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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#D9BA9C" vlink="#D9BA9C"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>This SNV newsletter should be of interest to stovers. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tom<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> SNV Netherlands Development Organisation [mailto:coms=snvworld.org@mail169.atl61.mcsv.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>SNV Netherlands Development Organisation<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 03, 2014 12:09 AM<br><b>To:</b> =?utf-8?Q??=<br><b>Subject:</b> SNV Renewable Energy March Newsletter<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=680 style='width:408.0pt'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=680 style='width:408.0pt'><tr><td width=40 valign=top style='width:24.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><img width=40 height=5 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/a63542605bed9ea8338e029d5/images/trans_5.png"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan=2 valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div id=bekijk><p class=MsoNormal 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style='font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div></td><td width=40 valign=top style='width:24.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=40 height=5 id="_x0000_i1033" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/a63542605bed9ea8338e029d5/images/trans_5.png"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=680 style='width:408.0pt'><tr><td width=40 valign=top style='width:24.0pt;background:#FAF4F0;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=40 height=5 id="_x0000_i1034" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/a63542605bed9ea8338e029d5/images/trans_5.png"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='background:#D9BA9C;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div style='margin-left:7.5pt;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt' id=introductie><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear reader, <br><br>As 2014 is starting, it is our pleasure to present to you a new version of the SNV Renewable Energy Newsletter, which from March onwards, will be covering SNV's three Renewable Energy subsectors, namely: Improved Cookstoves, Biogas and Solar.<br><br>While all three areas will be covered in each issue, the chosen foci will vary. The main theme for the March newsletter is SNV's work on <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Improved Cookstoves. </span></strong><br><br>In this issue you will learn about:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>ICS user preferences </span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>in Cameroon<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The prospects for <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>smoke free kitchens</span></strong> in Bangladesh<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The newly published <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Lao Cookbook </span></strong>for Improved Cookstoves<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Trials of the <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Awramba and Injera composite biogas stoves </span></strong>in Ethiopia <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The tenth anniversary of the <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Vietnam Biogas programme </span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The effects of tax exemptions on the <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>solar energy market </span></strong>in Niger<strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Key priorities for the<strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> last mile distribution of solar products</span></strong>, and<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Fairtrade International's Workshop on <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Fairtrade Carbon Credit Standards</span></strong> in Nairobi <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></td><td width=40 valign=top style='width:24.0pt;background:#FAF4F0;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=40 height=5 id="_x0000_i1035" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/a63542605bed9ea8338e029d5/images/trans_5.png"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='border:none;border-top:solid #910000 2.25pt;background:#910000;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=680 style='width:408.0pt'><tr><td width=40 valign=top style='width:24.0pt;background:#FAF4F0;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=40 height=5 id="_x0000_i1036" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/a63542605bed9ea8338e029d5/images/trans_5.png"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:5.0in'><tr><td valign=top style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:5.0in'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div style='margin-left:7.5pt;margin-top:11.25pt;margin-right:7.5pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=200 height=133 id="_x0000_i1037" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a63542605bed9ea8338e029d5/images/ICS_2.JPG"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Gaining a user perspective on improved cookstoves in Cameroon </span></strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Recognizing the need to build ICS interventions around user needs, SNV Cameroon recently tested five different models of improved stoves with women from the local association Femmes Dynamiques du Pont Lancé. <br><br><a href="http://snvworld.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a63542605bed9ea8338e029d5&id=d767daac74&e=eba0530746" target="_self"><span style='color:#910000'>Read more</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:5.0in;background:#F4EAE1'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div style='margin-left:7.5pt;margin-top:11.25pt;margin-right:7.5pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=201 height=128 id="_x0000_i1038" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a63542605bed9ea8338e029d5/images/cookstove2.jpg" alt="SNV World"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Sparking change: smoke free kitchens for Bangladesh? </span></strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white'>In January, the Bangladesh Government cookstove core team and SNV Bangladesh visited the GACC headquarters in Washington DC to discuss implementing the Bangladesh country action plan for clean cookstoves.<br><br><a href="http://snvworld.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a63542605bed9ea8338e029d5&id=66df68509d&e=eba0530746" target="_self"><span style='color:#910000'>Read more</span></a>. </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><br> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:5.0in'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div style='margin-left:7.5pt;margin-top:11.25pt;margin-right:7.5pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=199 height=137 id="_x0000_i1039" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a63542605bed9ea8338e029d5/images/The_Lao_Cookbook.png" alt="SNV World"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>SNV Lao PDR releases a Cookbook for Improved Cookstoves</span></strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white'>The “Lao Cookbook, People and Their Stoves” has been released this week, profiling the Lao ICS programme in a colorful and attractive way.<br><br><a href="http://snvworld.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a63542605bed9ea8338e029d5&id=d8df4be616&e=eba0530746" target="_self"><span style='color:#910000'>Read more.</span></a> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:5.0in;background:#F4EAE1'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div style='margin-left:7.5pt;margin-top:11.25pt;margin-right:7.5pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=200 height=130 id="_x0000_i1040" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a63542605bed9ea8338e029d5/images/Awramba_2_.png" alt="SNV World"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Introduction of the Awramba and Injera Composite Biogas stoves in Ethiopia</span></strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Seeking to always better respond to end user needs, SNV Ethiopia is currently working on implementing two different improved stove models across the country. <br><br><a href="http://snvworld.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a63542605bed9ea8338e029d5&id=40345c2eb7&e=eba0530746" target="_self"><span style='color:#910000'>Read more</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:5.0in'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div 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