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Update browserMECS 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 pandemicWritten by TaTEDO (Tanzania Traditional Energy Development Organization, MECS Southern Partner), about their activities in February and March 2020. Find out more about related eCooking…
Read the full article, Modern Energy Cooking Services in Tanzania: eCookbooks, eCooking demos and government lobbyingby Jon Leary, Agnes Kalyonge, Monica Kalyonge, Hannah Blair, Sam Grant and Max Garnick. These solar eRecipes are designed to tackle the widespread perception that…
Read the full article, Solar eRecipes - establishing the minimum viable product for solar electric cookingFundamental components of an EPC. The latest paper authored by members of the MECS team highlights the emerging opportunity for manufacturers to enter the largely…
Read the full article, Untapped opportunities: markets for efficient electric cooking appliance manufacturing in East and Southern AfricaBy Dr Simon Batchelor Photo credit: IRENA assembly. As the IRENA assembly gathered in Abu Dhabi there was both good news and worrying news. The…
Read the full article, The decade of renewable energy