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KINYBiomass accounts for 85% of all energy consumed. The subsector covers bio-products. Bio-products are fuels developed from biological materials, split into those that are wood-based, such as wood and charcoal, and biogas, which is derived from waste matter. Biomass is largely consumed for cooking, with wood used by rural households and charcoal by urban households. The biomass subsector is being informed by the development of the Biomass Energy Strategy (2018). This analyses supply and demand of biomass and sets out a strategy to reduce reliance on wood and charcoal.
Under the National strategy for transformation, the sector objective is to halve the number of households using traditional cooking technologies to achieve a sustainable balance between supply and demand of biomass through promotion of most energy efficient technologies.