Briquettes: turning residues into reliable cooking fuel
Charcoal dust and crop residues can become a marketable fuel—if communities have the right machines and training.
Briquette making is one of the most direct ways agricultural and charcoal residues become useful again. With simple binders and the right extruder or molder, groups can produce fuel that burns more evenly and reduces pressure on forest wood.
Trautbuck Energy fabricates briquette production lines and trains operators—from community groups in settlements to SMEs building a local fuel business.
Paired with efficient cookstoves, briquettes stretch further and smoke less. That is cleaner kitchens and a clearer path to local income.