In Ethiopia, the national government said that it intends to increase ethanol production capacity to 34 Mgy from four sugarcane ethanol plants in Methara, Wonji, Finchaa and Tendaho, while the Gaia Association said that it would expand a program in which refugees are given an ethanol stove and 1 liter of fuel per day. 15 percent of the country’s population use kerosene stoves to cook food, and soaring oil costs have created a new market for “clean cook” ethanol stoves.
Makobu Enterprises said that it will be producing at a capacity of 500 stoves per day by the end of September and will be at 1500 stoves per day by February, and will commence exporting to other African countries.
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