Takachar

Improving security and sustainability of cooking fuel.

Energy | Kenya | Access to Energy |

 

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Overview

Takachar have pioneered a process for low-cost pretreatment and densification of biomass at source (i.e. at the level of small farms where biomass originates). Because this process immediately improves the quality of biomass in terms of shelf life, density, and transportability, it becomes much more economically feasible to source and sell the biomass-based commodities over long distances. This opens up new rural areas with biomass that previously have been deemed too far away to serve as an economic fuel. The creation of new values from low-quality biomass is also expected to increase incomes for distributed small-holder farmers.

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