4TH ANNUAL RENEWABLE ENERGY FAIRENERGY COMMISSION

PRESENTATION ON: JOB CREATION UNDER RENEWABLE ENERGY (ISSUES ON COOKSTOVES , …)

M O H A M M E D A M I N U L U K U M A N U

C H I E F E X E C U T I V E O F F I C E R

G H A N A A L L I A N C E F O R C L E A N C O O K S T O V E S A N D F U E L S

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What GHACCO IS

Trade Alliance of Ghana’s Clean Cooking industry

Incorporated in 2013, representing the entire value; Over 250 members private sector, CSOs, local com’ties, etc.

Located at East Legon, around the ARS roundabout

and five Regional Steering Committees for G/A, V/R, A/S, W/R and N/R

Mission

The Ghana Alliance for Clean Cook stoves (GHACCO) shall work with public, private, and non-profit stakeholders in the clean cooking sector to overcome the barriers that impede the production, deployment, and use of clean cook stoves, LPG and clean biofuels in Ghana

Strategic Goal

To achieve the adoption of Clean Cookstovesand Fuels in four million Ghanaian Householdsaided by targeted distribution of five millionclean/ efficient/improved Cookstoves by 2020and Universal adoption of Clean Cooking inGhana by 2030

What GHACCO IS Key stakeholders includes:

Energy Commission Ministry of Energy Ministry of Local Gov’t and Rural Dev’t Ministry for Planning Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves Netherlands Development Organizations National Petroleum Authority (NPA) Environmental Protection Agency CSIR-IIRTechnology Consultancy Centre of KNUST

Ghana: Country Context – Households

Total No. Household Urban Rural National

3,656,500 2,945,000 6,601,500

Source of Cooking Fuel Urban Rural National

1. Wood 14.3% 74.8% 41.3%

2. Charcoal 43.6% 16.5% 31.5%

3. Gas 35.8% 5.5% 22.3%

4. Other 0.85 0.9% 0.9%

Source: GLSS 6, Ghana Statistical Service

Economic Policy- Gov’t Flagship Policy Initiatives

“Private sector is the engine of growth” One District One Factory (1D1F) Private sector driven

Planting for Food and Jobs Job creation agenda Nation Builders Corp (NABCO)

Social Intervention measures

Ghana school feeding programme (GSFP)

Free Senior High School education

Free school meals

Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP)

Other Opportunities for Business Develoment

Medium and Small Loans Centre

(MASLOC)

BUSAC FUND (BUSAC)

Skills Development Fund (SFD)

The Clean Cooking Industry- Policy measures

National Standards for Cookstoves

New Cylinder Re-circulation Model (CRM) SE4ALL Country Action Plan SDG commitments (2 million efficient stoves)

Opportunities and Prospects for Job Creation in the Clean Cooking Industry

Clean Cooking Solutions – Institutional & Commercial Cookstoves’ deployment

School Kitchen Stoves

Agro-processing stoves Fish smoking

Gari processing

Vegetable oil processing, etc.

Food venders

Clean Cooking Solutions – Improved Cookstoves for Household use

Gas (LPG) based stoves

Biomass based stoves Charcoal based stoves

Wood based stoves

Pellets and briquettes based stoves

Other stoves (Bio-gas, ethanol, solar)

Clean Cooking Solutions – Clean Fuels

LPG deployment

Pellets

Briquettes

Bio-gas

Ethanol

Recommended Additional Enablers

Clean cooking Policy for Ghana

Development of structured demand market

Adoption of clean cooking in school

Clean cooking in other public institutions

MASLOC and MFI financing of clean cooking solutions

for Agro-processors food vendors

Inclusion of efficient stoves in social protection (e.g. LEAP)

Additional Enablers

“Strategic Support to the Clean Cooking Sector in

Ghana” – Rural Woodstove Market Development

Utilization of existing grants

BUSAC, for the next 10 months

Seeking SDF grant for capacity building for manufacturers

Increase collaboration: EC, NPA, CSIR-IIR, GSA, TCC

Additional Enablers

Increased investments and Financing for scale up

Development of Distribution networking

Technology transfer for automation

Technical Assistance for higher standards and compliance

Development of consumers financing schemes aided

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