Category: Bioenergy
Igniting Change: A Strategy for Universal Adoption of Clean Cookstoves and Fuels
Submitted by innocentonah on 06-December-2011
Energy for Livelihoods: Putting people back into Africa's woodfuel crisis
Submitted by girbaza on 25-June-2010The woodfuel 'crisis' of developing countries was 'discovered' in the mid 1970s at the time the world was gripped by the energy crisis that followed the oil price shocks of 1973-74.
Biofuels: making tough choices
Submitted by girbaza on 25-June-2010The jury is still out on biofuels.
Sustainable Production of Second-Generation Biofuels: Potential and Perspectives in Major Economies and Developing Countries
Submitted by girbaza on 12-February-2010IEA Releases Report on Potential for Second-Generation Biofuels in Developing Countries
Community Power – Using Mobile to Extend the Grid
Submitted by girbaza on 11-February-2010The GSMA Green Power for Mobile programme has published a new white paper today called ‘Community Power – Using Mobile to Extend the Grid’.
Innovative finance for low-carbon development in Africa
Submitted by girbaza on 11-February-2010GVEP International* has just published a Policy Briefing on innovative finance mechanisms and how they could be used to scale up investments in low carbon technologies in Afric
Jatropha plant power
Submitted by girbaza on 11-February-2010Global Village Energy Partnership (GVEP) International* investigates the potential of Jatropha to improve livelihoods in Zambia where 96% of rural households survive on less than 1
The Kenyan biomass smoke project
Submitted by girbaza on 10-February-2010From user involvement to user initiative: the role of priority identification in facilitating sustainability in renewable energy projects - Temilade Agbaje (
Global Sustainable Biomass Fund allocates funding to 10 biomass projects, 5 of which are in Africa
Submitted by girbaza on 27-January-2010The first tender of the Global Sustainable Biomass Fund has yielded ten approved projects, which will receive a total of €4.7 million.