[Stoves] Fwd: HEDON newsletter - August 2013

Tue Aug 27 08:37:20 CDT 2013

T R Miles Technical Consultants Inc. 

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> From: HEDON Household Energy Network <hedon at hedon.info>
> Date: August 27, 2013, 6:32:42 AM PDT
> To: tmiles at trmiles.com
> Subject: HEDON newsletter - August 2013
> Reply-To: HEDON Household Energy Network <hedon at hedon.info>
> 
> Welcome to the August 2013 issue of the HEDON newsletter
> 
> 
> In this issue:
> HEDON features of the month
> Latest news from around the world
> Events
> Jobs
> Courses
> 
> HEDON features of the month
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> Submissions for Boiling Point 63
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> We are now accepting articles for Boiling Point 63 on the theme 'Energy Service Delivery Models'. To present your article in the international practitioner's journal on household energy, send us your submission.
> 
> Boiling Point 62 coming soon
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> Boiling Point 62: 'Access to Finance' is nearing completion. To ensure your receive your free copy of the journal, sign in to the HEDON website and ensure that you have subscribed for Boiling Point and your postal address is up to date.
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> HEDON survey
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> We thank our members who have already responded. Your feedback will help HEDON determine the effectiveness of its services to the household energy community. If you haven't already responded, click here to send us your opinion.
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> News
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> Let There Be Light: Bringing Solar Power to Rural Retailers in Kenya
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> Published: 12:10 UTC
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> Coca-Cola and One Degree Solar are teaming up to cut energy costs for small businesses in Kenya.
> What universal access to energy will cost
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> Published: Mon 26 of Aug., 2013 15:40 UTC
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> Universal access to modern energy could be achieved with an investment of between $65bn and $86bn a year up until 2030, says research presented on IOP Publishing's Environmental Research Letters.
> Bangladesh – Knowledge of Health Hazards and Perception of Prevention Amongst Females Exposed to Biomass Fuel - Blog from WASHplus Project
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> Published: Wed 24 of July, 2013 14:12 UTC
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> Indoor Air Pollution Updates (IAP) is maintained by the USAID supported WASHplus Project to provide information about research, new publications, etc. on cookstoves, indoor air quality, etc. WASHplus creates supportive environments for healthy households and communities by delivering high-impact interventions in water supply, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and indoor air quality (IAQ).
> Practical Action's Blog - What's cooking in the stove sector?
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> Published: Tue 09 of July, 2013 14:59 UTC
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> New blog post from Practical Action outlining developments in the Stove Sector.
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> By Lucy Stevens, June 28th 2013
> Azuri and GVEP awarded $1M USAID grant to bring pay-as-you-go solar to Rwanda
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> Published: Tue 09 of July, 2013 14:32 UTC
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> Azuri Technologies has received a $1Million award from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) to support the establishment of pay-as-you-go solar power in Rwanda. The program is being delivered in partnership with GVEP and aims to deploy solar home systems in Rwanda and provide a template for future deployment of pay-as-you-go solar lighting systems in other countries with low access to electricity.
> Mexico Aims to Cut Home Energy Use with Green Loan Plan
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> Published: Tue 09 of July, 2013 13:37 UTC
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> By Talli Nauman, originally published June 27, 2013 on Thomson Reuters Foundation
> Ashden Award winner SolarAid makes solar lights available in rural Senegal
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> Published: Thu 04 of July, 2013 08:49 UTC
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> This year’s winner of the prestigious Ashden awards, Solar Aid, is carrying out a pilot project in West Africa, which aims to test a new model – The Light Library Project – to allow access to solar lights for all through donating libraries of lights to selected rural schools. GVEP is working with Solar Aid to support the pilot’s implementation in Senegal.
> Renewable energy brings light and warmth to poor South Africans
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> Published: Fri 07 of June, 2013 08:25 UTC
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> Cape Town – A range of new renewable and efficient energy products designed specifically for low-income households is helping many South Africans to keep the lights on and fight the winter cold, despite rising energy prices and the threat of load-shedding.
> GVEP secures $375K grant to improve cookstoves in Kenya
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> Published: Thu 30 of May, 2013 14:14 UTC
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> GVEP has received a $375K grant from Spark Fund to improve the performance and quality of locally manufactured efficient cookstoves in Kenya.
> Cooking the better way - making improved cookstoves available to families in Kenya
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> Published: Sun 12 of May, 2013 14:03 UTC
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> After the success of an innovative deal to provide solar solutions to women in rural Kenya, GVEP International has again partnered with Women Enterprise Development Institute (WEDI), this time to help provide cooking solutions.
> Healthy cooking starts with the stove
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> Published: Sat 04 of May, 2013 14:35 UTC
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> Harmful cookstove smoke is one of the top five threats to public health in poor developing countries.
> Report from the Clean Cooking Forum in Cambodia
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> Published: Wed 03 of Apr., 2013 11:11 UTC
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> SNV presented its ongoing and successful work in the field of biogas in Vietnam and Nepal to the large group of participants at the Clean Cooking Forum, 2013.
> ICCG Lecture Series on Energy Poverty
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> Published: Thu 07 of Mar., 2013 12:38 UTC
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> Events
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> Global Geothermal Energy Summit
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> Wednesday 11 September 2013 - Thursday 12 September 2013 in Stuttgart, Germany
> Climate Change and the Energy Challenge: Towards an Energy Efficient and Renewable-based System
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> Summer Academy 'Energy and the Environment' 2013 | September 15-21 | Brussels | Belgium
> 5to encuentro RedBioLAC | 14-18 octubre Universidad Zamorano | Honduras
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> 14-18 October 2013, Zamarano, Honduras
> Sustainable Energy Finance Summer Academy
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> Mombasa, Kenya
> 20 – 25 October 2013
> World Clean Technology Summit
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> 31st Oct - 2nd Nov 2013, Kampala, Uganda
> Jobs
> 
> Global Advocate: Energy
> 
> End Date: Wed 28 of Aug., 2013
> 
> Practical Action is seeking a dynamic individual, experienced in policy engagement and advocacy and well-versed in energy access debates. This is an exciting time to join a vibrant international debate on energy access. It is within this arena that Practical Action has a strong reputation and is a credible voice to put Total Energy Access on the agenda.
> Consultants for ‘Sustainable Energy for All Initiative’ (SE4ALL) Initiative
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> End Date: Sun 01 of Sep., 2013
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> We are looking for consultants to join our pool of experts in the framework of the ‘Sustainable Energy for All’ Initiative (SE4ALL). The European Commission supports the SE4ALL through a Technical Assistance Facility with a strong emphasis on Sub-Saharan Africa. The SE4ALL Technical Assistance Facility supports developing countries committed to reach the SE4All objectives through appropriate sector reforms and scaling up of investment in the energy sector.
> Opportunities at Eco: freelance projects and new staff vacancy
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> End Date: Wed 16 of Oct., 2013
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> Eco is actively looking for outstanding candidates to join our staff team and our pool of experts.
> Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves calls for Regional Consultants
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> End Date: Wed 06 of Nov., 2013
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> The Regional Market Manager will be responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Alliance’s market development activities within the region, coordinating with Alliance partners and stakeholders to ensure the Alliance reaches its in-country and regional goals as part of its global vision of 100m households adopting clean cooking solutions by 2020.
> Courses
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> Formulating project proposals for climate change mitigation and clean energy course
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> End Date: Sat 01 of Feb., 2014
> 
> Date:
> May 26 – June 27, 2014
> Location:
> University of Twente, the Netherlands
> Energy Management in Small and Medium Scale Industries course
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> End Date: Thu 01 of May, 2014
> 
> Date:
> October 27 – December 5, 2014
> Location:
> University of Twente, Netherlands
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