Here you will find GTZ publications on the subject of basic energy supply. The focus is on cooking energy. Studies and manuals present the results of projects and provide tips on project and stove design. All the documents are available for download.

• GIZ HERA list of publications 2011
  giz2011-en-hera-list-of-publications.pdf, 0.11 MB (English)

• Cooking is life.
  But cooking also kills more people than malaria.
  Flyer
  GTZ Eschborn, 2010
  gtz2010-en-flyer-cooking-is-life.pdf, 0.89 MB (English)
• Wood Energy – renewable, profitable, and modern
  Talking points for lobbyists.
  GTZ Eschborn, 2010
  gtz2010-en-wood-energy-talking-points.pdf, 1.39 MB (English)
• Policy and regulatory framework conditions for small hydro power in Sub-Saharan Africa
  Discussion paper
  GTZ Eschborn, EUEI PDF 2010
  gtz2010-en-HERA-EUEI-PDF-framework-conditions-hydropower.pdf, 1.71 MB (English)
• Biomass Energy Strategy (BEST) Outline. A Guide for Policy Makers and Energy Planners.
  GTZ Eschborn, 2010
  gtz2010-en-biomass-energy-strategy-outline.pdf, 1.65 MB (English)
• Results Assessment
  Survey on Impacts of the Stove Project in Transmara, Western and Central Cluster of Kenya
  GTZ Kenya,  2009
  en-kenya-results-assessment-stoves-2009.pdf, 0.85 MB (English)
• Energie ist Leben - Nachhaltige Entwicklung und Armutsbekämpfung brauchen Energie - Anregungen aus Bolivien
  Energy is life
  Sustainable development and poverty reduction need energy
  Suggestions from Bolivia
  de-energie-ist-leben-bolivien-2009.pdf, 4.88 MB (German)
• Subsidy schemes for the dissemination of improved stoves
  Experiences of GTZ HERA and Energising Development
  Mirco Gaul, SiNERGi Renewable Energy Services
  Eschborn, May 2009
  en-stove-subsidies-gaul-2009.pdf, 0.56 MB (English)
• Charcoal in Africa. Importance, Problems and Possible Solution Strategies
  GTZ Eschborn, 2008
  gtz2008-en-charcoal-in-africa.pdf, 0.49 MB (English)
• Costs and benefis of efficient institutional cook stoves in Malawi
  Economic evaluation of the component "Promotion of efficient institutional cook stoves" of the Programme for Biomass Energy Conservation (ProBEC) in Malawi in the years 2004 to 2007
  GTZ Eschborn, 2008
  en-costs-benefits-institutional-stoves-malawi-2008.pdf, 0.38 MB (English)
• Economic evaluation of the improved household cooking stove dissemination programme in Uganda
  Helga Habermehl, GTZ Eschborn, 2007
  en-cost-benefit-analysis-uganda-2007.pdf, 0.29 MB (English)
• Impact Assessment at Local Level: Experiences from Malawi-Mulanje Distinct
  Verena Brinkmann, GTZ Eschborn, 2005
  en-mw-impact-assessment-2005l.pdf, 1.35 MB (English)
• Stove Producers assess their Impacts
  Methoddology and Results of a ProBEC Participatory Impact Assessment. Brinkmann, Klinghim, 2005.
  en-questionnaire-assessment-2005.pdf, 0.29 MB (English)
• Improved Stoves as a Key Intervention to Enhance Environmental Health in the Andes
  Lima und Eschborn, 2005
  en-improved-stoves-lima-2005.pdf, 3.32 MB (English)
• Project and stove design for large scale cooking in developing countries. A guide book
  en-project-and-stove-design-1999.pdf, 0.91 MB (English)
• The Economics of Improved Stoves. Guide to micro- and macroeconomic analysis and data assessment.
  GTZ Eschborn, 1999
  en-economics-of-improved-stoves-1999.pdf, 0.47 MB (English)
• Moving ahead with solar cookers
  GTZ Eschborn, 1999
  en-moving-ahead-with-solar-cookers-1999.pdf, 0.80 MB (English)