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Update browserBy Mourine Chepkemoi (Research Fellow, ACTS) and Jon Leary (Senior Research Associate, Loughborough University/Gamos). In mid-March 2020, Kenya confirmed the first case of COVID-19 which…
Read the full article, Can Cooking With Electricity Help Kenyans Better Cope With COVID-19?By Melinda Barnard-Tallier (Gamos Ltd). In 2019, the MECS programme added the Modern Eating (ME) workstream which aims to support the broader goal of transitioning…
Read the full article, Introducing Modern Eating (ME) in MECSBy Dr. Iwona Bisaga (Loughborough University) In December 2020, the humanitarian energy stream at MECS held two stakeholder consultation workshops: the first one with the…
Read the full article, Consultation workshops for MECS in displacement contextsBy Dr. Simon Batchelor (Gamos Ltd.). The Caldera Heat Battery Cooker introduces what I think is an as yet untried approach (although certainly Gamos discussed…
Read the full article, The Caldera Heat BatteryBy Dr. Karin Troncoso (Loughborough University). I joined MECS in October this year after almost 6 years working for PAHO/WHO on indoor air quality, with…
Read the full article, Insights from Latin America: Understanding swift clean fuel cooking transitions in Latin AmericaBy Will Clements (University of Bristol) and Surendra Pandit (KAPEG). The Nepal Electricity Authority aims to provide electricity for all by the year 2022. Large…
Read the full article, Unlocking electric cooking in NepalBy Dr. Martin Price (Gamos Ltd.). Today marks the publication of our second working paper in a series based on the ‘Beyond Connections’ reports, which…
Read the full article, Opportunities for Modern Energy Cooking Services in Cambodia: Adapting the Multi-Tier Framework ApproachBy Dr. Bartosz Soltowski, University of Strathclyde. By establishing models for Low Voltage (LV) and microgrid networks, studies presenting their ability to support the connection…
Read the full article, Impact of New Electric Cooking Appliances on Low Voltage Distribution Networks and Off-Grid Solar MicrogridsBy Martin Price (Gamos Ltd.). In a quest to minimise the energy consumed in cooking food and heating water, we have had a number of…
Read the full article, What are the hazards associated with heating and storing water?By Meron Tesfamichael (University College London), Agnes Naluwagga, Derrick Kiwana (CREEC). In Kampala, preparing a dish of beans stew and matooke (a popular local dish)…
Read the full article, Locating and connecting the dots between cooking and electricity in UgandaBy the Global LPG Partnership WHAT IS BIOLPG? BioLPG is green LPG (bottled gas) produced from renewable resources. The components of bioLPG - biobutane and…
Read the full article, Assessing potential for bioLPG production and use within the cooking energy sector in Africa – a ground-breaking new Report issued by MECS and the Global LPG PartnershipBy William Coley, University of Strathclyde. To better understand the viability of a scale up of electric cooking across the global south[1], the University of…
Read the full article, Global Market Assessment for electric cooking