Haiti Bureau of Mines and Energy

Mission

The Bureau of Mines and Energy controls national mining, calcareous and energy resources. Its main mission consists to promote research and clean-living and efficient exploitation of these resources. It also encourages technology development for the rational use of energy sources. The Bureau of Mines and Energy has realized several projects in this domain. One of these is "Relieving of the pressure on timber resources."

Organization Type Government

Contact Information

Primary Contact
Sophia ULYSSE
sophiaulysse@gmail.com
Secondary Contact
Jean-Robert ALTIDOR
jnroaltidor@yahoo.fr
Address #11, rue Jacques 1er, Delmas 31
#14, rue Jean-Baptiste, Mariani 12
Port-au-Prince, Ouest
2174
Haiti
Website www.bme.gouv.ht
Phone (509)36189550/ (509)34119445
Fax
Calling/Fax Instructions

Our Focus

Primary Initiatives, Target Populations, and Scope of Work:

My institution tasked many projects, like "Relieving of the pressure on timber resources", mentioned above. In this project, we developed a cooking stove model: "Mirak Stove". This stove allows a 40% reduction in wood charcoal consumption. It is also able to keep ashes coming from combustion and in doing so preserve the ambient environment's cleanliness. But, economical and cultural targets are always big obstacles in the project's success.

Fuels/Technologies: Biomass
Coal
Solar
Wind
Sectors of Experience: Energy
Renewable Energy
Countries of Operation:

Our Experience And Interest In The Four PCIA Central Focus Areas

Social/Cultural barriers to using traditional fuels and stoves:

Social and cultural barriers are very important in this sector in the Haitian marketplace. This difficulty is met with both the consumers and producers. Producers, even certified, don’t respect quality standards because they think that you must give them an extra gratification. A large proportion of consumers are not able to buy equipment because they don't have economical capacity required. Those who can purchase the stove are not interested in demanding a quality label from the producer. The quality label certifies that stove is good.


Market development for improved cooking technologies:

Market development of improved cooking technologies would allow significant reduction of pressure on timber resources and maybe reduce toxic gas coming from combustion. This would have a positive impact on environment and health.


Technology standardization for cooking, heating and ventilation:

Many stoves models are sold in the Haitian marketplace like improved stoves. Those are not tested and certified. A technology standardization program would permit production of standardized stoves and enable respect for cooking, heating and ventilation standards.


Indoor air pollution exposure and health monitoring:

About 80% of the Haitian population use wood energy for cooking. During the combustion, there is emission of CO that is a toxic gas dangerous for the health. So, I'm particularly interested in indoor air pollution exposure and health monitoring.

Relevant Publications or Studies

Journal "Synergies".

Our Contribution to the Partnership

My organization will participate by sharing its experiences and expertise in the domain.