Biomass Fuel Alternatives Energy Consumption at Households Level in El Dilling Locality - South

Abstract

Biomass fuel Alternatives Energy Consumption at Household Level in Eldilling Locality- South Kordofan State This study has been carried out in Eldilling locality in south kordofan State. The objective of the study was to investigate the extent of family household will to adopt the alternative fuel (LPG) instead of fuelwood. To the households consumption. In addition to that, the study aims to know the other fuel types used in the study area by the households and the constraints limited thin adoption in the study area. Two kinds of data were collected: primary data and secondary data; primary data were collected using questionnaire that has been designed to cover the entire study objective. The secondary data collected from magazines, reports, researches and internet. It has been observed during the field visits that the studied community was homogenous, the household has been selected to represent the study unit, 60 households were been chosen randomly from the study even to answer the questionnaire. Then after that, data has been coded and analyzed using SPSS program. The results showed that the fuel types used in the study area were firewood 98%, charcoal 97%, agricultural residues 22% and LPG was 18%. The household will to adopt LPG was 92%. The high prices for the empty LPG containers and the shortage of LPG distribution services points in the study area are the constraints which limit their adoption. The study result summary showed high will from households to adopt the LPG instead of the fuelwood, and this will decrease pressure upon trees cover and conserve environment. The study recommended the necessary of introduce of project that working in provide of alternative energy such as LPG and provision of LPG distribution point and training of the household their proper use and reduction of the consumption prices to encourage the community for the use of LPG.