A partner of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves
http://community.cleancookstoves.org/partners/item/21/517.
RESTIO ENERGY
Organization Mission:
Restio Energy is committed to improving access to renewable and clean energy solutions for rural and urban communities. We focus on understanding energy poverty and scarcity and developing sustainable solutions to address these realities. We know technologies work; it’s their sustainable implementation that remains the challenge. Restio Energy works with different technologies, people and contexts to develop appropriate solutions to improve access to modern and clean energy services.
Partner Type:
Implementer
Organization Address:
Shop 12, Orange House
63 Caledon Street
Somerset West, Western Cape 7130
South Africa
63 Caledon Street
Somerset West, Western Cape 7130
South Africa
Primary Point of Contact: Mr.
First Name: Robert
Last Name: Aitken
Title: Director
Email: robert @ restio.co.za
Phone Number: +27 (0)21 8500 771
Organizational Experience and Expertise:
Adoption / Behavior Change, Market Development, Policy Development, Sales / Marketing, Supply Chains, Consumer Preferences, Distribution, Energy
Additional Sector Experience and Expertise:
Restio Energy has been involved in the Energy/development sector for over 12 years, looking at sustainable business models for energy service delivery, the productive use of renewable energy and household energy use patterns and associated market opportunities. We have worked with a range of development and donor organisations including the World Bank, IFC, UNDP, Unido, GIZ, MCC amongst others.
Technologies and Fuels:
Biomass, Charcoal, Kerosene, Liquefied Petroleum Gas, Pellets / Briquettes, Solar
Other Technologies and Fuels:
While we have stronger working associations with particular technologies and energy sources, such as solar PV, Biomass, LPG, Kerosene, etc. our approach is nevertheless fairly technology neutral, looking at sustainable mechanisms and opportunities surrounding improved access to modern and clean energy sources.
Relevant Current Initiatives:
Restio Energy distributes clean cookstoves in South and Southern Africa. In addition, Restio Energy is currently employed as the Supervision Consultant on a solar PV initiative in Kigoma, Tanzania, which includes a strong focus on household energy use. We are also currently working on a market entry and distribution strategy for Philips who are looking to service the Southern African market with their fan and natural draft improved cookstoves
Partnership:
Restio Energy distributes clean cookstoves in South and Southern Africa. In addition, Restio Energy is currently employed as the Supervision Consultant on a solar PV initiative in Kigoma, Tanzania, which includes a strong focus on household energy use. We are also currently working on a market entry and distribution strategy for Philips who are looking to service the Southern African market with their fan and natural draft improved cookstoves
Supporting Publications (please list):
(With J Kruger & G Watson) The StoveTec Stove: A marketing and Distribution Strategy; Boiling Point Issue 58, 2010 Exploring Energy Poverty in South Africa: A cures discussion document. March 2009. Funded by Oxfam SA Household energy use: a comparison of household energy consumption and expenditure across three Provinces’, In the Journal of Energy in Southern Africa Vol 18. number 1, February 2007 ‘Productive Use Containers in Renewable Energy’ In Vector: Journal of the Electrical Contractors Association in South Africa August 2004
Regions:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Countries where you work:
South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Mozambique, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya and Namibia