Pre-feasibility study for an improved cook stoves project in Northern Ghana

A contract was signed between the Danish Energy Agency and CARE Danmark on 10 June 2009 to carry out a pre-feasibility study for a CDM Program of Activities (PoA) on improved cook stoves in Northern Ghana. Based on the Contract a consultancy contract was signed between CARE Danmark and Energica in Ghana on 11 June 2009 to carry out information gathering and analysis in relation to the household energy part. This report is based on desk studies, field visits to Northern Ghana and analysis and interviews with a number of key people involved the stove business, rural development and the energy sector at large.