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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div style='margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:7.5pt;margin-bottom:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:13.5pt'><b><span style='font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white'>SNV Renewable Energy Newsletter, April<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_i1041" src="cid:image001.png@01CF5231.FE146BA0" alt="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/a63542605bed9ea8338e029d5/images/trans_5.png"></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><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_i1040" src="cid:image001.png@01CF5231.FE146BA0" alt="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/a63542605bed9ea8338e029d5/images/trans_5.png"></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='background:#D9BA9C;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'>Dear reader, <br><br>Through this April Newsletter, SNV wishes to give you a broad overview of its wide range of activities in the renewable energy sector. From innovative thinking around wood-fuel value chains to strategic partnerships with mobile operators for the dissemination of solar products, and from the design of tailored financial mechanisms for renewable energy diffusion, to the creation of a web platform to raise knowledge on advanced cooking solutions, SNV is acting and promoting innovation on multiple fronts. <br><br>This month's issue will highlight the following activities: <o:p></o:p></span></p><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'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>SNV's new<strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> partnership with the mobile network operator MTN </span></strong>in Benin<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 pioneering work led by SNV on developing <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>REDD+ friendly wood fuel value chains</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 development of an <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>innovative finance pilot for renewable energy</span></strong> in Nepal<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 launch of the <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Gazoriz rice husk gasification</span></strong> project in Burkina Faso<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 establishment of <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>a last mile distribution system for improved stoves</span></strong> in Rwanda<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"'>SNV's participation to a<strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> consortium for R&D on a biogas-powered milk chilling device</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 launch of SNV Cambodia's<strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> new website on advanced cooking solutions </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 promotion of<strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> legal timber extraction from community forests </span></strong>in Cameroon<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_i1039" src="cid:image001.png@01CF5231.FE146BA0" alt="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/a63542605bed9ea8338e029d5/images/trans_5.png"></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><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_i1038" src="cid:image001.png@01CF5231.FE146BA0" alt="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/a63542605bed9ea8338e029d5/images/trans_5.png"></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><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='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=250 height=200 id="_x0000_i1037" src="cid:image005.png@01CF5231.FE146BA0" alt="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a63542605bed9ea8338e029d5/images/MTN_Benin.png"></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><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'>Solar news: the Power out of Poverty partnership in Benin</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'>SNV Benin is teaming up with MTN, Africa's largest mobile network operator, to bring modern solar power products to 6.5 million people relying on traditional fuels in Benin. <br><br><a href="http://snvworld.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a63542605bed9ea8338e029d5&id=b9642b2666&e=eba0530746" target="_blank"><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 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=250 height=185 id="_x0000_i1036" src="cid:image006.jpg@01CF5231.FE146BA0" alt="SNV World"></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><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'>Creating sustainable wood-fuel value chains to help reduce poverty and fight climate change</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'>SNV is leading pioneering work on developing REDD+ friendly wood-fuel value chains, as illustrated in Burkina Faso. <br><br><a href="http://snvworld.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a63542605bed9ea8338e029d5&id=41c90949c2&e=eba0530746" target="_blank"><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 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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'>In order to overcome the widespread barrier of initial cost, SNV is testing financial mechanisms to help households purchase renewable energy technologies in Nepal. <br><br><a href="http://snvworld.us4.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=a63542605bed9ea8338e029d5&id=b8d78f73db&e=eba0530746" target="_blank"><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 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=250 height=200 id="_x0000_i1034" src="cid:image008.png@01CF5231.FE146BA0" alt="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a63542605bed9ea8338e029d5/images/Gazoriz_Image.png"></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><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'>GazoRiz: enhancing local food security through rice husk gasification </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'>In early March, SNV Burkina launched its new GazoRiz project in support of improved rice transformation processes, targeting large benefits for women rice parboilers and their community. <br><br><a href="http://snvworld.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a63542605bed9ea8338e029d5&id=c078250dd7&e=eba0530746" target="_blank"><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=250 height=166 id="_x0000_i1033" src="cid:image009.jpg@01CF5231.FE146BA0" alt="SNV World"></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><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'>Reaching last mile cooks in Rwanda</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'>Furthering its efforts around improved Canarumwe stove dissemination in Rwanda, SNV has set up a last mile retail system to reach users in the most remote and financially constrained areas. <br><br><a href="http://snvworld.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a63542605bed9ea8338e029d5&id=f9101e0b21&e=eba0530746" target="_blank"><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 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=250 height=185 id="_x0000_i1032" src="cid:image010.png@01CF5231.FE146BA0" alt="SNV World"></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><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'>A biogas powered milk chiller for Africa?</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'>One month ago, SNV joined its forces with two leading manufacturers and an incubator for inclusive business to develop an affordable milk chilling device powered by biogas for electricity deprived farmers in Africa. <br><br><a href="http://snvworld.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a63542605bed9ea8338e029d5&id=e6b21b32c7&e=eba0530746" target="_blank"><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=250 height=167 id="_x0000_i1031" src="cid:image011.png@01CF5231.FE146BA0" alt="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a63542605bed9ea8338e029d5/images/Cambodia_Image.png"></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><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'>One click for country-based insights on advanced clean cooking solutions </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'>SNV Cambodia is launching a new website for all those interested in learning more on the team's work on advanced clean cooking solutions.<br><br><a href="http://snvworld.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a63542605bed9ea8338e029d5&id=5a6b1b2183&e=eba0530746" target="_blank"><span style='color:#910000'>Access the website</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td 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