Working together for a holistic approach
OxCarbon is a not-for-profit company, limited by guarantee, established in 2021 and spun out by Oxford University Innovation. It seeks to promote innovation in climate impact projects that align with the Oxford Offsetting Principles.
OxCarbon seeks to create confidence in climate impact projects through a principle-driven approach supported by transparency and scrutiny from the academic peer review community. All surplus revenues generated by OxCarbon are used to support climate research, primarily at The Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford.
"OxCarbon looks forward to partnering with Mozambique Renewables to establish a best-in-class carbon sequestration project that benefits local communities and delivers verifiable reductions in emissions across a sensitive landscape."
Stephen Lezak - OxCarbon Leadership Team
African Clean Energy (ACE) is currently the second highest ranked B Corp in the world and is both a manufacturer of renewable energy products and a forerunner in the Energy as a Service (EaaS) climate fintech landscape. ACE delivers a comprehensive household energy solution addressing the need for electricity and clean cooking in emerging markets.
Its flagship product, the ACE One hybrid energy system, integrates solar electricity generation and clean biomass cooking through fan gasification. This data-enabled system facilitates access to energy with a significant reduction in fuel consumption and offers a 'virtual grid'-like analysis of usage and impact, including on carbon reduction.
When utilized in conjunction with sustainable fuels, the ACE One system further enhances its positive influence on various fronts. Aside from the climate impacts, it also fosters improvements in human health, ensures product satisfaction, helps create financial and time savings, and contributes to the reduction of deforestation.
With its innovative and sustainable solutions, ACE is making considerable strides in transforming the energy sector in emerging markets, paving the way toward a more sustainable future.
"ACE greatly looks forward to scaling its collaboration with Mozambique Renewables to ensure no time is lost in scaling our solutions to key new regions of the world."
Ruben Walker, Founder | CEO, African Clean Energy
To fight widespread poverty in both rural, urban, and semi-urban Mozambique it is crucial to identify and introduce simple solutions to improve livelihood, income, and overall health and well-being in sustainable ways for smallholder and small-scale farmers, farm producers, fishermen, and informal traders, sellers and service providers hence our enthusiasm about the clean cooking stove concept developed by Mozambique Renewables, which can benefit a huge percentage of the population immediately and at the same time also lead the way to significantly reduce deforestation caused by the use of wood/charcoal stoves as the main source for preparing meals in Mozambican households.
We are very encouraged by the results from the 2 pilot projects we have been part of implementing in partnership with Mozambique Renewables with funding from ExxonMobil Mozambique with the daily cooperation of 130 rural women from the Changalane community in Maputo Province.
The “Biochar Smart Stove” kit includes a smartphone, solar panel, LED lamp for lighting, and 2 USB ports for charging of electronic equipment. This is in itself a major change for most families. They have a new way of communicating and have free of charge assess to energy which is sufficient for use during the evenings. Moreover, the biomass fuel used is clean and thus reduces the level of domestic pollution giving significant improvement to general health in the family and the environment.
The cost of fuel is less than the cost of any alternative fuel source and the group of very happy Changalane stove owners are reporting, that the many hours they have saved weekly to fetch firewood, they are now using for other productive benefits in the field or the home.
“At ADPP, we are very proud to have taken part in the pilots, which have been important for testing a smart solution for how to switch from the use of fossil fuel (firewood and charcoal) to clean fuel (biofuel and solar-powered lanterns). Practically it is a solution for increasing energy security for communities in both rural and urban areas, with a low-cost fuel source, healthy for both people and the planet.”
Annette Castella Larsen - Deputy Executive Director, ADPP Moçambique
RadiusZero is a leader in Carbon Markets and Carbon Asset Project Development. They offer a comprehensive range of sustainability advisory services, managing all aspects of project development, from project design to certification and credit issuance.
Their focus is on collaborating with landowners, project developers, and communities to deliver climate change mitigation and adaptation projects, as well as nature-based solutions with tangible and long-lasting effects on the ground. RadiusZero's client base is diverse, including businesses in a variety of industries such as Construction, Waste, Waste to Energy, Water, Materials, Forestry, Agriculture, and Finance.
RadiusZero has a portfolio of 25 projects spread across 7 countries. These projects encompass a range of solutions such as forest conservation, sustainable forestry, agroforestry, reforestation, sustainable land management and renewable energy projects that include biogas and run-of-the-river hydro projects. The organisation also specialises in invasive species clearance and conversion to biochar for soil enhancement, waste-to-energy, and clean hybrid cookstoves powered off agri-waste.
ExxonMobil, the largest publicly traded international oil and gas company globally, uses technology and innovation to help meet the world’s growing energy needs. In Mozambique, ExxonMobil holds a 25 percent indirect interest in Area 4 and will lead the construction and operation of future natural gas liquefaction facilities. In addition, ExxonMobil was awarded the joint rights to negotiate the Angoche basin (A5-B) and the Zambezi Delta (Z5-C and Z5-D) concessions, as part of Mozambique’s fifth licensing round.
ExxonMobil Moçambique, Limitada announced its support for the pilot program that introduces smart and clean cookstoves to the Changalane Women’s Farmer Association (Women’s Association) in Maputo. The program is implemented by ADPP Mozambique in partnership with Mozambique Renewables Limited.
“ExxonMobil is pleased to support Changalane Women’s Association. This pilot in Changalane builds on ExxonMobil’s continued commitment to support initiatives that promote improved health and women empowerment. This program is designed to reduce the cost of cooking fuel by being less reliant on charcoal, while also providing the associated health and environmental benefits.”
Jos Evens - General Manager of ExxonMobil Moçambique, Limitada.