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Household fuel mixes in peri-urban and rural Ecuador: Explaining the context of LPG, patterns of continued firewood use, and the challenges of induction cooking

Gould, Carlos F. ; Schlesinger, Samuel B. ; Molina, Emilio ; Bejarano, M. Lorena ; Valarezo, Alfredo ; Jack, Darby W.

Energy policy, 2020-01, Vol.136, p.111053, Article 111053 [Periódico revisado por pares]

England: Elsevier Ltd

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Household fuel mixes in peri-urban and rural Ecuador: Explaining the context of LPG, patterns of continued firewood use, and the challenges of induction cooking
Autor: Gould, Carlos F. ; Schlesinger, Samuel B. ; Molina, Emilio ; Bejarano, M. Lorena ; Valarezo, Alfredo ; Jack, Darby W.
Assuntos: Access ; Bathing ; Baths ; Biomass cooking ; Clean cooking ; Clean energy ; Clean fuels ; Cooking ; Cylinders ; Electricity ; Electricity pricing ; Energy consumption ; Energy costs ; Energy policy ; Fuel subsidy ; Fuel transition ; Fuels ; Health promotion ; Heating ; Households ; HVAC ; Induction ; Latin America ; Liquefied petroleum gas ; LPG ; Ovens & stoves ; Owners ; Ownership ; Petroleum ; Provinces ; Residential energy ; Rural areas ; Rural communities ; Solid fuels ; Space heating ; Stoves ; Subsidies
É parte de: Energy policy, 2020-01, Vol.136, p.111053, Article 111053
Descrição: Nationwide transitions from cooking with solid fuels to clean fuels promise substantial health, climate, and environmental benefits. For decades, Ecuador has invested heavily in consumption subsidies for liquified petroleum gas (LPG), a leading clean fuel. With the goal of understanding household energy use in a context where LPG is ubiquitous and cheap, we administered 808 household surveys in peri-urban and rural communities in coastal and Andean Ecuadorian provinces. We assess cooking fuel ownership and use patterns after long-term LPG access and the reach of induction stoves promoted through a recent government program. Nearly all participants reported using LPG for more than a decade and frequent, convenient access to highly subsidized LPG. Nonetheless, half of rural households and 20% of peri-urban households rely on firewood for cooking and to meet specific household energy needs, like space heating or heating water for bathing. Induction was rare and many induction owners reported zero use because the required equipment had never been installed by electricity companies, their stove had broken, or due to fears of high electricity costs. Our discussion is instructive for other countries because of Ecuador's long-standing clean fuel policies, robust LPG market and standardized cylinder recirculation model, and promotion of induction stoves. •Most participants used LPG for >10 years and had high access to cheap fuel.•Most Ecuadorian households use LPG to meet most of their cooking needs.•Half of rural households use firewood to meet some cooking and non-cooking needs.•Induction stoves were rarely owned and many stove owners did not use their stoves.
Editor: England: Elsevier Ltd
Idioma: Inglês

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Household fuel mixes in peri-urban and rural Ecuador: Explaining the context of LPG, patterns of continued firewood use, and the challenges of induction cooking

Gould, Carlos F. ; Schlesinger, Samuel B. ; Molina, Emilio ; Bejarano, M. Lorena ; Valarezo, Alfredo ; Jack, Darby W.

England: Elsevier Ltd

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