Bamboo Biomass Energy A Partnership between Ghana, Ethiopia, China and INBAR

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1 Bamboo Biomass Energy A Partnership between Ghana, Ethiopia, China and INBAR First National Forestry Conference 17 th September, 2014 FORIG-Kumasi, Ghana Michael Kwaku Regional Co-ordinator-West Africa

2 In industrialised countries, wood-based fuels replaced by more efficient and convenient sources of fuel Developing regions, less able to afford and access alternative sources of energy, wood has remained a dominant fuel Banning charcoal trade, has officially been done in many African countries but had no or little effect CHARCOAL BUSINESS In 2000, nearly 470 million tonnes of wood were consumed in homes in sub-saharan Africa in the form of firewood and charcoal, more wood per capita than in any other region in the world. Charcoal production provides jobs and income for millions of people (Ghana and Ethiopia) Charcoal still remain an important fuel for HH in African

account for more than 90% of energy consumption These levels of consumption are highly

3 Ghana Ethiopia Firewood and wood charcoal account for more than 78% of all primary energy consumption Energy sector depends heavily on traditional firewood and wood charcoal, which account for more than 90% of energy consumption These levels of consumption are highly unsustainable as firewood and wood charcoal emerging as a main contributor to deforestation and air pollution

4 PILOT BAMBOO BIOMASS PROJECT BAMBOO AS SUSTAINABLE BIOMASS ENERGY: A SUITABLE ALTERNATIVE FOR FIREWOOD AND CHARCOAL PRODUCTION IN AFRICA ( ) main heading

5 INBAR s partnership with Ethiopia, Ghana and China for the project Ethiopia implementation Ghana Bamboo resources amount to 1 million ha and constitute 7.7% of the country s total forest cover Over 10 million tons annually dry bamboo harvest for biomass energy. With a 30% bamboo charcoal yielding rate, sustainable harvest of bamboo resources could potentially provide 3.3 million tons of bamboo charcoal annually; it is possible, therefore, that bamboo charcoal could potentially replace all wood charcoal production Approximately 300,000 ha of bamboo resources, which cover 5% of the country s total forestland Ghana has a strong potential to produce 0.9 million tons of bamboo charcoal on a sustainable basis with a 30% yielding rate, Bamboo could potentially replace 64% of the country s wood consumption for charcoal production China Over 500 bamboo species and 4.86 mil ha bamboo forest. Its annual output is over 7 billion EUR in bamboo sector As an alternative of wood charcoal, annual bamboo charcoal production produced is over 100,000 tonnes.

6 PROJECT EXPECTED RESULTS NO 1 RESULTS By the end of the project period a sustainable local resource base for bamboo will be in place in Ghana sufficient to supply households and small enterprises to substitute bamboo for firewood and charcoal 2 By the end of the project period, at least 30,000 households will be using bamboo as their energy source and at least 1,000 micro and small enterprises (MSEs) using bamboo for charcoal production 3 By the end of the project period government will have issued policy recommendation and at least one national level MSE association in Ghana will be in place

7 Sustainable Bamboo Resource Base

8 Diversification of Bamboo Resource

9 Bamboo charcoal and briquette Technology Establish Bamboo Charcoal Technology Center to introduce bamboo charcoal and briquette production technology in Ghana

10 Capacity Building

11 Roll Press Briquette machine

12 Process flow for production of ball briquette Carbonized Charcoal Crushing Pulverized charcoal Mixing with binder (starch) Ball shape Briquetting Air dried charcoal briquettes Air drying Wet charcoal briquette