
Steven Hunt
@stevenahunt
Energy & Innovation Advisor at the FCDO. Low carbon, frontier and energy access tech, financing and policy. Views my own.
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https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=19637067 30-01-2012 21:34:53
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Auntie Maggie swapped her #petrol #generator for #KofaGo & cut costs! No more noise or petrol smell. Thanks to support from the Shell Foundation & Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office , we're powering businesses sustainably. ๐ Need an eco-friendly power solution? DM us! #dumsor #BatteryPower #CleanEnergy

Delve into the exciting experiences of students from University of Rwanda as they took a break from their studies to attend the TransformingEnergyAccess Forum in Kigali. Read their inspiring story here: bit.ly/4b0EJOP


๐ขBecome a Battery Ambassador as part of the Ayrton Challenge on Energy Storage, in partnership with the TransformingEnergyAccess Learning Partnership Please share with mid to senior academics working in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia or the Indo-Pacific ๐โก๏ธlnkd.in/eKq8Kkdm


โก๏ธ6 major hospitals in #SierraLeone now enjoy modern & reliable electricity powered by decentralized #solar and backup batteries. This has been made possible through Sustainable Energy for All's #PoweringHealthcare project funded by the UK and supported by MoH Crown Agents & @EmOneEnergy.

Weโre excited to announce that weโre collaborating with Faraday Institution and the University of Oxford on the MaxBatt project: ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฑ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง S๐ฎ๐-๐๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ Learn more ๐ lnkd.in/e4mKPuWq


Amazing energy access #SDG7 commitment here from World Bank Energy & African Development Bank Group. Key for success will be how co-operation works in practice. How interoperable systems can be. How incentives for joint planning & working align. Announcements set direction, ground game delivers results!

โ#Energy is linked to two-thirds of the 169 SDG targets. Without progress on energy, several other #SDGs will continue to fall behind.โ Read Damilola Ogunbiyi's full remarks from the UN GA Presidentโs global stocktaking in New York: seforall.org/news/seforall-โฆ


How did I miss this?! Great news on $10m for clean cooking in Africa to BURN Manufacturing. Good to see funding from African Development Bank Group KfW Development Bank & IFC Africa & Cygnum Capital managing. This is where big announcements start to mean something! Modern Energy Cooking Services carbonherald.com/africa-go-greeโฆ

1 day until International Energy Agency Summit on #CleanCooking in Africa. Ed Brown & colleagues from Modern Energy Cooking Services are excited to attend the International Energy Agency Summit where global leaders will address #CleanCooking issues in Africa. #Gender #Health #Energy #Africa #sustainablefuture iea.org/events/summit-โฆ


๐ฃCharlotte Watts - "It was wonderful to chair this session on the opportunities and science of battery technologies for emerging economies. Huge thanks to Royal Institution (now on Bluesky), great speakers Emma Kendrick, David Howe and Okenwa Anaya Nas, as well as FCDO's Steven Hunt Ayrton Fund

The ๐ฌ๐ง welcomes commitment of ๐น๐ฟ on clean cooking! Via the recently announced ยฃ3.5M commitment, ๐ฌ๐ง will work w/ ๐น๐ฟ to support a sustainable supply chain of electric appliances, bringing clean cooking to schools, working w/ TANESCO, raising awareness & uplifting market standards.

๐ข We have reopened a call for Battery Ambassadors s part of the Ayrton Challenge on Energy Storage, in partnership with the TransformingEnergyAccess Learning Partnership Please share with academics in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia or the Indo-Pacific โก๏ธlnkd.in/eKq8Kkdm



Many congratulations to Simon on his well-deserved honour! Modern Energy Cooking Services

Exciting funding opportunity here from the Accelerate-to-Demonstrate (A2D) Facility UNIDO part of Ayrton Fund. Focus is demonstrators in emerging economies on #industrialdecarbonisation, #criticalminerals, clean #hydrogen & smart energy/#greengrids. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/bcde52bbโฆ

Wow, look at the comments on this๐Feels like all the bad vibes. All the negativity. All the can't do haters are just sitting on X waiting to slag off anyone making a case for clean energy transition. I don't think it was always like this.. Is EnergyTwitter dead Michael Liebreich - @MLiebreich.bsky.social?


Great to see this from our Minister for Development & a growing set of committed partners at #cop29. Modern Energy Cooking Services World Bank Energy Sustainable Energy for All @CLASPappliances African Development Bank Group African Union African Energy Commission of the African Union UK in Tanzania UK in Uganda ๐ฌ๐ง ๐บ๐ฌ UK in Sierra Leone ๐ฌ๐ง๐ธ๐ฑ UKinSaudiArabia ๐ฌ๐ง๐ธ๐ฆ Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA) International Energy Agency

๐ข Call for proposals: As part of @Ayrton_Fund Challenge on Energy Storage, Faraday Institution is seeking collaborative "Concept to Demonstrator" projects for battery deployment in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia & Indo-Pacific. Deadline: 27th Feb ๐lnkd.in/efzceriN
