Utilisation of Energy efficient Electric Cooking appliances in small and medium Enterprises.

Abstract

Since most of the private sector in business in Uganda is entirely comprised of small and medium enterprises, there is a need to improve on their net gross revenue through improved modes of operation to meet the operating expenses. This research basically covers the economic and partly social statuses of enterprises which basically perform cooking. Modern energy-efficient electric cooking has the potential to achieve a broad range of developmental goals for energy access, the environment, gender equity, and health by enabling access to clean cooking and reliable electricity. This report gives basic information on how the use of these energy efficient electric cooking appliances can reduce on this problem clearly indicating the effective use of them both on the environment and also how businesses can benefit from them through using them in a long run. A transformation model developed clearly indicated how cost effective these enterprises can manage their income outflows in case they change and take on clean cooking systems apparently available in Uganda. The analysis highlights different costs met in comparison between clean cooking systems and local cooking methods. Through the conducted case studies, this report compares the current and projected costs to the consumer of a range of electric cooking (clean Cooking) solutions with the costs of cooking with currently widely-used fuels in each context. The use of energy-efficient electric cooking appliances challenges the widespread perception that electricity is too expensive for cooking. The analysis shows that clean Cooking can already be a cost-effective option in a variety of settings and is likely to become increasingly effective in the near future. Taking the case studies as a baseline, the report extrapolates the results to illustrate the wider application of clean Cooking for a range of costs and fuel prices and carries out sensitivity analyses to explore emerging trends. The results highlight the cost thresholds that can be used to identify the markets where the leveled costs of clean Cooking systems are already lower than current expenditures on cooking fuels. The report seeks to build the evidence base to assess whether cooking with electricity could make a significant contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by simultaneously enabling cost-effective access to modern energy and clean cooking