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Update browser10th May 2021. ClimateCare, an organisation dedicated to tackling climate change and improving lives, has partnered with Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS), a UK Aid-funded…
Read the full article, Press release: new research by MECS and ClimateCare has potential to scale provision of clean cooking by unlocking carbon credits for electric cooking - tackling climate change and improving livesBy Victoria Chengo, Syprose Ochieng, Mourine Chepkemoi, Joanes Atela, Paul Osogo (African Centre for Technology Studies) and Jon Leary (Loughborough University). On 14th April 2021,…
Read the full article, Kenya MECS team & KPLC discuss future collaborations for tapping into the huge potential for rolling out electric cooking solutions nationwide.By Dr. Elisa Puzzolo (University of Liverpool) MECS partners at the University of Liverpool, Amref International University and the Global LPG Partnership have launched a MECS-funded randomized controlled trial to…
Read the full article, Testing energy efficient pots for cooking with LPG in a Kenyan informal settlementLaunched on 18th March 2021, the African Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) Innovation Fund aims to unlock innovations that accelerate access to clean cooking and productive…
Read the full article, Call open: AECF Innovation Fund aimed at surfacing innovations in clean cooking and productive use of energy technologies and services in 7 African countriesBy Jon Leary (Loughborough University/Gamos Ltd.), Elliot Avila (A2EI), Lisa Schwarz (A2EI) and Anna Clements (Gamos Ltd.). The A2EI (Access to Energy Institute) and the…
Read the full article, A2EI and MECS to Monitor 1,000 eCooking Devices GloballyThe 2020 Global LEAP Awards Electric Pressure Cooker Competition presents the first-ever rigorous performance assessment of EPCs designed explicitly for use in underserved areas, filling…
Read the full article, Press release: Global LEAP Awards Announces Winners and Finalists of 2020 Electric Pressure CompetitionBy Dr. Iwona Bisaga (Loughborough University). Cooking safely and sustainably in forced displacement settings is the longest and most enduring energy challenge in the humanitarian sector. An…
Read the full article, Landscape Analysis of Modern Energy Cooking in Displacement SettingsThis ASHES webinar is the second in a series of webinars to showcase EPA-Science to Achieve Results grantees. It highlights members of a team out of…
Read the full article, Registration open - upcoming ASHES webinar on experimental interventions to facilitate clean cookstove adoption, promote clean indoor air, and mitigate climate changeThe Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) programme supports the UK government’s position concerning recent events in Myanmar. We condemn both the coup and the state…
Read the full article, MECS statement concerning recent events in MyanmarDo you work in Nepal? Do you have an innovative idea to address gender challenges in energy access and/or clean cooking? Join our webinar on…
Read the full article, Call for Expressions of Interest on Gender and Energy Innovation Facility in Nepal – Introductory WebinarESMAP just launched RISE 2020: Sustaining the Momentum, the third edition of the RISE report- Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy. For the first time, RISE…
Read the full article, ESMAP launches 3rd edition of the Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy (RISE) report with greater focus on clean cooking.The Energy Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission of Asia Pacific (UN ESCAP) will be holding a policy dialogue on 17 December…
Read the full article, Join us at the UN ESCAP Policy Dialogue open meeting on Clean Cooking, Fuels and Technologies on 17th December