BPSU-developed cook stove presented in Asian Clean Energy Forum

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Engr. Jonathan Lacayanga, Chairman of Research and Development, Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU) Abucay campus, presented the vertical-fed biomass cook stove at the Asian Clean Energy Forum 2016 held recently at the Asian Development Bank Headquarters, Manila. The BPSU invention is one of the 64 presentations coming from different countries.

“This is a big achievement not only for BPSU but for the province of Bataan as well for being able to present the invention to an international forum”, noted Lacayanga, inventor of the cook stove.

The Asia Clean Energy Forum is the premier knowledge-sharing event for staying current with the latest developments and key issues in Asia’s clean energy sector.

The Asian Development Bank, the US Agency for International Development, World Energy Council, and the Korea Energy Agency hosted the international forum attended by 1,200 participants from 60 countries.

The vertical fed biomass cook stove was already presented in Cambodia and China.

The cook stove has been recognized by the Global Alliance for Clean Cook stoves (GACC), a United Nations initiative, making BPSU one of the about 430 institutions in the world belonging to the alliance and the first in the Philippines.

As member of GACC, BPSU becomes an implementing partner in realizing the vision of the alliance to provide and distribute 100 million clean cook stoves for biomass dependent households worldwide by the year 2020.

According to a World Health Organization 2009 report, about 2.5 billion people in more than 500 million homes worldwide use dirty and inefficient cook stoves.

“The cook stove, aside from not polluting the air, is safe, easy to use, consume minimal fuel, durable and adaptable for different cooking purposes,” Lacayanga said.