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Update browserBy Dr. Nigel Scott (Gamos Ltd.) There is a common misconception in many countries that electricity is too expensive for cooking. Cost effectiveness of cooking…
Read the full article, Comparing the costs of cooking with different fuels – mini-grids in TanzaniaBy Dr Simon Batchelor (Gamos Ltd. / Loughborough University). In their blog and the associated working paper, Newell and Daley explore the political economy (PE)…
Read the full article, Niche Innovations and the socio political economyBy Dr Simon Batchelor (Gamos Ltd. / Loughborough University). This working paper describes a consumer or user journey for someone accessing modern energy cooking services. …
Read the full article, Consumer Journey; Acquiring a Modern Energy Cooking ServiceBy Richard Sieff (Loughborough University), Govinda Khanal (Winrock International) and Rabin Shrestha (Winrock International) While transitions to electric cooking (eCooking) in more affluent and urban…
Read the full article, Winrock ECO Pilot: EPCs used consistently by low-income households in peri-urban NepalBy Richard Sieff (Loughborough University), Pooja Sharma (Practical Action Consulting), Dr. Ashma Vaidya, Shekhar Sharma (Ajummery Bikas Foundation), Mahendra Chudal (National Association of Community Electricity…
Read the full article, Practical Action Consulting ECO pilot: large eCooking uptake on community grid shows clear benefits of integrated electricity/clean cooking approachBy Prof. Ed Brown (Loughborough University) Over the 17th and 18th of February African and European leaders met for the sixth European Union - African…
Read the full article, Africa and Europe in a Net Zero WorldBy Richard Sieff (Loughborough University) and Amey Bansod (iDE). Introduction If purchased or made available, people in Cambodia consistently choose to cook with electric cooking…
Read the full article, iDE ECO Project – how getting the 5Ps right accelerates sales of electric cookstovesBy James Banaabe, Shukri Abdulkadir (Loughborough University) and Anna Clements (Gamos) The MECS Uganda team joined forces with the Ugandan Ministry of Energy and Mineral…
Read the full article, Scaling up electric cooking in UgandaBy Jon Leary (MECS), with input from many others This blog connects a series of market assessment studies produced jointly by Energising Development (EnDev) and…
Read the full article, Exploring the market for eCooking: insights from sub-Saharan Africa and South AsiaBy Richard Sieff (Loughborough University), Biraj Gautam (PEEDA), Sam Williamson (University of Bristol), and Will Clements (University of Bristol). A recent MECS Electric Cooking Outreach…
Read the full article, PEEDA ECO Project – Low EPC power consumption unlocks eCooking accessBy Prof. Peter Newell and Frederick Daley (University of Sussex). The multiple benefits of moving towards cooking with electricity are increasingly well known. For years…
Read the full article, Electrification and cooking: A case of mutual neglect?by Tom Randa (African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS)), Paul Osogo (ACTS), Joanes Atela (ACTS) and Jon Leary (Gamos Ltd.). This blog from the MECS…
Read the full article, E-cooking agenda getting a new boost as MECS Kenya, KPLC and CCAK collaborate to build a joint activities and eCooking Community of Practice