[Stoves] HEDON Newsletter - January 2014

Tue Jan 14 15:23:30 CST 2014

Welcome to the January issue of the HEDON newsletter.

In this issue:

*	HEDON platform features of the month 
*	Latest news from around the World 
*	Events 
*	Tenders 
*	Courses 

HEDON features of the month

*	This year HEDON welcomes two new interns; Karima Hirji who is now leading the production of Boiling Point, and Marcus Gayle who is responsible for the creation of our new website. 

*	Last month, HEDON was represented at sector events, including the IIED and CAFOD roundtable discussion on the Safe Energy For All initiative, The Intelligence Squared and OECD panel discussion titled ‘Can we really end poverty? - A debate on the future of development’, as well as the IIED climate change discussion on the COP19 Outcomes. 

*	This month, we are pleased to be publishing Boiling Point 62- ‘ Access to Finance’ and continuing with the production of Boiling Point 63- ‘Energy Service Delivery Models’. 

*	Calling for theme articles and a question for our ‘Helpline’ section for Boiling Point 63- ‘Energy Service Delivery Models’ 

The HEDON team wishes all our readers and members a very happy New Year

News

Ethiopia: Mainstreaming Energy Access  <http://www.hedon.info/article3002> 

Published: Fri 10 of Jan., 2014 17:11 UTC

Ethiopia has made significant progress in recent years in expanding energy access, but the country’s experience also highlights many of the challenges in providing sustainable energy for all.

Delivering Energy for Development <http://www.hedon.info/article2999> 

Published: Thu 19 of Dec., 2013 17:20 UTC

Models for achieving energy access for the world’s poor

UN award presented to Carbon Clear <http://www.hedon.info/article2996> 

Published: Wed 18 of Dec., 2013 09:10 UTC

Andrew from Practical Action and Olivier from Carbon Clear receive the award from Rocky Dawuni, Ambassador for the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves.

Terra Watt Prize <http://www.hedon.info/article2994> 

Published: Mon 16 of Dec., 2013 14:01 UTC

National Geographic Society has launched the Terra Watt Prize to support entrepreneurs and investors in the quest to bring basic access to electricity to people worldwide. Two winners will receive grants of $125,000 to implement demonstration projects providing energy solutions to off-grid communities.

Pasteurizer Saves Lives in Zambia! <http://www.hedon.info/article2993> 

Published: Fri 06 of Dec., 2013 10:19 UTC

Lack of safe water causes half of all child mortality in region

East African energy access businesses to benefit from advisory services <http://www.hedon.info/article2992> 

Published: Thu 05 of Dec., 2013 11:10 UTC

Lack of access to modern energy services has a significant impact on economic development and small, “infrastructure-light” solutions will be an important part of the solution, particularly in Africa.

A pioneering resource for companies with potential for scale and impact, GVEP International’s Advisory Services supports companies that deliver solutions to the poor in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Founders of Envirofit International Selected as Energy and the Environment Innovators of the Year by The Economist <http://www.hedon.info/article2990> 

Published: Wed 04 of Dec., 2013 18:47 UTC

Tim Bauer, Nathan Lorenz and Bryan Willson, founders of Envirofit International, a company that delivers clean-burning cookstove technology to the developing world, have been named this year’s Energy and Environment Innovators by The Economist magazine, based in London.

Publication GIZ India <http://www.hedon.info/article2988> 

Published: Tue 03 of Dec., 2013 18:37 UTC

Ingredients for Sustainable Cookstove Interventions – Lessons from India

India Clean Cookstove Forum 2013 <http://www.hedon.info/article2989> 

Published: Tue 03 of Dec., 2013 18:28 UTC

With the vision of enhancing the use of improved cookstove technologies, Dr Farooq Abdullah, Minister of New and Renewable Energy inaugurated the India Clean Cookstove Forum 2013 organised jointly by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH operating on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) on 25 and 26 November 2013 in New Delhi, India.

Events

Towards Energy Access in Haiti <http://www.hedon.info/article2995> 

The Clean Energy Solutions Center, in partnership with the United Nations Foundation’s Energy Access Practitioner Network, is hosting a no-cost, webinar-based training to showcase work underway in Haiti to support energy access using off-grid renewable energy. This will take place on the 16th of January to book your place visit https://cleanenergysolutions.org/training/towards-energy-access-in-haiti

This webinar is part of the broader energy access work the UN Foundation is undertaking within the UN and the World Bank’s Sustainable Energy for All initiative.

ETHOS Conference 2014  <http://www.hedon.info/article2991> 

The 2014 Engineers in Technical and Humanitarian Opportunities of Service (ETHOS) Conference will be held in Kirkland, Washington from Friday, January 24 to Sunday, January 26, 2014.

Modern Africa <http://www.hedon.info/article3000> 

February 13, 2014
8:30 a.m. –2:30 p.m.
1616 Rhode Island Ave NW
Washington DC

Africa-EU Energy Partnership <http://www.hedon.info/article3001> 

12-13 February 2014
AUC headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tenders

End of Project Evaluation in Bobo-Dioulasso <http://www.hedon.info/article2998> 

End Date: Mon 03 of Mar., 2014

Tropical Wholefoods require an evaluation of their project to improve production of dried mango in Burkina Faso, funded by Comic Relief

Courses

Formulating project proposals for climate change mitigation and clean energy course <http://www.hedon.info/article2958> 

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 <http://www.hedon.info/article2957> 

End Date: Thu 01 of May, 2014

Date:
October 27 – December 5, 2014
Location:
University of Twente, Netherlands

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