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Promote replacement of traditional firewood stoves with improved cookstoves (including electric rice cookers) or with the use of LPG (green char-briquettes or biogas from a biogester system), and sell induction technology.
ATEC Bio-digesters International (ATEC), founded in 2015, manufactures and distributes bio-digesters. It combines manure or kitchen waste with water to produce fertilizer and gas for cooking. They also provide induction technology to save cost and increase health safety, through pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) solutions, on instalment payment basis for as low as USD 5 per month.
In addition, they have patented their IoT capability which allows them to work with a hybrid revenue model by collecting and selling carbon credits. They have raised total USD 2.3 mn, including USD 1.6 mn in Series B from ENGIE Rassembleurs d'Energies Flexible FCPE in 2019. Other investors include, Phitrust Asia, Clean Cooking Alliance, Foundation Ensemble, IIX Growth Fund. (7)
Khmer Green Charcoal Co. (KGC), founded in 2008, has developed a clean cooking fuel from coconut-shell char and wood-char residues, to provide a sustainable alternative to wood-charcoal consumption. With advanced technology, KGC offers a more energy efficient solution than wood or traditional charcoal, allowing substantial savings for its users. It has supplied its Green Charcoal to >6,500 users.
In 2014, KGC received USD 0.3 mn grant from the Spark Fund of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves with the aim to double its production capacity to >100 tonnes/month, and help KGC build a new warehouse for raw materials. Uberis Capital invested USD 0.8 mn in KGC to double its production between 2015 and 2017.(1)
ACE Energy Solutions (Cambodia) Co. Ltd. (ACE), incorporated in 2016, is a wholly owned subsidiary of African Clean Energy BV with its head office in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Since 2020, ACE has been manufacturing solar-hybrid cook-stoves in Siem Reap, based on efficient pyrolysis of solid fuel which helps reduce users’ fuel consumption. The process can achieve ISO19867 tier 4 efficiency with various fuels. ACE also produces fuel pellets made from sugarcane and bamboo waste to improve the user experience further and encourage the adoption of new technology. The target market is predominantly rural families with inferior access to affordable, clean, and safe thermal energy needs
Provision of clean cooking solutions to reduce air pollution, and improve the quality of work conditions for cooking staff, women and children.