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ID: 64272
Title: A new lease of life
Author: Michael Hahn
Editor: Jorg-Rainer Zimmermann
Year: 2017
Publisher: BWE (German Wind Energy Association)
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: New Energy, Issue No.4, 44-44 (2017)
Subject: A new lease of life
Keywords: New lease of life, Wind Turbine, first generation
Abstract: Fixed compensation under the German Renewable Energy Sources Act {EEG} will soon expire for the first generation of wind turbines covered by the scheme. Some operators are resorting to retrofitting to keep their turbines profitable for another few years.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
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ID: 64271
Title: Climate change threatens the ozone layer
Author: - [News]
Editor: Jorg-Rainer Zimmermann
Year: 2017
Publisher: BWE (German Wind Energy Association)
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: New Energy, Issue No.4, 43-43 (2017)
Subject: Climate change threatens the ozone layer
Keywords: Climate change, Ozone layer
Abstract: Researchers at Harvard University in the US have found that climate change poses a growing hazard to the ozone layer, particularly over the midwestern and southern regions of the US. According to the researchers, the threat is caused by increasingly frequent heavy storms which carry aerosols, chlorine-based chemicals and hydrogen into the stratosphere, where they contribute to the depletion of the ozone layer.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
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ID: 64270
Title: The carbon clean-up toolkit-Key approaches to purging excess CO2 from the atmosphere.
Author: Astrid Dahn
Editor: Jorg-Rainer Zimmermann
Year: 2017
Publisher: BWE (German Wind Energy Association)
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: New Energy, Issue No.4, 28-33 (2017)
Subject: The carbon clean-up toolkit-Key approaches to purging excess CO2 from the atmosphere.
Keywords: The carbon clean-up toolkit, CO2, atmosphere
Abstract: Nature itself is a giant carbon filter. Around half of all carbon emissions caused by human activity are sucked back out of the atmosphere by the Earth's plants, soil and oceans. Accordingly, a logical and relatively simple approach to lowering the concentration of CO2 in the air is to support and enhance these natural carbon sinks.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
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ID: 64269
Title: On borrowed time
Author: Astrid Dahn
Editor: Jorg-Rainer Zimmermann
Year: 2017
Publisher: BWE (German Wind Energy Association)
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: New Energy, Issue No.4, 24-27 (2017)
Subject: On borrowed time
Keywords: Borrowed time
Abstract: The international community has its work cut out for it: In December 2015, climate diplomats from all over the world assembled in Paris agreed to keep global warming well below 2C-ideally 1.5C. What this means in terms of our carbon budget-the most common metric for climate change -is that all future greenhouse gas emissions caused by human activity must not exceed 800 gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalent. If we are to meet the 1.5 target, the ceiling is just 200 gigatons. At this rate, the planet's carbon budget will be entirely used up in 20 years at the latest.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
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ID: 64268
Title: A matter of price
Author: Tim Attegor
Editor: Jorg-Rainer Zimmermann
Year: 2017
Publisher: BWE (German Wind Energy Association)
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: New Energy, Issue No.4, 16-21 (2017)
Subject: A matter of price
Keywords: A matter of price ,Global climate targets, CO2
Abstract: March 2017, Euref Campus, Berlin. The site in the German capital's Schoneberg district is one big playground for the energy transition, with research institutes and start-ups jostiling side by side. Outside, electric mopeds are being serviced while a self-driving minibus does its rounds. Inside, global environmental policy is the order of the day: The Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) is hosting a panel discussion on "Climate Policy in the Age of Trump".The face of Harvard professor Robert Stavins looks down on the room from a video screen. But wherever MCC DIRECTOR Ottmar Edenhofer is involved, the conversation always seems to come back to one subject in particular: carbon pricing.
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ID: 64267
Title: Enabling distributor financing for a demand-driven market for clean cookstoves
Author: Camilla Fulland
Editor: Grant Ballard-Tremeer, Raffaella Bellanca, Karabi Dutta, Ben Garside, Luc Severi
Year: 2017
Publisher: HEDON
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: BOILING POINT Issue. 69 26-29 (2017)
Subject: Enabling distributor financing for a demand-driven market for clean cookstoves
Keywords: Distribution chain, enablers, financing, Indonesia, Prime cookstoves
Abstract: Prime Cookstoves have been marketed since 2013 taking a hands-on approach from research and development to distribution and financing. Reliant on local companies and organizations as distributors of cookstoves, this article focuses on the valuable experiences and lessons that have emerged especially to make the product available at a minimum cost and with reasonable risk. The key message is to strengthen the local distribution chain through the provision of financing or regulatory provisions and incentives enabling a level playing field for various manufacturers of clean cookstoves.
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ID: 64266
Title: Ashden India Renewable Energy Collective (AIREC) Cooking Energy Service Decision Support Tool
Author: Dr. Priyadarshini Karve
Editor: Grant Ballard-Tremeer, Raffaella Bellanca, Karabi Dutta, Ben Garside, Luc Severi
Year: 2017
Publisher: HEDON
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: BOILING POINT Issue. 69 24-25 (2017)
Subject: Ashden India Renewable Energy Collective (AIREC) Cooking Energy Service Decision Support Tool
Keywords: AIREC, Cooking Energy Service, Decision Support Tool
Abstract: Decisions related to investments and technology development in biomass (solid, liquid, and gaseous) and solar cooking sectors are often driven by health and environmental considerations. The perspectives and needs of the users-cooks, heads of household who make the buying decisions and family members-are often ignored. Rural consumers in the developing world are increasingly attracted to ‘modern’ cooking solutions, such as those based on liquid petroleum gas, natural gas or electricity. Many own multiple cooking energy devices, either purchased or donated to them, but with the traditional solid biomass fuelled cook stove continuing to be the primary technology in daily use. The criteria that are most important to the users must feature prominently in the selection of technology, fuel, design, and dissemination mechanism for cooking energy services delivery. In order to integrate the opinions and preferences of the users into decision-making processes and incentives for clean cooking energy, the Ashden India Renewable Energy Collective (AIREC) has developed the Cooking Energy Service Decision Support tool. The tool helps select technologies that meet environmental and health considerations as well as utility considerations prioritized by the users. In addition, as there is no simple way to evaluate all the various technologies available on a comparative scale, in an objective and technology-neutral manner, the tool addresses this lacuna.
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ID: 64265
Title: Climate finance for clean and efficient cookstoves
Author: Hilda Galt, Szymon Mikolajczyk
Editor: Grant Ballard-Tremeer, Raffaella Bellanca, Karabi Dutta, Ben Garside, Luc Severi
Year: 2017
Publisher: HEDON
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: BOILING POINT Issue. 69 20-23 (2017)
Subject: Climate finance for clean and efficient cookstoves
Keywords: Carbon markets, Clean Development Mechanism, Climate finance, Cookstoves, Green Climate Fund, Greenhouse gases, Mitigation
Abstract: Depressed carbon processes have let many climate change mitigation initiatives stranded. We make the case for using the architecture of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) to facilitate the transfer of international climate finance to clean and efficient cookstove projects and programmes, allowing for the rapid scale-up of registered activities and replication of efforts in new regions. The CDM offers a credible and transparent framework that enables the linking of invested funds to verified greenhouse gas mitigation impacts. Issued and subsequently cancelled carbon credits could serve to trigger results-based payments, rather than be used to compensate emissions occurring elsewhere. By targeting initiatives capable of reaching financial sustainability over time, multilateral and bilateral climate financiers can encourage the creation of mature, private sector driven cook stove markets. Such financial support could enable the scale-up of activities in line with country’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC), more than a quarter of which refer to cookstoves as a priority area of intervention.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Grenier, S., Kolmetz, S., Betzenbichler, W., Houshyani,B.,Galt,H.2016.Ci-Dev CDM MRV Study: Facilitating credit issuance by improving the monitoring , reporting and verification procedures and issuance rules of the CDM, The World Bank Mikolajczyk, S., Brescia, D., Galt, H., Le Sache, F., Hunzai, T., Greiner, S., Hoch, S., Mayr, S. 2016. Linking the Clean Development Mechanism with the Green Climate Fund: Models for scaling up mitigation action, German Ministry for the Environment (BMUB).
Literature cited 2: Mikolajczyk, S., Brescia, D., Galt, H., Le Sache, F., Hunzai, T., Greiner, S., Hoch, S., Mayr, S., 2016.Linking the Clean Development Mechanism with the Green Climate Fund: Models for scaling up mitigation action, German Ministry for the Environment (BMUB) Spalding–Fecher, R., Sammut, F., Greiner, S., Korthuis, A. 2016. Innovative Standardized Crediting Framework for Scaling up Energy Access Programs, Carbon Limits and Climate Focus.

ID: 64264
Title: Enablers for the value chain of improved cooking stoves through the financial mechanism of Uniones de Credito y Ahorro in Peru
Author: Judith IbanezSanchez , Silvia Franciosco
Editor: Grant Ballard-Tremeer, Raffaella Bellanca, Karabi Dutta, Ben Garside, Luc Severi
Year: 2017
Publisher: HEDON
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: BOILING POINT Issue. 69 16-19 (2017)
Subject: Enablers for the value chain of improved cooking stoves through the financial mechanism of Uniones de Credito y Ahorro in Peru
Keywords: Credit and savings unions; Enablers; Entrepreneurship; Peru, Rural Communities, Supply chain, Trainings
Abstract: This article summarises a joint initiative between MicroEnergy International and COFIDE implemented in 2015 to stimulate the market for improved cooks stoves in rural areas of Peru through financial mechanisms established within the community Savings and Credit Unions (Uniones de Credito y Ahorro, UNICAs).The article presents results achieved through the initiative, highlights the barriers encountered and lessons learned related to the key enablers for the successful adoption and distribution of such technologies.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Masera, O.and Navia J.1997.Fuel switching or multiple cooking fuels? Understanding inter-fuel substitution patterns in rural Mexican households, Biomass and Bioenergy, Vol.12: 347-361, https:doi.org/10.1016/SO961-9534 (96)00075-X.Ruz-Mercardo
Literature cited 2: I, et al.2013.Quantitative metrics of stove adoption using Stove Use Monitors (SUMS) www.ncbi.nim.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4170739.

ID: 64263
Title: Development of clean cooking technology for rural communities in India
Author: Ram Chandra Pal, Vivek Jha and Manjushree Banerjee
Editor: Grant Ballard-Tremeer, Raffaella Bellanca, Karabi Dutta, Ben Garside, Luc Severi
Year: 2017
Publisher: HEDON
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: BOILING POINT Issue. 69 12-15 (2017)
Subject: Development of clean cooking technology for rural communities in India
Keywords: Improved forced draft cook stoves; TERI model SPT 0610; Traditional cook stoves; Thermal efficiency; Specific fuel consumption; Biomass fuels
Abstract: The penetration of clean fuels for cooking in rural areas in India continues to be love; with just 6.5 percent using Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG).Rural households continue to use locally available biomass fuels for cooking. In response, TERI developed an improved cook stove model, TERI SPT 0610.Compared to a traditional mudstove, the combustion efficiency of the new model was found to be 37 percent, with 80 per cent less carbon monoxide emissions and 72 percent less particulate matters (PM 2.5) (TERI,2015) .The specific fuel consumption for the new stove model was reported as 186.2 g/kg of a cooked metal, which is about 73 per cent lower than the traditional mud stove used in the areas where the new product was introduced. Given the technical performance improvements offered by the improved cook stove model, its dissemination was supported across 17 states in India.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Amethi 2015.http://amethi.nic.in/as, accessed on November 2015. Census of India.2001.http://www.censusindia.gov.in/
Literature cited 2: IITD/CRDT/RP/CS/1005 Stove Test Report.2012.Improved biomass Cook stove model SPT 0610.Indian Institute of Technology. December 2012.IIT Delhi. National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) 2009-10 – (Energy Statistics, 2013)

ID: 64262
Title: Enablers of strong cookstove sales through a purchase offer approach in rural Senegal-An explorative analysis
Author: Gunther Bensch, Jorg Peters
Editor: Grant Ballard-Tremeer, Raffaella Bellanca, Karabi Dutta, Ben Garside, Luc Severi
Year: 2017
Publisher: HEDON
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: BOILING POINT Issue. 69 6-9 (2017)
Subject: Enablers of strong cookstove sales through a purchase offer approach in rural Senegal-An explorative analysis
Keywords: Cookstove purchase, Design intervention, Household decision, Sales, Senegal, Willingness to pay
Abstract: This article outlines the main results of a study in rural Sengal where households were invited to purchase simple improved biomass cookstoves in their villages. Households’ stove purchase and willingness to pay levels turned out to be unexpect3edly high considering that the stoves are generally available in the area and at least part of the study sample households were already exposed to the specific stove type before. We therefore conducted an explorative analysis of potential factors that may have triggered the high degree of sales. In particular, aspects of the applied mode of stove delivery and the specific interview situation are assessed. This serves to derive insights into potential intervention design and communication approaches for entry-level improved stoves, which are likely transferable to higher –tier modern energy access technologies as well.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Becker, G.M., M.H. DeGroot, and J.Marschak.1964.Measuring utility by a single-response sequential method. Behavioural Science 9: 226-232. Beltramo, T.G. Blalock, D.I. Levine, and A.M.Simons.2015.The effect of marketing messages and payment over time on willingness to pay for fuel-efficient cookstoves. Journal of Economic Behaviour & Organization 118:333-345.
Literature cited 2: Bensch, G. And J.Peters.2017a What drives technology adoption of the rural poor? Willingness to pay for improved cooking stoves in rural Senegal. Mimeo. Bensch, G. And J.Peters.2017b.Short-run subsides and long-run adoption-Experimental evidence on improved cooking stoves in Senegal. mimeo.

ID: 64261
Title: From Barriers to Enablers: Where next for improved Cookstoves?
Author: Charlotte Ray, Temilade Sesan, Mike Clifford, Sarah Jewitt
Editor: Grant Ballard-Tremeer, Raffaella Bellanca, Karabi Dutta, Ben Garside, Luc Severi
Year: 2017
Publisher: HEDON
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: BOILING POINT Issue. 69 2-5 (2017)
Subject: From Barriers to Enablers
Keywords: Improved cookstoves, Barriers, Enablers
Abstract: Despite growing support in the sector, ICS policy should not underestimate the intractability of biomass use (Especially for cooking).Even when there is a general increase in access to higher-tier fuels, biomass reliance, especially in rural areas, is much more entrenched than in urban areas (Pauchauri and Jiang- 2008; Barnes et al.2011).
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
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ID: 64260
Title: Learning GIS using Open Source Software: An Applied Guide for Geo-spatial Analysis
Author: Kakoli Saha and Yngve K. Frøyen. Francis Group reviewed by Koshy Varghese
Editor: S.K.Satheesh
Year: 2023
Publisher: Current Science Association and Indian Academy of Sciences.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Current Science Vol. 124 (6) 763-763 (2023)
Subject: Learning GIS using Open Source Software: An Applied Guide for Geo-spatial Analysis
Keywords: GIS, Opejn Source software, Geospatial Analysis
Abstract: Open-source GIS platforms such as quantum GIS (QGIS) are widely used nowadays. As open-source platforms offer most of the functionality of the pricy commercial packages, academic programmes teaching GIS concepts and usage have benefitted from such open-source packages in the classrooms and laboratories. In addition to academia, several Government organizations and non-governmental organizations have deployed their spatial databases and planning platforms using resources from open sources, and the number of organizations adopting open-source solutions is steadily increasing.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
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ID: 64259
Title: Chemical constituents of essential oil from leaves of an invasive weed Ageratina adenophora in Central Nepal
Author: Khadka Bahadur Pal , Seeta Pathak , Tayer Mohamad Miya , Tej Bahadur Darji, Gunanand Pant , Ramesh Raj Pant, Lok Ranjan Bhatt and Lal B. Thapa
Editor: S.K.Satheesh
Year: 2023
Publisher: Current Science Association and Indian Academy of Sciences.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Current Science Vol. 124 (6) 757-761 (2023)
Subject: Chemical constituents of essential oil from leaves of an invasive weed Ageratina adenophora in Central Nepal
Keywords: Ageratina adenophora, chemical constituents, essential oil, gas chromatography, mass spectrometry.
Abstract: This study aims to identify volatile chemical components in the essential oil of an invasive plant, Ageratina adenophora, from Central Nepal. Leaf samples of A. Adenophora were collected, and the chemical composition of essential oil was analysed by gas chromatography (GC) and GC–mass spectrometry (GC/MS). A total of 27 components in the oil were identified. The major compounds were cadinol, bisabolol and bornyl acetate. The amount of valencene, elemol and 2(1H)-naphthalenone, 4a,5,6,7,8,8a-hexahydro-6-[1-(hydroxymethyl)ethenyl]- 4,8a-dimethyl-, [4ar(4a.alpha.,6.alpha.,8a.beta.]- varied with samples collected from different elevations. Five compounds, viz. cloven, β-gurjuene, β-cubebene, verbenone and cis-β-farnesene were rarely reported previously from A. adenophora. Being an invasive and medicinal plant, A. adenophora is found in varied ecological conditions. Further studies on the variation in amount and composition, phytotoxicity and benefits of such compounds are recommended.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Muniappan, R., Raman, A. and Redd, G. V. (eds), Ageratina adenophora (Sprengel) King and Robinson (Asteraceae). In Biological Control of Tropical Weeds using Arthropods, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2009, pp. 1–16. Yang, G. Q., Qiu, W. R., Jin, Y. N. and Wan, F. H., Potential allelochemicals from root exudates of invasive Ageratina adenophora. Allelopathy J., 2013, 32, 233.
Literature cited 2: Tiwari, S., Siwakoti, M., Adhikari, B. and Subedi, K., An inventory and assessment of invasive alien plant species of Nepal. IUCN – The World Conservation Union, Nepal, 2005, p. 114. Thapa, L. B., Thapa, H. and Magar, B. G., Perception, trends and impacts of climate change in Kailali District, Far West Nepal. Int. J. Environ., 2015, 4, 62–76.

ID: 64258
Title: Ex situ evaluation on genetic diversity of indigenous taro landraces in North East India
Author: A. Thirugnanavel, Bidyut C. Deka , Tasvina R. Borah , G. Rajesha , Lily Rangnamei and Naksungla Walling
Editor: S.K.Satheesh
Year: 2023
Publisher: Current Science Association and Indian Academy of Sciences.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Current Science Vol. 124 (6) 748-753 (2023)
Subject: Ex situ evaluation on genetic diversity of indigenous taro landraces in North East India
Keywords: Colocasia esculenta, correlation, descriptive statistics, genetic diversity, landraces.
Abstract: In this study, 110 taro landraces were characterized using 19 quantitative traits. Statistical tools like descriptive statistics, Shannon–Wiener diversity index, principal component analysis (PCA) and cluster analysis were used to evaluate diversity. Descriptive statistics showed significant variation among the landraces for the 19 quantitative traits studied. The highest coefficient of variation was found in the yield, number of suckers, leaf width and total oxalate. The corm length (H′ – 1.06) and starch content (H′ – 1.20) had the highest Shannon–Wiener diversity index. PCA resulted in seven principal components (PCs), which explain 70.65% of the total variation. PC1 was mainly associated with plant height, leaf length, leaf width, petiole length and plant spread. PC2 was associated with yield, moisture content, corm length and total oxalate. PC3 was associated with dry matter content and disease index. The cluster analysis using the weighted neighbor-joining method resulted in five major clusters based on geographical location. Cluster IV had a maximum of 54 landraces, and cluster III had a minimum of five landraces. The present study, which identified high genetic diversity and plant height, number of suckers, leaf length, leaf width, corm length, yield, total oxalate content and disease index, can be useful in taro varietal improvement programmes.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Revill, P. A. et al., Incidence and distribution of viruses of taro (Colocasia esculenta) in Pacific Island countries. Australas. Plant Pathol., 2005, 34, 327–331. Matthews, P. J., A possible tropical wild type taro (Colocasia esculenta var. aquatilis). Indo Pac. Prehist. Assoc. Bull., 1991, 11, 69–81.
Literature cited 2: Balagopalan, C., Nayar, T. V. R., Sundaresan, S., Premkumar, T. and Lakshmi, K. R., Tropical Tuber Crops in Food Security and Nutrition, Oxford & IBH Publishing Co Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, 1999. Singh, S., Singh, D. R., Faseela, F., Kumar, N., Damodaran, V. and Srivastava, R. C., Diversity of 21 taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) accessions of Andaman Islands. Genet. Resour. Crop Evol., 2012, 59(5), 821–829.