Innovative Cookstove Idea Wins $75,000 St Andrews Prize
“An innovative cookstove, which provides improved air quality and a clean economic source of electricity inside the home, has won this year’s St Andrews Prize for the Environment. Solid biomass fires, used by almost half the global population are inefficient and amongst the most greenhouse intensive systems in the world per unit of energy delivered. Clean energy company BioLite has developed a cookstove that slashes emissions by up to 95 percent and also provides electricity for charging LED lights, mobile phones and other devices used in rural areas where open fires are prevalent.”
At a ceremony at the University of St Andrews today, Jonathan den Hartog was presented with the winning prize of $75,000 (£45,470). Jonathan said: “I am delighted with this win. It will enable us to further develop our programme by funding capital costs, hardware and administration expenses.”
The St Andrews Prize is an environmental initiative by the University of St Andrews, which attracts scholars of international repute and carries out world-class teaching and research, and ConocoPhillips, one of the world’s largest integrated energy companies, with operations in more than 30 countries.”