Ken J Newcombe

CEO CQuest Capital a social impact investment platform providing sustainable energy services to the poor communities in developing countries

[Ken J Newcombe @KenNcquest]

Cqc issues first efficient cookstoves carbon to Microsoft from its Mexican Cookstoves projects with Helps International a health based NGO

[Ken J Newcombe @KenNcquest]

CQC's newcombe joins world bank team in Uganda Oct 25 to design $2.2 m IDA grant for clean cookstoves market transformation

[Ken J Newcombe @KenNcquest]

World Bank CQC and UC Berk. team finalizes clean stoves fieldwork in Laos to underpin 1st ever sale of addit'nl healthy yr of life for women

[Ken J Newcombe @KenNcquest]

First Solar signs partnership agreement with CQC to capture cdm carbon credits from 140MW PV plant in Northern Chile. Commissioning June 15

[Ken J Newcombe @KenNcquest]

CQC's northern Nigeria urban stoves project sales exceed 1000 per month after customs held up containers of stoves for 6 months. No bribes!

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Cqc does concept note for new novel public private partnership Fund for methane abatement for arctic council countries through ICCI

[Ken J Newcombe @KenNcquest]

World bank heads towards half a billion dollar program to support clean cookstoves with a black carbon and health focus.

[Ken J Newcombe @KenNcquest]

Women in Luangwa Valley Zambia have now built 450000 bricks to build 30000 stoves before Xmas in COMACO-cqc rural stoves project

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Cqc has received funding from a German foundation to do 60000 stoves in ZAmbias luangwa valley with COMACO

[Ken J Newcombe @KenNcquest]

KfW approves funding for Cquest to do 60000 cookstoves project in Luangwa Valley Zambia

[Ken J Newcombe @KenNcquest]

In Zambia an urban household switching from charcoal to sustainable firewood reduces demand on natural forest 20-fold!

[Ken J Newcombe @KenNcquest]

Global Hearthworks and CQC launch sustainable firewood supply in Lusaka this week to replace charcoal with high efficiency wood stoves

[Ken J Newcombe @KenNcquest]

IATA reps visit Cquests Sri Lanka small hydros with Sri Lanka Airlines and 'like'them. Does that indicate IATA is seeking carbon neutrality?

[Ken J Newcombe @KenNcquest]

Cquest a creation of the Multi-investor Efficient Lighting PoA in India issued 650k CERs last week, quadrupling issuance of CERs from PoAs

[Ken J Newcombe @KenNcquest]

With $750 million likely lead off pledge from Germany, Green Climate Fund should have little difficulty getting to $5 billion starting cap

[Ken J Newcombe @KenNcquest]

How is it that the green climate fund board is considering how much funding of its Private Sector Facility should be 'risk capital'!!!

[Ken J Newcombe @KenNcquest]

CQC submitted 400k stoves investment on 5 countries to Norway for carbon purchase and 500k stoves to world bank tender for carbon last week

[Ken J Newcombe @KenNcquest]

Heading off to Malawi to supervise rural stoves project and support Macquarie Banks DD for additional investment in CQC projects

[Ken J Newcombe @KenNcquest]

CQC submits request for issuance from CDN for largest volume of CERs ever from a PoA from its Efficient Lighting Platform in India

[Ken J Newcombe @KenNcquest]

CQC signs terms sheet with KfW for 60,000 stoves project in Zambia's Luangwa Valley with COMACO