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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><h2>Welcome to the April issue of the HEDON newsletter<o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal><br><br>In this issue:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>HEDON features of the month <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Latest news from around the world <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Events <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Jobs <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Courses <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Offers <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Requests <o:p></o:p></li></ul><h2 id="HEDON_features_of_the_month">HEDON features of the month<o:p></o:p></h2><h4 id="HEDON_launches_volunteering_opportunities">HEDON launches volunteering opportunities<o:p></o:p></h4><p class=MsoNormal>HEDON is run by <a href="http://www.hedon.info/volunteervacancies?bl=y">volunteers</a> who work hard to produce Boiling Point, maintain the databases and run the website. We currently have a lot of opportunities for people keen to get involved. If you feel you have something to contribute to HEDON, please see the website or email <a href="mailto:lizzie@hedon.info">lizzie@hedon.info</a> for more information.<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><h4>BP 62 Cover Photo Competition<o:p></o:p></h4><p class=MsoNormal>The next edition of BP is entitled <em>Access to Finance: Subsidies, Investment and Carbon Finance</em>. We welcome all to submit their high-quality photos <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/hedon/discuss/72157633424647177/" target="_blank">here</a> for your chance to have your work featured on the front cover of BP. The competition will close at the end of June.<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><h4>Call for Papers: BP 63<o:p></o:p></h4><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>HEDON would like to announce the call for papers for Boiling Point 63 which will be published later on this year. This issue will be entitled: <em>Energy Service Delivery Models</em>, please email any papers and questions to <a href="mailto@lizzie@hedon.info">lizzie@hedon.info</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><h2>News<o:p></o:p></h2><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2929">Could India become a global leader in energy access for the poor?</a><o:p></o:p></h3><p>Published: 09:32 UTC<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>By Sarah Butler-Sloss, Ashden Founder Director<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2926">'Gravity-powered lamps' offer ray of hope </a><o:p></o:p></h3><p>Published: Sat 04 of May, 2013 14:55 UTC<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Light powered by gravity with no running costs aims to replace kerosene lamps in developing world.<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2925">Healthy cooking starts with the stove</a><o:p></o:p></h3><p>Published: Sat 04 of May, 2013 14:35 UTC<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Harmful cookstove smoke is one of the top five threats to public health in poor developing countries.<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2922">LPG woes a fillip to biogas plants</a><o:p></o:p></h3><p>Published: Mon 22 of Apr., 2013 22:20 UTC<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>In rural areas of India, where getting a gas cylinder is difficult , people have started to look at the alternative offered by New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (NREDCP).<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2921">Award for innovations in clean cooking solutions in India</a><o:p></o:p></h3><p>Published: Sun 21 of Apr., 2013 18:15 UTC<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>The cash award will be presented to an enterprise that demonstrates the most innovative and scalable approach to solve pressing challenges in the clean cookstoves and fuels value chain in India.<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2916">Report from the Clean Cooking Forum in Cambodia</a><o:p></o:p></h3><p>Published: Wed 03 of Apr., 2013 11:11 UTC<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2915">First Vietnamese gold standard project celebrates its first issuance of VER's</a><o:p></o:p></h3><p>Published: Wed 03 of Apr., 2013 11:02 UTC<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>The Vietnam Biogas Programme has been awarded Gold Standard Voluntary Emission Reduction credits following a successful monitoring process that took place from June 2010 to December 2011.<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2914">Micro hydros can power rural Afghanistan, Nepal</a><o:p></o:p></h3><p>Published: Wed 03 of Apr., 2013 10:50 UTC<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>For communities located more than ten kilometres away from the nearest grid substation, research has shown that micro hydro mini-grid technology may be cheaper than extending central grid networks or investing in household solar units.<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2923">Pioneering Carbon-Credit Project Delivers Clean Cooking to Conflict-Hit Darfur</a><o:p></o:p></h3><p>Published: Fri 22 of Mar., 2013 08:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Carbon Clear’s Darfur Low-Smoke Stoves Project in Sudan has received official registration by The Gold Standard, generating carbon credits that will help deliver health and economic benefits to households in the strife-torn region.<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2912">The ‘barefoot’ solar engineers</a><o:p></o:p></h3><p>Published: Tue 19 of Mar., 2013 14:40 UTC<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>The Barefoot College in western India is training illiterate or semi-literate women from all over the world to be solar engineers. Making It magazine investigates how this form of South-South cooperation is making renewable energy technology and knowledge accessible, and at the same time, helping to reduce poverty.<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2911">Practical Action launches the Poor people’s energy outlook 2013 – Energy for community services</a><o:p></o:p></h3><p>Published: Fri 08 of Mar., 2013 11:22 UTC<o:p></o:p></p><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2910">ICCG Lecture Series on Energy Poverty</a><o:p></o:p></h3><p>Published: Thu 07 of Mar., 2013 12:38 UTC<o:p></o:p></p><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2907">Low carbon resilience in the least developed countries: a panacea to address climate change?</a><o:p></o:p></h3><p>Published: Tue 26 of Feb., 2013 15:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Low carbon resilience has become the new buzzword in climate policy. National governments and development partners are increasingly promoting an agenda that tackles reducing carbon emissions while simultaneously building climate resilience in a supposed win-win policy agenda says Susannah Fisher.<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2906">Launch of Cooking For Life Website</a><o:p></o:p></h3><p>Published: Fri 22 of Feb., 2013 15:44 UTC<o:p></o:p></p><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2905">Girl Power: Nigerian Teens invent Urine-Powered Generator</a><o:p></o:p></h3><p>Published: Thu 21 of Feb., 2013 13:06 UTC<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Four teenage girls have invented a urine-powered generator to create safer and more access to electricity. Only 50 percent of Nigerians had access to electricity during 2009. Families rely on multiple generators for daily needs, including powering washing machines, TVs and fans.<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2903">Milestone of 500,000 biodigesters reached</a><o:p></o:p></h3><p>Published: Thu 21 of Feb., 2013 10:55 UTC<o:p></o:p></p><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2902">Energy-Saving Stoves Benefit Muheza Villagers</a><o:p></o:p></h3><p>Published: Wed 20 of Feb., 2013 12:37 UTC<o:p></o:p></p><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2900">Engineers Without Borders UK - Placement Launch 2013</a><o:p></o:p></h3><p>Published: Fri 15 of Feb., 2013 16:50 UTC<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Now Accepting Applications for 2013 Placements<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2908">Improved Cook Stove programme targets 100,000</a><o:p></o:p></h3><p>Published: Wed 06 of Feb., 2013 11:06 UTC<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Lao PDR's new €2.3 million Improved Cook Stove programme was launched in Vientiane on February 6.<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2895">Ugandans can pay back a BBOXX purchase in just 7 months</a><o:p></o:p></h3><p>Published: Sat 02 of Feb., 2013 22:49 UTC<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Savings from the purchase of kerosene and other energy products (US$16/month), and the additional income generated (US$50/month) increased productivity and the ability to open new businesses.<o:p></o:p></p></div><h2>Events<o:p></o:p></h2><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2909">Bonn International Cooking Energy Forum</a><o:p></o:p></h3><div><p class=MsoNormal>Progress towards the “100 million by 2020” goal<br>Bonn, Germany<br>June 26-28, 2013<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2897">Development Finance Summer Academies 2013</a><o:p></o:p></h3><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong>Date:</strong><br>7 - 26 July 2013<br><strong>Location:</strong><br>Frankfurt am Main, Germany<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2877">21st European Biomass Conference and Exhibition</a><o:p></o:p></h3><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong>Date:</strong><br>Conference: 03-07 June 2013. Exhibition: 03-06 June 2013<br><strong>Location:</strong><br>Bella Center - Copenhagen, Denmark<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2919">World Clean Technology Summit</a><o:p></o:p></h3><div><p class=MsoNormal>31st Oct - 2nd Nov 2013, Kampala, Uganda<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2920">Poor people's energy outlook 2013: Energy for community services Webinar </a><o:p></o:p></h3><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Tuesday 23rd April at 10:00 UK BST / 09:00 GMT<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2924">Sustainable Energy Finance Summer Academy</a><o:p></o:p></h3><div><p class=MsoNormal>Mombasa, Kenya<br>20 – 25 October 2013<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2918">Small-scale biodigesters workshop</a><o:p></o:p></h3><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong>Date:</strong><br>24-25 May 2013<br><strong>Location:</strong><br>Instituto Tonantzin Tlalli, Oaxaca, Mexico<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2928">Tanzania National Renewable Energy Day 2013</a><o:p></o:p></h3><div><p class=MsoNormal>Tanzania National Renewable Energy Day 2013<o:p></o:p></p></div><h2>Jobs<o:p></o:p></h2><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2927">West Africa Coordinator</a><o:p></o:p></h3><p>End Date: Tue 28 of May, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Practical Action is seeking a West Africa Coordinator (based in Senegal or Burkina Faso) to help us establish a new long term presence in francophone West Africa.<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2830">IISD President and CEO Executive Search</a><o:p></o:p></h3><p>End Date: Thu 25 of July, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>The International Institute for Sustainable Development is seeking to recruit its next President and Chief Executive Officer.<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2853">Vacancy at Potential Energy</a><o:p></o:p></h3><p>End Date: Thu 12 of Sep., 2013<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Field Representative to be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with occasional travel to Khartoum and/or Darfur, Sudan. This is a 6 month consultant position with the possibility of extension.<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2870">Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves calls for Regional Consultants</a><o:p></o:p></h3><p>End Date: Wed 06 of Nov., 2013<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2930">Mechanical Engineer with Burn Manufacturing</a><o:p></o:p></h3><p>End Date: Thu 08 of May, 2014<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Seeking a mechanical engineer to serve as a full time Fabricator on Vashon Island, WA (outside Seattle)<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3><a href="http://www.hedon.info/article2931">Production Engineer with Burn Manufacturing</a><o:p></o:p></h3><p>End Date: Thu 08 of May, 2014<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>The candidate will work from BURN’s Washington State offices for 2-4 months in advance of the Kenyan placement<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=3 width="100%" align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal><em>Keep your profile up-to-date by <a href="http://www.hedon.info/login">signing in</a>, and refreshing your member page at <a href="http://www.hedon.info/tiki-user_information.php">"My HEDON"</a> or your <a href="http://www.hedon.info/Organizations">organisation description</a>. </em><br><br><br>-- <br>You can unsubscribe from this newsletter following this link:<br><a href="http://www.hedon.info/newsletters?unsubscribe=a59637fd4f564df0143dd586590ec721">http://www.hedon.info/newsletters?unsubscribe=a59637fd4f564df0143dd586590ec721</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>