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Update browserThe recently released 'Tracking SDG7 - The Energy Progress Report 2022' (World Bank, 2022) estimates that approximately 2.4 billion people still cook using fuels detrimental…
Read the full article, Position paper co-launched by MECS and WFP: “Clean and Modern Energy for Cooking: A Path to Food Security and Sustainable Development”The clean cooking sector faces demand- and supply-side challenges that are limiting uptake in Sub-Saharan Africa. The potential for cost savings, health and environmental benefits…
Read the full article, First call for proposals: Modern Cooking Facility for AfricaBy Dr. Richard Sieff (Loughborough University), Dr. Ashutosh Sharma, Saumya Vaish, and Dr. Chandrashekhar Singh (IRADe). A recent MECS Electric Cooking Outreach (ECO) pilot study in…
Read the full article, IRADe ECO Pilot – women community networks and product quality facilitate swift and sustained eCooking adoptionWe are seeking Kenyan consulting firms to work with the Ministry of Energy and the Loughborough Centre for Sustainable Transitions: Energy, Environment and Resilience (STEER) to enable the…
Read the full article, Requests for Tenders – Kenya National StrategiesBy Nigel Scott (Gamos Ltd.) and Prof. Matthew Leach (Gamos Ltd., University of Surrey). Over the years, the MECS programme has generated cooking data from…
Read the full article, Cooking energy and costs from across MECSThis is an exciting opportunity for a Kenyan consulting firm to work with The Loughborough Centre for Sustainable Transitions: Energy, Environment and Resilience (STEER) on a…
Read the full article, Call for proposals ~ Alternative Fuel Assessment for KenyaJoin MECS and partners at the Sustainable Energy For All (SEforALL) Forum 2022, to be held in Kigali on 17-19 May. The 2022 SEforALL Forum is the landmark global…
Read the full article, Join the events led by MECS and partners at the Sustainable Energy for All Forum 2022This is an exciting opportunity to work with The Loughborough Centre for Sustainable Transitions: Energy, Environment and Resilience (STEER) on a project with the World…
Read the full article, Consultancy opportunity for a study of fuel-efficient school feeding menus in RwandaBy Dr. Simon Batchelor (Gamos Ltd., Loughborough University) and Dr. Richard Sieff (Independent Research Consultant, MECS). As a MECS team we are beginning to use…
Read the full article, MECS and JigsawsBy Dr. Richard Sieff (independent research consultant, MECS). MECS Electric Cooking Outreach (ECO) National Workshop Biraj Gautam, CEO of People, Energy & Environment Development Association,…
Read the full article, Nepal Electric Cooking Outreach (ECO) National Workshop: Session recordings and highlightsBy Nigel Scott and Melinda Barnard-Tallier, Gamos Ltd. As electrical kitchen appliances become increasingly accessible and affordable to (predominantly urban) populations across low- and middle-…
Read the full article, Repairing electrical cooking appliances (Myanmar)By Robert Van Buskirk, Kachione, LLC. This is the third piece of a series of blogs by the Kachione team who are pioneering Solar Home…
Read the full article, Integrating Hot Water, Hot Iron, and Long-cycle-life Batteries to provide Off-grid Solar PV Cooking Energy Storage in Malawi