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Modern Energy Cooking Services in Tanzania: eCookbooks, eCooking demos and government lobbying
25th March 20, Post, Posted by Joni Cook
Written by TaTEDO (Tanzania Traditional Energy Development Organization, MECS Southern Partner), about their activities in February and March 2020. Find…
Continue readingSolar eRecipes – establishing the minimum viable product for solar electric cooking
19th March 20, Post, Posted by Jon Leary
by Jon Leary, Agnes Kalyonge, Monica Kalyonge, Hannah Blair, Sam Grant and Max Garnick. These solar eRecipes are designed to…
Continue readingSolar’s past and e-cooking’s future
19th February 20, Post, Posted by Joni Cook
By Dr Rob Byrne (MECS UK University partner project lead for the University of Sussex, and Senior Lecturer, Science Policy…
Continue readingPart 2. Bottled biogas: why isn’t the genie in the bottle yet?
14th February 20, Post, Posted by Joni Cook
By Matt Leach, MECS Gamos Associate, and Professor at the University of Surrey [This is a second (and final) blog relating…
Continue readingPart 1. Bottled biogas: why isn’t the genie in the bottle yet?
11th February 20, Post, Posted by Joni Cook
By Matt Leach, MECS Gamos Associate, and Professor at the University of Surrey A recent MECS working paper asks whether…
Continue readingWhich came first, the cook or the cooker?
07th February 20, Post, Posted by Joni Cook
By Dr Jaqi Lee, S2A Associates, Sustainability Systems Analysis Technology is wonderful, it has the potential to utterly transform peoples’ lives…
Continue readingIt depends! The answer to life, the universe and everything
05th February 20, Post, Posted by Joni Cook
By Dr Jaqi Lee, S2A Associates, Sustainability Systems Analysis This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA There…
Continue readingUntapped opportunities: markets for efficient electric cooking appliance manufacturing in East and Southern Africa
03rd February 20, Post, Posted by Joni Cook
Fundamental components of an EPC. The latest paper authored by members of the MECS team highlights the emerging opportunity for…
Continue readingThe decade of renewable energy
29th January 20, Post, Posted by Joni Cook
By Dr Simon Batchelor Photo credit: IRENA assembly. As the IRENA assembly gathered in Abu Dhabi there was both good…
Continue readingLove is where the budget is
23rd January 20, Post, Posted by Joni Cook
Inter-ministerial debate and cooperation – the role of the legislator. By Dr Simon Batchelor. The Climate Parliament working with Wilton…
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