In Mozambique, we run a project in support of sustainable cooking that promotes the use of more energy-efficient cookers in the population, produced by small local companies. The initiative helps enhance the sustainability of the Rovuma Basin natural gas development programme, where we operate through Coral South and where the Rovuma LNG and Coral North projects are set to be developed. Since its launch in Mozambique, the Eni for Clean Cooking Programme has gradually expanded to several provinces, helping to provide households with access to improved cooking technologies. Furthermore, these cookstoves are also less harmful to health and more efficient for food preparation than traditional ones. Together with natural gas production and liquefaction activities, we promote sustainable development in the country through partnerships and programmes that support the population in the areas of education and technical training, food security and economic diversification.
Mozambique
2018 - present
Access to energy
Economic diversification
Community healthThe Clean Cooking programme in Mozambique helps to reduce fuel consumption and the pressure on natural resources, promoting better health for families in various provinces across the country. Through Promoting Energy Efficiency and Clean Cooking , the name of the initiative in Pemba, we are supporting a sustainable craft industry, creating jobs and fostering new local entrepreneurship. Thanks to their slower, longer-lasting combustion, the cookstoves consume less charcoal, helping to combat deforestation caused by wood harvesting for domestic charcoal production. By producing less smoke, they also reduce their impact on households, particularly children.
A large pile of improved orange cookstoves
Two local workers are loading the improved cookstoves onto a vehicle for distribution
The banner for the “Eni for Clean Cooking” project on the wall of a building
A worker at work inside the production workshop for improved cookstoves
The distribution of improved cookstoves benefits both vulnerable households and the wider community, creating employment opportunities across the production, distribution and logistics chain while fostering new skills and supporting the local economy. The entire community benefits from the establishment of small factories, helping to create a sustainable market for these new appliances and paving the way for their sale in other parts of the country.
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