Energy experts from across the globe met at the Briquettes Producers Workshop in Arusha, Tanzania, from November 10 to November 14, 2010 to discuss ways to promote charcoal and fuelwood alternatives in the form of briquettes, says Vuthisa which participated in the workshop. The conference was part of a three-year project to support environmental conservation in East Africa through the start and long-term establishment of biomass briquette small businesses.
Countries like Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Chad, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), South Africa and Botswana attended the conference with the intent to create an African Briquette Producers Network so that new knowledge and improved recipes can be passed on to producers even if they are working in different regions.
The conference was sponsored by the Legacy Foundation through a grant from the McKnight Foundation.
During the conference, there were demonstrations of various local techniques of biomass briquette production and biomass briquette technologies being used in Africa.
The combustion issues and eliminating smoke was high on the agenda of the conference. It was reiterated that to sell briquettes, the quality of the briquettes needs to be improved and the use of better quality insulated stoves should be advocated.
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