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Jean Kim Chaix

Kim Chaix is the Founding Director of The Charcoal Project and is also Director of Strategic Impact for Rainforest Foundation USA.

Space-probe technology to generate electricity from biomass-burning stoves?

We can’t wait to see how this ends up! New Cookstove Attachment Uses Loudspeaker Parts to Turn Waste Heat Into Power by Rob Goodier, 03/30/11 as published in Inhabitat Read more: New Cookstove Attachment Uses Waste Heat to Generate Extra Power | Inhabitat – Green Design Will Save the World This innovative new cookstove attachment […]

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A perspective on Carbon Markets for Wood Energy Projects

Last month at the PCIA conference in Peru we had a chance to learn about the very interesting work GIZ (the German Development Agency) is doing on sustainable and renewable solid biomass initiatives in developing countries. The representatives we met (Marlis, Lisa, and Verena) were kind enough to share valuable information, like this paper on

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NPR: Engineers Hone Clean-Energy Stoves For The World

Clean cookstoves as covered by National Public Radio in the United States. NPR/February 9th, 2011 By Martin Kaste Almost half the world still cooks its food with solid fuels, such as wood and charcoal. The results are deforestation and black carbon, which contributes to global warming. And smoke-related disease kills an estimated 1.6 million people

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NEWS: Wood, charcoal, viable energy sources – report

Combined sources based on the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) report: Bundles of energy: The case for renewable biomass energy New technologies can convert trees to liquid and gaseous fuel 30 per cent of global energy to come from this source by 2050 Developing nations have an untapped resource that would enable them

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East Africa, droughts, and the impact on biomass availability

Via Climate Change News, a online publication of EESI (Environmental & Energy Study Institute) New Research Predicts Less Precipitation for East Africa as Global Temperatures Rise On March 4, a study published in Climate Dynamics predicted that droughts common in eastern Africa are likely to continue if global temperatures rise further. Researchers studied temperature, windspeed,

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Providing reliable, clean energy to 3 billion people will not break the bank or the environment.

“Delivering efficient, clean energy to those who lack electricity is not as daunting as it sounds.” — Prof. Daniel M. Kammen, The World Bank Whether it was the topic at hand, or the possibility of catching a bite to eat, it was standing-room-only at a lunch-time panel last Monday at the UNDP offices in New

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Top 10 things I learned at the PCIA forum in Lima

At the invitation of the government of Peru, the PCIA hosted its fifth biennial international forum outside the capital during the last week of February.

The Charcoal Project was especially thrilled to be able to speak with program managers, carbon finance experts, manufacturers, and policy-makers.

We learned many things after speaking and listening to so many people. What follows is a tiny sampling.


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IEA: Providing electricity and sustainable energy for all is within reach.

OPINION How many economists do you know that you can call a rock star or a superhero? In our books, Fatih Birol, Chief Economist at the IEA (International Energy Agency) is up there with Superman and Captain Planet. That’s because no economist out there has so tirelessly advocated for help for the 3 billion people

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