Key Barriers to the Adoption of Biomass Gasification in Burkina Faso

The industrial sector in Burkina Faso faces two significant energy challenges access to efficient sources that are also renewable. Pyrolysis and gasification emerging as conversion pathways exploit available agricultural biomass. has been adopted successfully, whereas failed without getting beyond the experimental stage. This article assesses potential barriers adoption of based on interviews with stakeholders (users, NGOs, policy makers). We use pyrolysis a benchmark point out adoption. hierarchical analysis process (AHP) method was applied identify most gasification. Twenty-seven were identified prioritized dimensions five categories “technical”, “economic financial”, “socio-cultural organizational”, “political, governmental institutional”, “ecological geographical” barriers. category socio-cultural organizational emerged critical deserves special consideration go past pilot installation stage adopting this technology.