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Nepal: How passive violence against women goes unprotested

The world has seen a number of atrocities against women which usually firmly protested against. However, there is one particular hazard that women are regularly put through in rural areas of the developing world – toxic smoke from inefficient cookstoves. In Nepal, the scenario is no different – 22 million […]

April 17, 2013

Nigeria: Combating desertification through clean cookstoves

In Nigeria, the desert is moving from the north to habitations in the south at the rate of 600 metres per annum. This process is hastened by the process of felling trees for the purposes of use as fuel in cookstoves. Most households depend on wood and charcoal for cooking. […]

April 17, 2013

Clinton’s clean cookstove push may create investment opportunities

Hillary Clinton left behind a legacy through her landmark Global Partnership Initiative, one that she hoped would inspire the State Department to collaborate more. The cornerstone of this initiative was the clean cookstove movement, propelled by the public private partnership GACC, or the Global Alliance of Clean Cookstoves. This organization […]

April 17, 2013

Kashmir benefits from India’s rural electrification programmes

Since 2004, Indian government’s rural electrification programmes has benefited at least 4825 households in remote areas of north Kashmir. Read more here.

April 17, 2013

Sudan: AfDB grants US$340,000 to Sudan’s National Energy Research Centre

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Republic of Sudan together collaborated to facilitate a grant of US$340,000 to the National Energy Research Centre (NERC). This grant will be used to research viable sources of energy for the rural poor in the country. Read more here.

April 17, 2013

Energy research project generating electricity from cooking stoves

Researchers at the Trinity College Dublin (TCD) recently concluded a research on biomass stoves in Malawi which have been equipped to generate enough electricity to power LED lights and charge mobile phones. This project was funded by the Irish Aid, and involved the integration of a thermoelectric generator with a […]

April 17, 2013

Solar home systems growing the fastest in Bangladesh

According to data released by the World Bank, Bangladesh now has the fastest growing solar home system programme in the world, with as many as 50,000 new installations a month. These solar home systems consist of a solar panel, a battery and a charge controller. Read more here.

April 17, 2013

Building a new industry of clean cookstoves in Cambodia

GERES Cambodia is an organization active in Cambodia, and has been instrumental in setting up the ecosystem of manufacturing and distribution market of clean cookstoves in Cambodia. They have been operational in Cambodia since 2003, and recently celebrated their 2 millionth stove. Their stoves are made with attention to detail […]

April 17, 2013

What do you have in common with a low-income Indian mother?

This post talks about how toxic smoke from inefficient cookstoves have become a part of the lives of people affected by them, essentially meaning behaviour is as big a barrier as any in replacing these with cleaner cookstoves. Read more here.