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CLEAN ENERGY OPTIONS
October 5, 2016 @ 9:00 am
In a search to finding clean energy options for Nigeria’s rural women, WEP has partnered with the Renewable Energy Programme of the Federal Ministry of Environment on Rural Women Energy Security (RUWES) programme which aims at lowering market entry barriers of the clean energy market at every step, from the design of clean energy products, to their commercial production and distribution, and to build a lasting market for reliable, practical and affordable clean energy technologies.
The RUWES programme is to empower women economically by making them marketers and distributors of clean energy products. Another clean energy option sought by WEP for women to replace fire wood for cooking is the option of briquettes.
Briquettes are wood-