In the next 2 years, this Powerstove milestone is to sale more than 482,000 Powerstoves across Nigeria, benefiting 2,410,000 people (given the average household in Nigeria is 5 people). These Powerstoves will save households over $122,960,000 (which averagely $250 savings per Powerstove) giving the chance for many to pay school fees, start a business, pay health-related costs or simply save for a rainy day. Also, these Powerstoves will reduced greenhouse gas emissions by an incredible 2,660,000 tons of carbon (a single Powerstove + Goodlife Biomass Pellets saves roughly 5 tons Co2 per annum), contributing to global efforts to mitigate climate change. Our highly energy efficient Powerstoves will avoid the consumption of 472,000 tons of charcoal, which is equivalent to more than 7,210,000 trees! It takes 7 tons of wood to make one ton of charcoal, so we are assuming total wood weight of a tree is 15 tons. Powerstove will begin producing of Powerstove Kits. A ready-to-assemble model of Powerstove which will allow us to export our product to East African market through Rwanda, then train our partners on how to assembly the product with minimal resources. Most of our partners in this regard, shall be local women owned or led organizations and organizations managed by physically challenged persons. Powerstove Kits will help us overcome the challenges associated with high cost on freight, custom duties, local transportation and taxes unlike while making our costs competitive.
