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Update browserDr Simon Batchelor (UK Research and Innovation Co-ordinator, MECS) and Prof. Ed Brown (MECS Research Director) are co-editing a special issue journal, "Clean Energy Innovations:…
Read the full article, Submissions invited: Special Issue of Energies journal entitled "Clean Energy Innovations: Challenges and Strategies for Low and Middle Income Countries"Last week (23rd Sept 2020) we were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our friend, Naomi Wanjiru (pictured with her family in the…
Read the full article, In Memory of Naomi Wanjiru - a True Champion for Cooking with Modern EnergyNew York and Loughborough, 23 September 2020 The ground breaking new report, “ASSESSING POTENTIAL FOR BIOLPG PRODUCTION AND USE WITHIN THE COOKING ENERGY SECTOR IN…
Read the full article, Press release: green bioLPG for clean cooking can be produced at scale in Africa from renewable resourcesAbout this Event Progress towards ensuring access to modern cooking solutions, a key component to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7), has been slow…
Read the full article, Registration open: "Accelerating Access to Modern Cooking" online event co-organised by World Bank Group, Clean Cooking Alliance and Loughborough University.MECS has partnered with Energy 4 Impact (E4I) to introduce more finance into the clean cooking sector. E4I will be taking a closer look at…
Read the full article, MECS partners with Energy 4 Impact to bring more finance into the clean cooking sectorBy Kate Montgomery (Acumen), Malcolm Bricknell (MECS) and Joni Cook (MECS). Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) is partnering with Acumen in their mutual aim to…
Read the full article, MECS and Acumen partnership to accelerate clean cooking solutionsHivos/ENERGIA, EnDev, and MECS are delighted to announce the creation of a joint Gender and Energy Innovation Facility, a new space aiming at developing, testing…
Read the full article, Hivos/ENERGIA, EnDev and MECS launch Gender and Energy Innovation FacilityBy Beryl Onjala, Research Assistant at Nuvoni Research. 3 June 2020. Among the many efforts to establish sustainable and reliable electricity access for the estimated…
Read the full article, Opportunities for electric cooking in mini-gridsThe Clean Cooking Alliance (Alliance) today released its 2019 Annual Report, highlighting progress and accomplishments of the Alliance and its partners last year. The report…
Read the full article, Just Launched: Clean Cooking Alliance 2019 Annual ReportTo meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets by 2030, countries must safeguard the gains already attained and accelerate efforts to achieve affordable, reliable, sustainable and…
Read the full article, News release: COVID-19 Intensifies the Urgency to Expand Sustainable Energy Solutions WorldwideAn opinion piece by Dr Simon Batchelor (MECS), Sheila Oparaocha (ENERGIA/Hivos) & Hon. Dr. Kandeh.K. Yumkella (TENN). Covid-19 is devastating for low income economies because…
Read the full article, Using Covid-19 recovery plans to tackle the root causes of noncommunicable diseasesBy Prof. Ed Brown, MECS Research Director. Building on some of the issues raised in the current MECS newsletter, our colleague Dymphna van der Lans,…
Read the full article, The critical urgency for advancing clean cooking solutions in light of the Covid-19 pandemic