2. Productive uses of energy; looking at the benefits of energy access for income generation Lead Partner: University of Twente – Department of Governance and Technology for Sustainability (CSTM), The Netherlands Professor Hans Th.A. Bressers is in charge at the Department of Governance and Technology for Sustainability (CSTM) for this research area. Consortium: University of Cape Town, […]
1. Electrification through grid and decentralised systems, with a focus on impacts Lead Partner: University of Oslo (UiO), Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM), Norway Tanja Winther is in charge at the Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM) on this research area. Consortium: TERI, India A non-profit, scientific and policy research organization, […]
On Thursday March 12, ENERGIA, together with the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves and the International Center for Research on Women, hosted High Level event: “Energy Access as a Key Driver of Gender Equality “. The event celebrated International Women’s Day and commemorated Beijing +20. The objective of this event was to raise awareness among […]
> Click to download full issue < EDITORIAL This issue of ENERGIA News (EN) is the first for some months. However, this is not a sign that the network has been inactive – far from it! ENERGIA has being finalising a successful phase four and starting a fifth phase. During phase four, one of the […]
In 2014, the ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy established a large research programme to generate and analyse empirical evidence on the links between gender, energy and poverty, and to translate this evidence into recommendations for policy and practice. Five individual four-year research projects will start in January 2015. The research programme is […]
Kopernik is very happy to announce the expansion of their Wonder Women initiative in eastern Indonesia, which will engage more than 500 women as clean energy micro-social-entrepreneurs over the next three years. This expansion is made possible by support from ENERGIA, funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation […]
GVEP International and SEM Fund are joining forces to increase women’s participation in the energy market in Senegal and make sustainable energy available to the poorest communities. Over the next three years, 250 women-run micro and small enterprises in the regions of Tambacounda and Kedougou in eastern Senegal will receive tailored mentoring, business and financial support […]
Neha Juneja showing the Greenway Smart Cookstove at the Ashden Awards Ceremony Photo: ENERGIA ENERGIA interviewed Neha Juneja, co-founder and CEO of Greenway Grameen, at the Ashden Awards 2014. She is an industrial engineer and has founded Greenway Grameen with two partners: a chemical engineer and a mechanical engineer. They started designing clean cookstoves in 2010, […]
Dame Jenni Murray hosting the afternoon panel at the Ashden Conference “Fully Charged: Sustainable Energy for Women and Girls” Photo: ENERGIA Every year, the Ashden Awards recognize and support some of the world’s best green trailblazers offering sustainable energy solutions. The awards allow organizations to accelerate their work through an International Support Programme. This year, the event […]
The International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy, ENERGIA, and the UK Department for International Development, DFID, signed an agreement to advance knowledge and awareness regarding the impact of energy access—or the lack thereof—on women and girls. The agreement encompasses research, evidence gathering and dissemination, and raising public awareness on the importance of energy access for […]
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