A National Strategy Proposal for Improved Cooking Stove Adoption in Honduras: Energy Consumption and Cost-Benefit Analysis

Wilfredo C. Flores, Benjamin Bustamante, Hugo N. Pino, Ameena Al-Sumaiti and Sergio Rivera
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Wilfredo C. Flores: Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana, UNITEC, 11101 Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Benjamin Bustamante: Associate Consultor, Ingenieria ByB Asociados, 11101 Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Hugo N. Pino: Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana, UNITEC, 11101 Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Ameena Al-Sumaiti: Advanced Power and Energy Center, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, Khalifa University, P.O. Box 127788 Abu Dhabi, UAE
Sergio Rivera: Electrical Engineering Department, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 111321 Bogotá, Colombia

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 4, 1-18

Abstract: The high consumption of firewood in Honduras necessitates the search for alternatives with less-negative effects on health, the economy, and the environment. One of these alternatives has been the promotion of improved cooking stoves, which achieve a large reduction in firewood consumption. This paper presents a cost-benefit analysis for an improved cooking stove adoption strategy for Honduras. The methodology uses the Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning System , LEAP, a tool used globally in the analysis and formulation of energy policies and strategies. The energy model considers the demand for firewood as well as the gradual introduction of improved cooking stoves, according to the premises of a National Strategy for improved cooking stoves adoption in Honduras. Hence, it is demonstrated that the costs of implementing this adoption strategy are lower than the costs of not implementing it, taking into consideration representative scenarios up to and including the year 2030.

Keywords: cost-benefit analysis; energy strategy; improved cook stoves; Honduras (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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