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February 19, 2013
Secretary Clinton announces US$86.5 million in new PPPs
Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton recently announced the launch of new league of public private partnerships which would, among other things, encourage women’s clean energy entrepreneurship and clean cookstove investments. Read more here.
February 19, 2013
US$4 million funding for Washington based company
A Vashon, Washington based company, Burn Manufacturing has received US$ 4 million in financing from OPIC (Overseas Private Investment Corporation) (US$3 million) and General Electric (US$1 million) for a cookstove they have designed. This is a clean cookstove which will be widely applicable in East Africa to curb deforestation and […]
February 19, 2013
Kenya: Efficient, improved cookstove
This post is about a locally made clean cookstove in Kenya, which uses only two pieces of wood to make a meal for 15 people. Priced at US$ 34 (KES 3000), the stove has a 5 year guarantee, reduces fuel consumption by 50 per cent, and is portable. Read more […]
February 19, 2013
Improving air quality in rural Kenya
More of rural Kenya is still suffering in the clutches of inefficient cookstoves, despite significant advances in the past few years. In view of this, the Kenya Medical Research Institute/Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (KEMRI/CDC) have partnered with Safe Water and AIDS Project (SWAP) and the Berkeley Air Monitoring […]
February 19, 2013
GACC established in Ghana
This year, Ghana has vowed to make big changes in the country with respect to renewable energy. Some 53 stakeholders came together to formally inaugurate the Global Alliance of Clean Cookstoves in the country in January. Key managers and chairpersons have been suitably chosen. Read more here.
February 19, 2013
Review of Household Clean Energy Technology for Lighting, Charging and Cooking in East Africa-Kenya and Tanzania: A Learning Report, 2012
This report by the GVEP International (Global Village Energy Partnership) documents insights generated from the field in Kenya and Tanzania, in the household clean energy technologies for lighting, charging and cooking sectors. The report’s focus are technologies for improved cookstoves, biomass briquettes, ecocharcoal, and solar, biogas and wind technologies. Read […]
February 19, 2013
Canada pledges annual assistance during global food security forum
At the Saskatchewan Global Food Security Forum, Canada, a country known for its development commitments in the field of food security, pledged annual food security support through innovative solutions to the global hungry. Read more here
February 19, 2013
India plans to increase annual milk output to 180 million litres, by 2021-22
Under its National Dairy Plan, the government of India is all set to increase its annual milk production to 180 million litres by 2021-22. The current level of milk production is at 128 million litres. While India is already the largest producer of milk in the world, […]
February 19, 2013
Who is controlling the global food supply?
Food security for developing countries, whose governments will embrace any number of unfair deals, are in a grave danger of having their serious food security situations being exacerbated. In the light of frequent and large land grabs by other developed countries in these poorer countries, for […]
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