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Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) Programme
Launch: 2019 End: 2024
Region: N/A
Geography: N/A
Type: Global
ICS Only?: No
Value/Funding: £39.8 million [1]
Funder Type: Bilateral Organization
Funders: UK Department for International Development (DFID)
Features:
  • Technical Assistance
  • Pilot
  • Capacity Building
  • RBF
  • Electrification
  • Description:
    Led by Loughborough University and ESMAP, program aims to accelerate the transition from biomass-based cooking to modern, clean, low carbon energy-efficient alternative methods & utilize renewable sources of electricity like solar [1]
    Reach:
    N/A
    Goal/Target:
    Explore alternative approaches and policies for addressing cooking energy concerns in the Global South [2]
    Sources:
    [1] https://www.mecs.org.uk/cooking-up-a-storm-at-the-modern-energy-cooking-services-programme-launch/ [2] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332692806_Two_Birds_One_Stone-Reframing_Cooking_Energy_Policies_in_Africa_and_Asia