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Promote LPG cooking stove to close the clean cooking gap
The feedback from the stakeholder consultation workshop suggests that cooking with LPG has two-fold advantages. First, it is very much culturally accepted and well-established in the community. Second, the running cost of LPG cooking stoves would be cheaper compared to electric cooking stoves; therefore, LPG cooking stoves would be more affordable than electric cooking stoves. The NEXSTEP analysis estimates that achieving universal access to clean cooking with LPG will increase LPG imports in Tonga by about 20 per cent in 2030 when compared to a non-LPG approach, e.g., electric cooking stoves. However, based on other multiple benefits that LPG-based cooking will offer for Tonga, LPG cooking stoves are recommended for achieving universal access to clean cooking.
The feedback from the stakeholder consultation workshop suggests that cooking with LPG has two-fold advantages. First, it is very much culturally accepted and well-established in the community. Second, the running cost of LPG cooking stoves would be cheaper compared to electric cooking stoves; therefore, LPG cooking stoves would be more affordable than electric cooking stoves. The NEXSTEP analysis estimates that achieving universal access to clean cooking with LPG will increase LPG imports in Tonga by about 20 per cent in 2030 when compared to a non-LPG approach, e.g., electric cooking stoves. However, based on other multiple benefits that LPG-based cooking will offer for Tonga, LPG cooking stoves are recommended for achieving universal access to clean cooking.
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