- Growth Formal Businesses - Provide professionalization kits and investment packages to grow to formal businesses.
- Emissions Reduction - Ensure good quality products & contribute to emission reduction.
Energizing Development Kenya (EnDev)
OBJECTIVE: Facilitate Sustainable access to modern energy services for households, social institutions and small to medium-sized enterprises has increased. 2019 - 2022
- Cooking Energy - promoting access to modern and improved cooking solutions (ICS).
- Off-Grid Electrification - promoting access to stand-alone solar systems.
- Complementary Projects - The Swiss co-funded ‘Social Impact Incentives’ (SIINC) project, The USAID co-funded Smart Communities Coalition Innovation Fund (SCCIF), Sustainable Energy for Small Holder Farmers (Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda), EnDev Innovation Fund – Promotion of PUE consumer financing through VSLAs.
Energizing Development - African Bio-digesters Component (EnDev ABC)
OBJECTIVE: Facilitate a shift of the biodigester market from its pioneering to the expansion phase with focus on the installation of over 20,000 small-scale and 250 medium scale biodigesters. 2022 - 2025
- Result-Based Finance (RBF) facility - Provision of result-based financing for small-scale biodigesters to provide the last push needed for the biodigester market to reach a critical mass of clients within Kenyan farmers.
- Enabling environment - Ensure that the policies, regulations, standards and tax regimes are conducive to the development of biodigester companies.
- Capacity Development - Biodigester companies will benefit from technical trainings of their own staff, of financial institutions on the benefit of biogas and bio-slurry. We will also support knowledge creation and provide market intelligence.
- Biodigester Market assessment in Somalia
- ABC Kenya – Functionality assessment
- ABC Kenya – Biodigester enterprise inventory
- ABC Kenya – Assessment of potential for small-scale and Medium- scale Biodigesters
IMPACT: 3,298,322 people were reached and 710,338t CO2 equivalent per year were reduced through the use of improved cooking stoves.
Source: © GIZ
A technician hammers out a lip on a piece of metal to begin the process of building a portable energy saving jiko at Starose Enterprises in Chuka, Embu County.
Source: © GIZ
A technician prepares cement mix for portable energy saving jikos at Starose Enterprises in Chuka, Embu county.
Source: © GIZ
An energy saving cookstove on display at Richard Omolo's workshop in Kibuye Jua Kali, Kisumu county.
Source: © GIZ
