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Join the webinar on 2nd Dec to launch the Gender and Energy Innovation Facility in Tanzania
26th November 20, Post, Posted by Joni Cook
Photo credits: Judith Quax/ENERGIA. Hivos, ENERGIA, Energising Development (EnDev) and Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) established The Gender and Energy…
Continue readingJoin us for the launch of the ESMAP/MECS ‘Cooking with Electricity: A Cost Perspective’ report on 23rd November 2020.
18th November 20, Post, Posted by Joni Cook
Background Cooking with electricity could make a significant contribution to achieving Sustainable Development Goal No.7 by simultaneously enabling cost-effective access…
Continue readingJoin us at the MECS Virtual Event 2020 (16-27 November 2020): session details and joining links
12th November 20, Post, Posted by Joni Cook
We are delighted to invite you to participate in the MECS Virtual Event 2020, to be held from 16th to…
Continue readingSave the date – MECS / Global LPG Partnership webinar on Green LPG for clean cooking – feasible innovation at…
11th November 20, Post, Posted by Joni Cook
The MECS programme is pleased to host a webinar presented by The Global LPG Partnership (GLPGP) and its colleagues from…
Continue readingFood Matters ‘Table Talk’ podcast interviewing MECS experts on ‘How can enabling “clean cooking” save millions of lives?’
30th October 20, Post, Posted by Joni Cook
1.8 billion people have access to electricity but still cook with biomass. Four million people die each year from Household…
Continue readingImpact of New Electric Cooking Appliances on Low Voltage Distribution Networks and Off-Grid Solar Microgrids
28th October 20, Post, Posted by Joni Cook
By Dr. Bartosz Soltowski, University of Strathclyde. By establishing models for Low Voltage (LV) and microgrid networks, studies presenting their…
Continue readingWhat are the hazards associated with heating and storing water?
28th October 20, Post, Posted by Joni Cook
By Martin Price (Gamos Ltd.). In a quest to minimise the energy consumed in cooking food and heating water, we…
Continue readingSubmissions invited: Special Issue of Sustainability journal entitled “Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and the Photovoltaic (PV) Energy Conversion Chain.”
21st October 20, Post, Posted by Joni Cook
Submissions to a forthcoming Special Issue of Sustainability journal, entitled "Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and the Photovoltaic (PV) Energy Conversion…
Continue readingLocating and connecting the dots between cooking and electricity in Uganda
20th October 20, Post, Posted by Joni Cook
By Meron Tesfamichael (University College London), Agnes Naluwagga, Derrick Kiwana (CREEC). In Kampala, preparing a dish of beans stew and…
Continue readingCooking With Electricity: A Cost Perspective
14th October 20, Post, Posted by Jon Leary
https://youtu.be/hXTp2WkAXJo by Jon Leary, Besnik Hyseni, Matt Leach & Simon Batchelor Through five case studies, this report compares the current…
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