Efficiency for Access Coalition launches research and development fund to accelerate innovation in off-grid and weak grid appliance technologies

26 November 2018

The Efficiency for Access (EforA) Coalition has launched a new grant fund for research and development (R&D) projects that aim to accelerate the affordability and efficiency of a range of low energy inclusive appliances that are suited to developing country contexts and promote social inclusion. The first round of the R&D fund, with anchor funding from UK Aid, is worth at least £1 million. This total...

LCEDN Briefing Paper 2: Is there still a Role for Small Wind in Rural Electrification Programmes?

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Author(s): Leary J., To, L.S., Alsop, A. Publication date: 26 Nov 2018 Publication type: LCEDN Briefing Paper Executive Summary: In the right context, Small Wind Turbines (SWTs) can offer a valuable complement to solar photovoltaics (PV) or diesel generators, offering diversity in power generation...

STACKING ELECTRICITY – THE LOHADI SOLAR NANOGRID

23 November 2018
Dr Jonathan Cloke

Bangladesh, November 18 th 2018

I’d nearly forgotten about the conversation I had with our friends in the ENERGIA network about what I referred to as ‘electricity stacking’, when we rolled up in our bus to the Lohadi solar nanogrid in Mymensingh district in Bangladesh. We’d been talking about fuel stacking as an aspect of resilience and a precautionary behaviour of bottom-of-the-pyramid (BoP) households, where they persisted in using multiple energy sources for different...

Gender and Energy: Energy linkages with Gender, Productivity and Inclusivity

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Author(s): M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) Publication date: July 2018 Publication type: Report Overview: This report present outcomes of the MSSRF Gender Energy Network India Workshop held on 26 April 2018 in Chennai, India, and is focused on linkages between energy and gender,...

Transforming Energy Access Final Report (Engineers Without Borders UK)

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Author(s): Engineers Without Borders UK Publication date: Sept 2018 Publication type: Report Overview: Engineers Without Borders UK is a charity leading a movement to put global responsibility at the heart of engineering. To achieve this, our movement works to change how engineering is perceived,...

Registration open for latest Wisions webinar: "alternative financing ideas for small-scale renewable energy"

15 Nov 2018 - 2:00pm
Host: 
WISIONS
Registration is open for WISIONS' latest webinar. The theme this month is "Alternative Financing Ideas for Small-scale Renewable Energy". It will be held on Thursday, 15 November 2018 at 14.00 CET. Please register using the registration link provided below.

Financing is always top of mind for energy practitioners working on small-scale renewable energy projects. Many organisations struggle by year on year with project funding, which limits the sustainability of many small-scale renewable...

Applications open: YSSP 2019 Summer Research Fellowships in Austria

12 November 2018

Dear all,

Applications to the Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) 2019 program are now open and we are accepting applications till 11 January 2019. Attached is a flyer that provides more information and details of the application process.

Best regards,

Shonali

Dr. Shonali Pachauri

Senior Research Scholar

Energy Program

Request for proposals: Low Energy Inclusive Appliances (LEIA) Program for the development of a State of the Off-Grid Appliance Market Report

30 October 2018

Dear colleagues,

CLASP recently released a Call to Partners on behalf of the Low Energy Inclusive Appliances (LEIA) Program for the development of a State of the Off-Grid Appliance Market Report.

Please find the RFP here: https://clasp.ngo/rfps/state-of-the-off-grid-appliance-market-report

We are looking for a researcher, or team of researchers, to assess the...

Submissions of Interest invited - Socioeconomic Impact Research: Off-Grid Solar

24 October 2018

Please see the below call for proposals from GOGLA:

We are looking for submissions of interest and proposals in respect of two multi-country research Workstreams designed to uncover further data and insights on the impact of off-grid solar. This research will extend and enhance data gathered in a 2017-18 socioeconomic impact research (SEIR) project which led to the...

Registration now open: Training in Energy: Contexts and Challenges MasterClass Course

5 Nov 2018 - 10:00am
Host: 
Durham University
Training in Energy: Contexts and Challenges 5th November 2018, 10:00 to 9th November 2018, 14:30, Birley Room, Hatfield College, Various

Book your place on this course now! (See link below).

This four and a half day course brings together leading experts to assess today’s energy challenges in different contexts. From global geo-histories of energy and energy transions to human ecobiology and resource engineering, we look at energy from a range of different perspectives. With...

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