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Update browserBy Sheetal Rastogi and Neh Satsangi (Finovista). In India, food is far more than nourishment - it is memory, identity, comfort, and care.The aroma rising…
Read the full article, Beyond LPG: What India’s Multi-Fuel Study Tells Us About the Future of Clean CookingBy Dr Rihab Khalid. How do people cook, in practice? What dishes do they prepare, at what times of day, using which fuels and appliances,…
Read the full article, The MECS Cooking Diaries Methodology: building better evidence on everyday cookingA new paper, ‘A comparative socio-technical multi-level perspective analysis of eCooking barriers in six informal settlements in Bangladesh and Zambia’, has been published in Energy…
Read the full article, Paper: A comparative socio-technical multi-level perspective analysis of eCooking barriers in six informal settlements in Bangladesh and ZambiaBackground Loughborough University, on behalf of the Modern Energy Cooking Services programme (MECS) is leading a consortium inviting proposals from qualified organisations to establish and…
Read the full article, Invitation to Tender: Sustainable Appliances Marketplace Programme for Africa and Asia (SAMPA)By Dr. Simon Batchelor OBE (Gamos Ltd. / Loughborough University). In this blog I reflect on other strategies for LPG scaling. This price spike is a…
Read the full article, Cooking fuel subsidies under stress: lessons from the Strait of Hormuz shockBy TaTEDO SESO. Tanzania is at a defining inflection point in its clean cooking transition, moving decisively from pilot-scale innovation to nationally coordinated scale-up. At…
Read the full article, From Evidence to Action: How Tanzania's eCooking Transition is Accelerating Toward ScaleDeveloped jointly by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) and Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS), a practical guide to electric cooking (eCooking) appliances and their use…
Read the full article, Practical guide to eCooking appliances and their use in Low and Middle Income Countries developed by Sustainable Energy for All and MECSBy Dr. Simon Batchelor OBE (Gamos Ltd. / Loughborough University). Our colleagues, Yesmeen and Matt, wrote a blog last week on how the global energy…
Read the full article, What the price spike reveals about LPG cooking fuel subsidies, the case of IndiaWith thousands of schools in Tanzania needing to transition from biomass to electric cooking, a sustainable and scalable approach is needed. Transitioning a school often means…
Read the full article, MECS is looking for provision of services to manage a Schools Trust Fund to support eCooking transitionMECS is seeking a suitably qualified organisation (or consortium) to deliver an extended behaviour change campaign to demonstrate the benefits of eCooking to different segments…
Read the full article, Provision of Services to Deliver a Behaviour Change Communication Roadshow Series for eCooking in TanzaniaBy TaTEDO SESO. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – April 22, 2026. TaTEDO – Sustainable Energy Services Organization (TaTEDO SESO), in collaboration with Sustainable Energy Services…
Read the full article, Advancing Inclusive and Sustainable eCooking initiatives: the JustGESI team on a Learning Visit to TaTEDO SESO/SESCOMA visual journey of how access to energy influences daily life, dignity and opportunity has been launched by Prabhat Education Foundation. The 15-minute video highlights…
Read the full article, Visual journey of how energy access influences daily life, dignity and opportunity launched by Prabhat Education Foundation