[Stoves] HEDON Newsletter - March 2014

Wed Mar 19 03:12:50 CDT 2014

Hello,

There was also news on Obama pledging $7 billion for clean energy in Africa.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/07/02/a-closer-look-at-obamas-7-billion-plan-to-bring-electricity-to-africa/

Nolbert.

2014-03-19 2:34 GMT+03:00, HEDON Household Energy Network <hedon at hedon.info>:
> Welcome to the March <http://hedon.info/March>  issue of the HEDON
> newsletter.
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> In this issue:
> HEDON platform features of the month
> Latest news from around the World
> Events
> Jobs
> Courses
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> HEDON features of the month
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> *	This month HEDON hosted a London Regional Interest Group Event on 'BP62:
> Access to Finance' to discuss finance issues and models around energy access
> and hear from Emma Wilson (IIED) led a discussion on finance issues and
> models around energy access. We were joined by a range of people working in
> the sector and others interested in learning more about this topic. Please
> join us at our next RIG which will be held in May on 'BP63: Energy Service
> Delivery Models'.
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> *	Boiling Point is looking for sponsors for our next issue BP63: Energy
> Service Delivery Models. Sponsoring Boiling Point will benefit your
> organisation by providing you with pages in our journal to communicate your
> news and projects to our worldwide online and print readership. HEDON
> reaches practitioners in the developing world who value Boiling Point as a
> free hard copy source of information on energy access. Please contact
> boilingpoint at hedon.info if you would like more information on this
> opportunity.
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> *	Meet a HEDON team member at the ODI 'Women and Girls' Economic
> Empowerment' Event on Tuesday 18 March. To register for the event, visit:
> http://www.odi.org.uk/events/3902-women-girls-economic-empowerment-measuring-results
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> News
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> REEEP participates in special event on stakeholder engagement to fast track
> grid projects in India <http://hedon.info/article3029>
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> Published: 10:35 UTC
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> The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), in association with Department
> for International Development, UK (DFID) REEEP as knowledge partner,
> organized a special event on stakeholder engagement to fast track grid
> connected projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM)
> on February 5th, during the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS).
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> This event was part of a broader consultation to develop a roadmap for the
> larger and faster implementation program on solar energy sector, supported
> by DFID, TERI and REEEP.
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> Over $600,000 released to improve productivity of Senegalese businesses and
> benefit rural communities  <http://hedon.info/article3028>
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> Published: 10:21 UTC
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> Grant funding will be used to support thirteen Senegalese businesses in
> several sectors to enhance their productivity and boost economic activities
> through improved provision of energy.
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> Renewable energy powers rural Nepal into the future
> <http://hedon.info/article3027>
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> Published: 10:00 UTC
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> The micro hydro initiative is meeting the energy needs of Nepal's rural
> communities and powering their economic development.
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> Pioneers of low-carbon, climate-resilient development share progress
> <http://hedon.info/article3026>
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> Published: Mon 17 of Mar., 2014 19:01 UTC
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> Governments from Africa and Asia that are shifting to low-carbon,
> climate-resilient development pathways will share their progress on 20-21
> March at a meeting in Ethiopia organised by IIED and Echnoserve.
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> Caribbean biogas company to provide energy from waste to housing development
> in Jamaica <http://hedon.info/article3025>
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> Published: Mon 17 of Mar., 2014 18:31 UTC
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> CaribShare, a social enterprise delivering energy-from-waste solutions has
> signed a contract to power a new housing development in Jamaica. The deal
> will help to strengthen the livelihoods of rural communities through
> sustainable waste management and clean energy generation.
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> ESMAP develops Renewable Energy Project Resource Center with help from REEEP
> <http://hedon.info/article3023>
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> Published: Mon 17 of Mar., 2014 17:03 UTC
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> Renewable energy is making rapid inroads in developing countries, with
> investment reaching US$112 billion in 2012, representing 46 percent of total
> global investment in renewable energy. Yet even with this growth in
> activity, investors, developers, and other practitioners still operate in an
> information vacuum when it comes to easily finding practical examples of
> financing and implementation of renewable energy projects.
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> Kenya's first Modern Biomass Jiko Factory <http://hedon.info/article3021>
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> Published: Wed 12 of Mar., 2014 14:06 UTC
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> BURN Manufacturing Co., GE & OPIC invest KSh 500 million in Kenya's first
> Modern Biomass Jiko Factory in Kiambu County. Factory will manufacture 3.7
> million jikos in the next 10 years.
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> Events
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> The Adoption Gap: design, development and diffusion of household energy
> technologies  <http://hedon.info/article3024>
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> March 28, 2014
> New Haven
> Connecticut
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> Africa photovoltaic solar energy conference and exhibition
> <http://hedon.info/article3017>
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> 27-29 March 2014
> Durban International Convention Centre
> Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
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> RELACCX 2014 <http://hedon.info/article3022>
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> 24-04-2014 to 25-04-2014,
> Fajardo,
> Puerto Rico
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>
> Jobs
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> Sales and Marketing manager wanted <http://hedon.info/article3007>
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> End Date: Fri 06 of Mar., 2015
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> SunFire Solutions is looking for dynamic driven individual (s..?) to join
> this young Company and drive sales for South Africa's best established Solar
> Cooker Company, based in Johannesburg but working Nationally and
> Internationally.
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>
> Courses
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> Energy Management in Small and Medium Scale Industries course
> <http://hedon.info/article2957>
>
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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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>
> Introduction to a Green Economy - Concepts and Applications, 5th Edition
> <http://hedon.info/article3019>
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> End Date: Thu 25 of June, 2015
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> 14 Apr - 06 Jun 2014
> 8 weeks
> Web-based course
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-- 
Nolbert Muhumuza

President & Chief Operations Officer
Awamu Biomass Energy Ltd.
P.O. Box 40127, Nakawa
Kampala - Uganda.

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