Briquettes are small chunks of blocks used as fuel.

They are made from compressed materials that are flammable.

A binder material is used to glue the materials together and then pressure is applied on to the briquettes compressing them into shape.

Some of the materials used for briquettes are charcoal char, sawdust, rice husks, and any other readily available biomass materials.

Mkulima Forum has been doing basic research on the viability of briquettes as a clean energy source and also as an income generating product.

We concluded that Briquettes can be a viable source of income and an alternative clean fuel.

The clean energy sector is new in Kenya and should be explored to make it develop further as it is significant to climate change action.

Charcoal produces very high volumes of carbon dioxide (CO2 emissions is associated with global warming) and also leads to massive deforestation.

There is need for intensive research and development in the briquettes industry.

In the Agricultural sector briquettes can be used to substitute charcoal in brooder houses.

A number of uses of the briquettes are in barbeques , heating home use,chicken farms, restaurants, hotels and safari camps among others. This market is growing.

The ban on the production and transportation of charcoal leads us to adoption of environmentally clean biomass fuel such as briquettes.

**Briquettes on Barbeque