The session would be
conducted virtually and is being organized
by the Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) Programme, through its In-country
partner - India, Finovista with an aim to identify, discuss and explore
avenues to address the specific challenges in the global clean cooking sector.
About the 11th Talk Session
In India, rural and peri-urban households predominantly use
biomass/firewood for cooking even when they have access to cleaner cooking
technologies such as LPG, electric cookstoves, and biogas. This is mostly due
to the supply chain and affordability challenges. For electric, solar, and
other Modern Energy based cooking solutions, the Supply chain is at a nascent
stage, with Tier 1 and Tier 2, cities having benefitted mostly from the
existing distributor and retailer networks and now online platforms. In rural
and peri-urban areas establishing reliable access and leveraging the network of
the existing Neighbourhood stores is still far fletched. Considerable progress
needs to be made in enabling an effective supply chain, with setting up
retailers, innovative low-cost last-mile delivery channels and local capacity
building for after-sales service. This may require collaboration between various
stakeholders, including suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and
service providers. In this session, we would focus on the Down Stream supply
chain of clean cooking technologies and solutions, from factory to consumer,
key players engaged, challenges, what needs to change, scope of innovation to
reduce cost and time and make supply chains resilient to enable the transition
to Modern Energy based Clean Cooking.
About MECS Programme & Talk Series
MECS
Programme is a UK Aid (FCDO) funded global research programme led by
Loughborough University and the World Bank’s Energy Sector Management
Assistance Program (ESMAP). By integrating modern energy cooking services into
the planning for electricity access, quality, reliability, and sustainability,
MECS hopes to leverage investment in renewable energies (both grid and
off-grid) to address the clean cooking challenge. MECS is implementing a
strategy focused on including the cooking needs of households in the investment
and action on ‘access to affordable, reliable, sustainable modern energy for
all’. Globally, MECS is now well established as a prominent programme in the
clean cooking domain and has also become
a strong and active player in India. The programme is also supporting India to
emerge as a Global Hub for
manufacturing clean cooking devices for domestic and international markets,
aligned to the Atmanirbhar Bharat and Make in India mission
while focusing on the shift to modern energy cooking within
India which is also one of the objectives of the
Go-Electric campaign launched by the Government of India.
The Talk Series has evolved into a crucial
platform for promoting the adoption of modern energy for cooking. It has
successfully united stakeholders from the clean cooking domain and related
sectors to engage in discussions surrounding the challenges, opportunities, and
essential elements of the Modern Energy-based Clean Cooking Sector. The Talk
series is thoughtfully structured in phases, with each phase consisting of 12 sessions.
The 1st Phase has been successfully concluded with 12 sessions. Now
we are on the 11th session of Phase II.
Reg Link- https://finovista.com/events/2.11-transitioning-to-modern-energy-for-cooking:-supply-chain-management-for-clean-cooking