Despite a strong push from African leaders for residents to heat, cook, and light their homes with propane, many are still using wood and kerosene, the Standard reported this week. Governments are touting the many benefits of propane, an undeniably cheaper and cleaner fuel in the long term. It’s associated with far less respiratory illness […]

In an eco-conscious effort to use cleaner fuels, the Kenyan government announced plans to triple the country’s LPG usage by 2012, according to a recent report from Capital Business. Kenya currently consumes around 8,000 tons of LPG every month, and will need to increase storage facility capacities, distribution, and infrastructure to meet this goal. “This […]

Here’s a safe bet about the global propane market next year: Demand will be up. In the last week, headlines on four continents have pointed to a growing thirst for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). And it’s coming from a range of users, large and small. There’s a shortage of propane for Christmas cooking in Kenya, […]