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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=solarbobky@yahoo.com href="mailto:solarbobky@yahoo.com">Robert
Fairchild</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org
href="mailto:stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org">Discussion of biomass cooking
stoves</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 11, 2013 3:34
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Stoves] Pilot Innovation Fund
Awardees</DIV>
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<TD vAlign=top><A
href="http://www.cleancookstoves.org/blog/pilot-innovation-fund.html">http://www.cleancookstoves.org/blog/pilot-innovation-fund.html</A><BR><BR>
<H2>Pilot Innovation Fund Awardees<BR></H2><BR>
<DIV class=blog-meta><SPAN class=author>by: <A
href="http://www.cleancookstoves.org/blog/?author=davis-broach"
data-ajax="yes">Davis Broach</A></SPAN> <SPAN
class=date>February 28, 2013</SPAN> </DIV>
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<P>In December, the Alliance reviewed approximately 75
applications for the Pilot Innovation Fund (PIF) from organizations
around the world. The PIF, supported by Canada International Development
Agency, was designed to jumpstart innovative approaches to strengthen
supply and enhance demand in the sector along the value chain. In return
for seed capital to finance and pilot these innovations, recipients are
required to document lessons learned and share results to advance
awareness of scalable solutions in the sector. The applications we
received proposed a variety of pilots and utilized many different stove
and fuel types. The average grant size awarded was approximately
$50,000. Through a highly competitive process, the Alliance is proud to
announce the following award recipients: </P>
<P><BR><STRONG>UpEnergy </STRONG></P>
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<LI>Leverage decentralized MFIs to boost the affordability and the
accessibility of energy-efficient stoves in Uganda
<LI>Uganda</LI></UL>
<P><STRONG>Potential Energy</STRONG> </P>
<UL>
<LI>Support to the Darfur-Based Stove Program (to convert into a
Social Enterprise)
<LI>Sudan</LI></UL>
<P><STRONG>Greenway Grameen Infra </STRONG> </P>
<UL>
<LI>Enhancing Consumer Demand Through Increased Market
Engagement
<LI>India</LI></UL>
<P><STRONG>Solar Sister </STRONG></P>
<UL>
<LI>Empowering Women in Nigeria with Economic Opportunity and Access
to Clean Cookstoves
<LI>Nigeria</LI></UL>
<P><STRONG>Sustainable Green Fuel
Enterprise</STRONG> </P>
<UL>
<LI>Support to the Sustainable Green Fuel Enterprise Pilot
Project
<LI>Cambodia</LI></UL>
<P><STRONG>Improved Cook Stoves for East Africa Ltd</STRONG></P>
<UL>
<LI>ICSEA Ltd database and monitoring platform
<LI>Uganda</LI></UL></DIV><BR></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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