A low-cost generator with the potential to transform lives in the world's poorest communities is now being tested across the UK and in Nepal. The Score project, led by The University of Nottingham in the UK, is developing a bio-mass burning cooking stove which also converts heat into acoustic energy and then into electricity, all in one unit.
A low-cost generator with the potential to transform lives in the world's poorest communities is now being tested across the UK and in Nepal. The Score project, led by The University of Nottingham in the UK, is developing a bio-mass burning cooking stove which also converts heat into acoustic energy and then into electricity, all in one unit.
The aim of the Score project is to make a low-cost, high efficiency generator that can be used in the world's poorest countries. The generator has a cost target of ~£20 per household, based on the production of a million units. The generator will weigh between 10 and 20kg. The target is to generate an hour's use per kilogram of fuel - which could be wood, dung or any other locally-available biomass material.
For more information see the Score website here - click on the July 2009 press release.
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