ADES Association pour le Développement de l'Energie Solaire Suisse - Madagascar

Organization

Mission

The progressive deforestation of more than 500,000 acres of forest per year destroys Madagascar's natural resources and biodiversity. More than 50 percent of the cut wood is used for cooking. For these reasons, ADES promotes energy-efficient cooking methods and raises public awareness on sustainable use of natural resources and environmental protection. ADES' goal ist that by 2050 the majority of households in Madagascar will use energy-efficient cookstoves that use around 60 percent less energy.

Organizational Expertise

Adoption / Behavior Change, Capacity Building, Carbon Finance, Climate/Environment, Finance / Investment, Gender / Womens Empowerment, Health, Institutional Cooking, Lab or Field Testing, Livelihoods, Marketing, Monitoring and Evaluation, Research, Standards

Technologies & Fuels

Biomass (Ag. Residue, Processed Biomass, etc.), Charcoal, Pellets / Briquettes, Solar, Wood

Clean Cooking Activities

ADES is firmly integrated into the Malagasy industrial structure for an indefinite period of time through ten local production and distribution centers for energy-efficient stoves. In Switzerland, ADES maintains contact with the donation base and the public. ADES is currently developing alternative forms of energy (e.g. from bio waste) for the stoves. The stoves are produced locally with as much added value as possible. ADES is convinced that a sustainable strengthening of the local economy with industrialized cooker production is more sustainable than individual projects and backyard production. To date, the organization has sold a total of more than 500,000 energy-saving stoves, with sales in 2023 amounting to 100,000 cooking appliances, 500 of which are solar cookers. 2.5 m people have benefited from lower fuel consumption and improved indoor air quality since 2001.

Partnership

ADES can provide knowledge transfer in regard to carbon finance, design of cooking appliances, setting up an industrialized production structure in a LDC. ADES can also provide country - relevant data on Madagascar to the Alliance.

Regions Operating In

Sub-Saharan Africa

Country Based In

Switzerland

Address

Im Grindel 6
Mettmenstetten, ZURICH 8932
Switzerland

Website

www.ades-solaire.org

Primary Point of Contact

Name: Mr. Luc Estapé

Title: CEO

Email: luc.estape@ades-solaire.org

Phone: +41 44 466 60 50

Secondary Point of Contact