Blog: Apr 2018

Reshaping Nepal – Developments in Renewable Energy Technologies

11 April 2018

In this blog, Farah N. Samuel, an MSc student of the Durham Energy Institute (pictured right), provides highlights from her participation in the 5th International Conference on Developments in Renewable Energy Technology 2018, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Travelling to Nepal was not a priority on my travel list this year, however, as a representative of Durham University, I was privileged to attend two conferences in Nepal, between March 28-31, 2018 on gender and energy and...

Falling in love with Kathmandu - 5th International Conference on Developments in Renewable Energy Technology 2018

10 April 2018
Dr Jonathan Cloke

In this blog, Dr Jonathan Cloke (National Network Manager, LCEDN) reports on the success of the 5th International Conference on Developments in Renewable Energy Technology (ICDRET) 2018, and falling in love with Kathmandu... The main image (right) shows a wind-turbine on top of the Swayambhunath Buddhist Template in Kathmandu.

It was a motley crew from the LCEDN that made their diverse ways to Kathmandu for the ICDRET 5th conference in Kathmandu, as part of the UK...

Achieving prominence for gender in energy issues: reflections from GENI workshops held in New Delhi, India, 2-3 April 2018

5 April 2018
Dr Ben Campbell
Gender & Energy Workshops April 2 nd & 3 rd , India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

Posted by Dr Ben Campbell, LCEDN Co-Coordinator.

Two important workshops for the LCEDN’s work on ‘Mainstreaming Gender within Energy Research’ were held this week. A wave of enthusiasm about achieving prominence for gender in energy issues followed on from the International Conference on Development of Renewable Energy Technologies in Kathmandu (March 29-31st), supported by LCEDN and hosted by...

Measuring the actual value of electricity interventions: what social indicators can tell us

4 April 2018

We are delighted to feature the third and final blog that Olufolahan Osunmuyiwa (pictured below) has written, providing an overview of the research that she has completed during her three month placement on defining social and economic ‘indicators of impact’ that can be monitored and analysed before, during and after the introduction of decentralised energy governance, with Community Energy Malawi and the University of Strathclyde.

For so long,...

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