Excerpt from Final Presentation for Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability at Stanford's d.school, Spring 2009. Team members include Carissa Carter, Christina Caciopo, Graeme Waitzkin and Seth Silverman.

1. Footprint
Christina Cacioppo
Carissa Carter
GraemeWaitzkin
Seth Silverman

2. 20% time spent carrying wood for cooking fuel biomass pelletizer footprint microfuel

3. anatomy of a pellet

4. BiomassPellets BiomassBriquettes CharcoalBriquettes
no waste
burns hot
low moisture
uneven density
high moisture
easy to make
takes E to make E
burns hot
carbonized
footprint microfuel
the biomass fuel landscape
FAO, UNDP, Legacy Amy Smith / D-Lab

5. footprint’s non-electric pelletizer

6. next iterations
roller / die contact
grooves on compressor wheel
die hole geometry
flat die
fly wheel power generation
hopper

7. manufacturing plan
roller + die manufactured in china
simple components + welding + assembly in ethiopia
estimated manufactured cost: $115/unit

8. ziway
addis ababa
$
61,000non-electrified households
882,000
spent on fuel
market size
Ethiopia

9. ziway
addis ababa
$
535,000
76,000,000
market size
Ethiopia
non-electrified households
spent on fuel

10. ziway
addis ababa
$
4,100,000
589,000,000
market size
Ethiopia
non-electrified households
spent on fuel

11. ziway
addis ababa
$
14,000,000
2,000,000,000
market size
Ethiopia
non-electrified households
spent on fuel

12. energy spectrum
accessible
inaccessible
high qualitylow quality
dung
wood
charcoal
kerosene
electricity
natural gas
gasified biomass
microfuel
pellets
biomass
briquettes
charcoal
briquettes

13. competition
Wood Dung Charcoal Kerosene
Price per boil
Abundance
Portability
Compatible with stoves
Available for“free”
Burn quality
Pellets
10 cents5 cents 16 cents 17 cents 10 cents

14. implementation landscape
20 km • 4x/week
home
forest
Ziway market
Addis Ababa
2x/week
end users
entrepreneurs

15. implementation plan
forest
Ziway market
Addis Ababa
footprint microfuel
end users
entrepreneurs

16. value to consumers
microfuel reclaims 20 hrs / wk
annual income $698 (average) $1,100 (high potential)
value of 1 hr $0.19 $0.30
value of lost time $238 $424

17. Schoolfees Transport Cattle
17 years of public school 5 donkey carts 3 cows
enabling wealth generation
400 =$

18. value to entrepreneur

19. value to entrepreneur
raw materials:
$2.40/week

20. value to entrepreneur
payback: 11 weekspelletizer: $160

21. value to entrepreneur
revenue:
$17/week

22. value to entrepreneur
income: $10/week
$520/year

23. distribution optionsZiway market
pellet delivery
by donkey cart
pellet pick up
during trips to
market

24. shortrun
complete prototype
pellet as viable fuel source
IP protection
longrun
access to high-quality energy source
competition (local, NGO)
Risks Mitigation
risks and mitigation
shortrun
form development partnerships
further needfinding
secure patent protection
longrun
move quickly to market
partnerships with entrepreneurs, communities

25. wood to pellet
footprint microfuel

26. footprint microfuel
time
potential
health

27. acknowledgements
ThankYou!
IDE | Ethiopia
Jim Patell, Erica Estrada, Dave Beach, Carly Geehr
Ted Sweet
Jawar Mohammed, Sam Alemayehu
Mark Jeunette, Fasika Afework
Craig Milroy
Ed Wood
Brendan Baker
Heather Fleming
Kurt Kuhlmann
Scott Sadlon, Sam Hamner
Vickie Chang, Dave Evans
Craig Amerkhanian
Greg Norton
Lauren Milroy, Matt Wahl, Robyn Beavers, Jenna Whitely