Lao PDR Clean Cook Stove Initiative

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The project will distribute 50,000 forced draft gasifier cookstoves across eight to eleven districts in three different provinces: Vientiane Capital, Savannakhet Province, and Champasack Province. They were chosen in collaboration with the Institute of Renewable Energy Promotion (IREP) at the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) based on their high charcoal consumption, carbon emission reduction potential, and the characteristics of the charcoal market. The main criteria for household identification are: (1) household must be willing to pay for the stove, (2) the households’ source of fuel has to be charcoal, (3) the household must commit to use the stove 75 percent of the time for cooking and heating, and (4) the household must agree to the rigorous monitoring during the project implementation period.