Need to consider how changes in the fuel supply market may affect project design. Stove performance was tested with the predominant coal available in the target market which was in turn prescribed for use with MCA stoves. The evaluation showed that other coal fuel was also used in the target market albeit to a significantly lesser extent. In the last year of the program, the mining operation which provided the predominant coal type was closed and an alternate coal type was introduced by the Government with subsidy. Had more time been available, the project should have developed tests and strategies for alternate stove/fuel combinations.
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