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La Programa de Eficiencia Energética para la Cocción (“The program for energy efficient cooking”) PEC
Launch: 2009 End: 2023
Region:
LAC
Geography:
Ecuador
Type:
National
ICS Only?:
No
Value/Funding:
N/A
Funder Type:
Domestic Government
Funders:
Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy
Features:
Subsidy
Special Financing
Electrification
Description:
Government program to transition families from LPG (currently subsidized) to hydroelectric (largely using induction stoves). Builds off success of pilot program 2009 - 2014 called Plan Fronteras [1]
Government program to transition families from LPG (currently subsidized) to hydroelectric (largely using induction stoves). Builds off success of pilot program 2009 - 2014 called Plan Fronteras [1]
Reach:
By end of 2017: 740,000 induction stoves had been purchased (around 83% of population) [1]
By end of 2017: 740,000 induction stoves had been purchased (around 83% of population) [1]
Goal/Target:
3.5 million households to switch from LPG to induction electricity [1]
3.5 million households to switch from LPG to induction electricity [1]
Sources:
[1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0973082618302692 [2] https://unfccc.int/fr/node/10405
[1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0973082618302692 [2] https://unfccc.int/fr/node/10405