Cleaner cooking solutions: Optimizing biomass briquettes to replace charcoal and mitigate climate change in Tanzania

In Tanzania, overreliance on charcoal and firewood for domestic energy has intensified deforestation and environmental degradation, creating an urgent need for sustainable biomass-based fuels. This study investigates the optimization of biomass briquettes produced from locally available agricultural residues (coconut shell, palm kernel shell, rice husk) and forest wastes as sustainable alternatives to charcoal. Click on […]

In Tanzania, overreliance on charcoal and firewood for domestic energy has intensified deforestation and environmental degradation, creating an urgent need for sustainable biomass-based fuels. This study investigates the optimization of biomass briquettes produced from locally available agricultural residues (coconut shell, palm kernel shell, rice husk) and forest wastes as sustainable alternatives to charcoal.

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