REPORT

This report presents a National Integrated Clean Cooking Planning (NICCP) approach for Rwanda, utilizing the Integrated Clean Cooking Planning Tool (ICCPT) and a financial model to evaluate two strategic paths: the 'Aligned' plan and the 'CleanStep' plan. The analysis focuses on transitioning households from traditional biomass (firewood and charcoal) to clean cooking technologies, including electricity, LPG, ethanol, and improved biomass stoves, while assessing the associated techno-economic, social, and financial impacts through 2034.

• The 'CleanStep' plan achieves higher clean cooking adoption by 2029, with 3,446,097 households adopting clean technologies, covering 85% of national cooking demand (91% urban, 81% rural), and reducing inefficient biomass use by 75% compared to the baseline.
• The 'Aligned' plan results in 3,005,538 households adopting clean cooking technologies by 2029, covering 74% of national cooking demand (85% urban, 65% rural), and reducing inefficient biomass use by 64% compared to the baseline.
• By 2034, the 'Aligned' plan covers 86% of national cooking demand (4,241,913 households), while the 'CleanStep' plan covers 83% (4,077,667 households), as the latter focuses on economic recovery in the second period.
• The 'CleanStep' plan provides superior environmental and social benefits by 2029, saving 2.2 MTon CO2eq/y and 2 MTon of wood/y more than the 'Aligned' plan, and saving 1.57 days/person/y more in time and gender costs.
• The 'Aligned' plan shows better health outcomes, saving 25,365 DALYs/y more by 2029 and 30,985 DALYs/y more by 2034 compared to the 'CleanStep' plan.
• Total funding requirements by 2034 are USD 874 million for the 'CleanStep' plan and USD 967 million for the 'Aligned' plan, with significant reliance on viability gap funding, concessional loans, and grants.
• Carbon credits present a significant revenue opportunity, with the 'CleanStep' plan projecting 60.5 MT of avoided CO2 emissions and a peak income of USD 58 million in 2029, compared to 38.5 MT and a peak income of USD 52 million in 2034 for the 'Aligned' plan.
• Infrastructure deployment for electricity and LPG is planned to reach 100% by 2029 in both plans, but this does not guarantee adoption due to affordability gaps, particularly in rural areas.
• The baseline for cooking in Rwanda is characterized by high reliance on firewood (80.37% nationwide) and charcoal (18.03% nationwide), resulting in approximately 21.9 M Ton/year of CO2 eq emissions and 9.5 M Ton/year of deforestation.
• The 'CleanStep' plan's e-cooking CAPEX is significantly higher, requiring USD 523 million by 2029 and a cumulative USD 1.148 billion by 2034, compared to the 'Aligned' plan's USD 323 million by 2029 and USD 724 million by 2034.

APA

de Cuadra, F., Dueñas, P., Sánchez-Jacob, E., Díaz-Pastor, S., Rico, O., Palacios, R., Pérez-Arriaga, I., Dominguez, C., Mazzoni, D., & Narayan, N. (2025). REPORT. Sustainable Energy for All. https://www.seforall.org/system/files/2026-02/Copy%20for%20printing%20Rwanda%20NICCP%20Report1.pdf

Chicago

de Cuadra, Fernando, Pablo Dueñas, Eduardo Sánchez-Jacob, Santos Díaz-Pastor, Olga Rico, Rafael Palacios, Ignacio Pérez-Arriaga, et al. REPORT. Sustainable Energy for All, 2025. https://www.seforall.org/system/files/2026-02/Copy%20for%20printing%20Rwanda%20NICCP%20Report1.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{decuadra2025report, author = {de Cuadra, Fernando and Dueñas, Pablo and Sánchez-Jacob, Eduardo and Díaz-Pastor, Santos and Rico, Olga and Palacios, Rafael and Pérez-Arriaga, Ignacio and Dominguez, Cristina and Mazzoni, Davide and Narayan, Nishant}, title = {{REPORT}}, institution = {Sustainable Energy for All}, year = {2025}, month = jul, url = {https://www.seforall.org/system/files/2026-02/Copy%20for%20printing%20Rwanda%20NICCP%20Report1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }