| ashu |
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on 26-Dec-01 12:54 AM
Hi all, As someone interested in how considerations re: economics and business and policies affect/influence energy-related issues, I took part, as a silent participant, in this e-conference, and found it, on the whole, quite informative. Hope you too will find this informative and useful -- to garner knowledge for public arguments for and against this now and later. oohi ashu ktm,nepal ************ E-conf Website: Dear All, Now that the e-conference on 'Renewable Energy Technologies for Mountain Areas' is over, I want to bring to your attention that you can read all the e-conference related postings - those which were posted to this List as well as those which were not - at http://www.mtnforum.org/apmn/RETs.htm. For your information, the e-conf website has the following sections for you to browse: 1. | Announcement | - In this section, you will find the agenda of the e-conference outlined, the objective of the e-conference stated, weekly topics of discussions presented by each of the moderators, and expected outcomes outlined. 2. | Welcome Speech | - In this section, you will read the welcome message by the Director General of ICIMOD - Dr. James Gabriel Campbell. 3. | Registered Participants | - This section lists the brief introductions of the registered participants. 4 | Expectations| - This section lists the expectations of the registered participants. 5. E-conf Related Postings a) | Wk 1: Microhydro | - You will read week 1's postings on 'microhydro' here. Moderated by Mr. Girish Kharel. b) | Wk 2: Solar | - Postings on 'Thermal & PV Technologies'. Moderated by Mr. Gyani Ratna Shakya. c) | Wk 3: Biomass - Biogas |- Postings on 'Biomass' with special focus on 'Biogas Technology'. Moderated by Mr. Govinda P. Devkota. d) | Wk 3: Biomass - ICS | - Postings on 'Biomass-based Improved Cook Stoves.' Moderated by Mr. Rajan Thapa. e) |Wk 4: Policies | - Postings on 'Policies'. Moderated by Mr. Bikash Pandey. f) | Wrap-Up | - You can read the postings made to the mf-asia list during the wrap-up phase, Dec 17-19, 2001. g) | Weekly Summaries | - You can read the weekly summaries of each of the weeks' discussions. 6. | Evaluation Results | 7. | Closing Remark | - Here you will read the closing remark of the Acting Director General of ICIMOD, Mr. Milan Raj Tuladhar. 8) | Online-Resources | - Here you will find links to some energy related online documents, links to related websites, and a list of ICIMOD publications on 'energy.' This is a very modest section, and if you want to help build this section by providing info, please contact . If nothing else, please be sure to browse the |Weekly Summaries| section at . Feel free to disseminate as widely as possible the link to this website to your colleagues, friends, and to those who you think might benefit from the fruits of your month-long labour. Best of best regards, Ujol Sherchan MF-Asia Moderator --- *Please send your comments, questions, examples, case studies, or e-conference postings to this list to either or *Website: (Regularly being updated)
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