Executive Secretary of the PPPRA, Mr. Farouk Ahmed, who made the announcement, said the reduction in the price of the commodity was due to an implementation of the revised components of the Petroleum Products Pricing Template for PMS and
household kerosene.
Not exact matches
One solar - powered Little Sun light lasts for two to three years before needing a battery replacement, and can save
households up to 90 % over three years compared to what they would have spent on
kerosene.
Currently,
households in Africa not connected to the electric grid can spend up to 20 % of their total budgets on
kerosene, which is the primary source of light for many of these
households.
The company works with local entrepreneurs to sell its lamps to
households where electricity is scarce or unavailable, at prices that are affordable to families currently using costly and toxic
kerosene for their lighting.
Accepted items include, pesticides, fertilizers, pool and
household chemicals / cleaners; oil - based paints, spray cans; paint thinner, stripper and solvents; batteries (lead acid & rechargeable); oil, gasoline,
kerosene, antifreeze; and mercury (thermometers, thermostats, metal).
Accepted items include, pesticides, fertilizers, pool and
household chemicals / cleaners (limit 2 gallons or 20 pounds); oil - based paints, spray cans (limit 10 gallons); paint thinner, stripper and solvents (limit 2 gallons); batteries (lead acid & rechargeable); oil, gasoline,
kerosene, antifreeze (limit 10 gallons); and mercury (thermometers, thermostats, metal).
Erie County residents can drop off the following materials: pesticides, fertilizers, pool and
household chemicals / cleaners (limit 2 gallons or 20 pounds); oil - based paints, spray cans (limit 10 gallons); paint thinner, stripper and solvents (limit 2 gallons); batteries (lead acid & rechargeable); oil, gasoline,
kerosene, antifreeze (limit 10 gallons); and mercury (thermometers, thermostats, metal).
Accepted item are: pesticides, fertilizers, pool and
household chemicals / cleaners, oil - based paints and spray cans, paint thinner, stripper and solvents, batteries (lead acid & rechargeable, oil, gasoline,
kerosene and antifreeze and mercury (thermometers, thermostats, metal).
• Pesticides, fertilizers, pool and
household chemicals / cleaners (limit 2 gallons or 20 pounds) • Oil - based (not latex) paints, spray cans (limit 10 gallons) • Paint thinner, stripper and solvents (limit 2 gallons) • Batteries (lead acid and rechargeable, not alkaline) • Oil, gasoline,
kerosene, antifreeze, automotive fluids (limit 10 gallons) • Mercury (thermometers, thermostats, metal)
Kerosene lamps provide a primary light source in many
households — at a cost to both health and wealth.
The economics of this off - grid business model rely on what it provides being affordable to poor
households, as well as offering an improvement on the energy services they currently have (often
kerosene or candle lighting, plus payments to local businesses for charging mobile phones) at a lower cost.
Deploying this clean energy will generate over $ 100,000 in village income over the next three years, increasing poor
household income by 36.4 % while eliminating 15,000 liters of
kerosene and 37 tons of CO2.
Energy supplier: Fuel companies supplying electricity, natural gas, fuel oil,
kerosene, or LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) to the
household.
Women within the community are among those being trained as masons to install biogas digesters in Kereita area, providing
households with cheap, clean energy and helping to slow climate change by replacing wood, gas, or
kerosene.
3.8 million people a year die prematurely from illness attributable to the
household air pollution caused by the inefficient use of solid fuels and
kerosene for cooking.
The lack of access to electricity for 1 billion people (many of whom then use
kerosene lamps for lighting) exposes
households to very high levels of fine particulate matter.