Call for papers: International Conference on Renewable Energy and Appropriate Technologies (iCREATE 2019)

5 Dec 2019 - 12:00am
Host: 
Ateneo de Davao University, Philippines

CALL FOR PAPERS

iCREATE 2019

International Conference on Renewable Energy and Appropriate Technologies

5-6 December 2019

Davao City, Philippines

Main host: Ateneo de Davao University

Co-organized by: Department of Science and Technology and Department of Energy

Registration: 15 November 2019

This conference is an event for researchers and experts to present their state-of-the-art, innovative ideas...

PhD studentship available: Smart Cooking Solutions for ALL (SCS4ALL), University College London

£17,280 per annum

Applications are invited for a PhD studentship jointly funded by BBOXX and UCL Engineering, entitled 'Smart Cooking Solutions for ALL (SCS4ALL). The studentship is for a full-time doctorate over three and a half years.

The scholarship covers UCL registration fees and provides a stipend of £17,280 per annum tax free. Research equipment and part travel expenses for one trip per annum will also be covered under the funding.

The lack of access to modern energy services continues...

Second call for applications: Efficiency for Access Research and Development Fund

20 June 2019

The Efficiency for Access Research and Development Fund’s second call for applications opens on 19 June! Organisations can visit the EforA Funding page to begin the application process. To be eligible during this second call, organisations must focus on developing an innovative appliance technology or product focused on cooling for use in off- and weak-grid settings, including fans, refrigeration and cold chain. We are making £1m...

New paper published: 'Two Birds, One Stone—Reframing Cooking Energy Policies in Africa and Asia'

18 June 2019
Dr Joni Cook

The latest paper by Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) programme team members Dr Simon Batchelor, Prof Ed Brown, Dr Nigel Scott and Dr Jon Leary has been published in Energies journal in April 2019, and centres on reframing cooking energy policies in Africa and Asia.

This paper, entitled 'Two Birds, One Stone—Reframing Cooking Energy Policies in Africa and Asia', describes how a new UK Aid programme (April 2019) will be seeking to intentionally change international energy policy...

Registration open: Plant Power Bioenergy Workshop

27 Jun 2019 - 12:00am
Host: 
Africa Capacity Building Initiative

Plant Power Bioenergy Workshop 27 June 2019, 9.30-16.30, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

OPEN MEETING. ALL WELCOME

Bioenergy, Biotechnology, Mini-Grids, Energy-Water-Food, Poverty Alleviation, SDG7

The Africa Capacity Building Initiative energy consortium in Uganda, Tanzania, Congo Brazzaville and Leeds has extended its work with partnerships in India and Indonesia to conduct interdisciplinary research on bioenergy. The research...

Efficiency for Access awards nine clean energy innovators grants to accelerate efficient appliance development

5 June 2019
Efficiency for Access awards nine clean energy innovators grants to accelerate efficient appliance development

Efficiency for Access has released the first round of funding from its new research and development (R&D) grant fund. Funded by UK aid, Efficiency for Access will provide £1.05million to nine organisations conducting innovative research on highly efficient appliances which can reach populations in developing countries not served by the national grid....

Call for Electric Cooking Solutions for Sub-Saharan Africa by ENGIE Africa

3 June 2019

ENGIE Africa would like to hear from innovators and startups who are developing new technologies or/and service based solutions to develop electric cooking in Sub Saharan Africa and especially in remote rural areas connected to mini-grids....

Africa LEDS Partnership webinar on 'Mini-Grids and the Arrival of the Main Grid: Lessons from Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia'

The Africa LEDS Partnership webinar on 'Mini-Grids and the Arrival of the Main Grid: Lessons from Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia' was held on 21 May 2019. When planning mini-grids, developers often overlook the potential arrival of the grid. The arrival of the grid can threaten the operation of...

Conference Proceedings: LCEDN-University of Strathclyde 8th Annual Conference, 2019

LCEDN resource
Below are proceedings of the LCEDN-University of Strathclyde 8th Annual Conference entitled ' Access and Waste: the Two Sides of the Low Carbon Coin '. The Conference was held at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, from 1st-3rd May 2019. This two-day conference employed a social systems...

Using hugs, carrots and sticks: How agents exercise power in the transition to community-owned energy systems in remote India

Author(s): Katre, A., Tozzi, A. Publication date: 1 August 2019 Publication type: Journal article Journal: Energy Research & Social Science Abstract: Decentralized Renewable Energy (DRE) systems are key for sustainable energy transitions, particularly in energy poor communities, yet their pace...

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