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{{CountryPageHeader|Suryakumbh_aerial_photo_2017.png|'''SuryaKumbh festival again sets record''' - [[Vivek Kabra]] reports: "On 11 Feb, 2017, approximately 7,500 school children created history by participating in the World's Largest Solar Cooking Festival. Trained by 400 trainers and guided by 150 supervisors, each one of them made their own solar cooker and cooked noodles in it. Having experienced the power of the sun first hand, each child took the SuryaKumbh solar cooker back home to share the magic of cooking without fuel." The event this year was organized by the Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation and held in the Bhayandar-Thane area. Aerial view of the 7,438 school children learning the basics of solar cooking at SuryaKumbh 2017 - ''Photo credit: Vivek Kabra.''[http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/to-set-a-record-7-438-mumbai-school-students-cook-noodles-in-solar-cookers/story-jBM24sR2Qex77JIbR3S4bN.html More information...]}}
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[[File:Worlds Largest Solar Cooking Class|thumb|right|300px|2,044 middle school students learn to prepare lunch with solar cooking.]]
  
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*'''January 2013: World's largest solar cooking class takes place in India''' - On January 19, 2013, middle school students gathered on the grounds of JES College in Jalna, [[India]] to be trained in the use of a simple [[solar panel cooker]]. After a quick breakfast, and guidance from 205 trainers, a record-breaking 2,044 students assembled their own solar cooker and placed prepared ingredients inside to cook. After speaker presentations, they were able to enjoy the lunch they had cooked themselves. This event, sponsored by Simplified Technology for Life, demonstrates that India is quite serious about introducing solar cooking to young students. [[Ajay Chandak]] reports that included in the Indian government's five-year plan for 2012 through 2016, 30,000 million INR (approx. $600,000,000USD) is budgeted for solar cooking instruction in 500,000 schools.
  
   
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[[File:Shirdi_roof_collector_array.jpg|thumb|250px|Shirdi roof collector array]][[File:Shirdi_collector_diagram.jpg|thumb|250px|Shirdi collector array diagram]][[File:Shirdi_cooking_photo.jpg|thumb|250px|Cooking in the kitchen at Shirdi]]
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[[File:Shirdi_roof_collector_array.jpg|thumb|350px|Shirdi roof collector array]][[File:Shirdi_collector_diagram.jpg|thumb|300px|Shirdi collector array diagram]][[File:Shirdi_cooking_photo.jpg|thumb|300px|Cooking in the kitchen at Shirdi]]
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*'''April 2010:''' [[Gadhia Solar Energy Systems Pvt. Ltd.]] recently completed installation of an enormous solar steam cooking system, capable of cooking 40,000-50,000 meals per day. It is located at Shirdi Saibaba temple in Shirdi, Maharashtra, India. With nearly 30,000 visitors each day, the temple’s dining halls are some of the largest in India. The solar steam cooking system is comprised of seventy-three rooftop-mounted [[Scheffler Community Kitchen|Scheffler reflectors]] of sixteen square meters each. The dishes concentrate sunlight on receivers that contain water, generating steam that is piped down to the kitchen for cooking purposes. To maintain constant focus with the sun, the dishes automatically rotate throughout the day after being manually aligned once each morning. The solar steam cooking system is retrofitted to existing liquid petroleum gas-powered steam boilers that are still used in the evening and during prolonged periods of inclement weather. Though the solar steam cooking system cost nearly $300,000, government subsidies reduced the temple’s portion to about $170,000. Liquid petroleum gas use has been cut by roughly 100,000 kilograms each year, for an annual savings of approximately $45,000. The temple should recoup its investment in three to four years. According to company founder [[Deepak Gadhia]], the solar steam cooking technology was originally developed in Germany. However, the equipment does not contain imported components and is manufactured with local machinery and labor, creating much-needed jobs. Gadhia has adapted the system for use in India, and has installed 50 such systems of varying sizes over the past two decades. The March edition of CNN’s Eco Solutions program highlights the Shirdi Saibaba temple solar steam cooking system.
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*'''Rooftop solar installation feeds 50,000 people per day:''' [[Gadhia Solar Energy Systems Pvt. Ltd.]] completed installation of a solar steam cooking system, capable of cooking 40,000-50,000 meals per day. It is located at Shirdi Sai Baba temple in Shirdi, Maharashtra, India. With nearly 30,000 visitors each day, the temple’s dining halls are some of the largest in India. The solar steam cooking system is comprised of seventy-three rooftop-mounted [[Scheffler Community Kitchen|Scheffler reflectors]] of sixteen square meters each. The dishes concentrate sunlight on receivers that contain water, generating steam that is piped down to the kitchen for cooking purposes. To maintain constant focus with the sun, the dishes automatically rotate throughout the day after being manually aligned once each morning. The solar steam cooking system is retrofitted to existing liquid petroleum gas-powered steam boilers that are still used in the evening and during prolonged periods of inclement weather. Though the solar steam cooking system cost nearly $300,000, government subsidies reduced the temple’s portion to about $170,000. Liquid petroleum gas use has been cut by roughly 100,000 kilograms each year, for an annual savings of approximately $45,000. The temple should recoup its investment in three to four years. According to company founder [[Deepak Gadhia]], the solar steam cooking technology was originally developed in Germany. However, the equipment does not contain imported components, and is manufactured with local machinery and labor, creating much-needed jobs. Gadhia has adapted the system for use in India, and has installed 50 such systems of varying sizes over the past two decades. The March edition of CNN’s Eco Solutions program highlights the Shirdi Sai Baba temple solar steam cooking system.
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[[File:Suryakumbh_aerial_photo_2017.png|thumb|400px|Aerial view of the 7,438 school children learning the basics of solar cooking at SuryaKumbh 2017 - ''Photo credit: Vivek Kabra'']]
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*{{NewFeb17}}'''SuryaKumbh festival again sets record for largest solar cooking workshop''' - [[Vivek Kabra]] reports: "On 11 Feb, 2017, 7,500 school children created history by participating in the World's Largest Solar Cooking Festival. Trained by 400 trainers and guided by 150 supervisors, each one of them made their own solar cooker and cooked noodles in it. Having experienced the power of the sun first hand, each child took the SuryaKumbh solar cooker back home to share the magic of cooking without fuel." The event this year was organized by the Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation and held in the Bhayandar - Thane area. [http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/to-set-a-record-7-438-mumbai-school-students-cook-noodles-in-solar-cookers/story-jBM24sR2Qex77JIbR3S4bN.html More information...]
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[[File:Jimmy McGilligan Centre for Sustainable Development, 3-7-22 copy.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Jimmy McGilligan]] demonstrates a large [[:Category:Parabolic solar cooker designs|parabolic solar reflector]] to local women. ''Photo credit: Janak McGilligan'']]
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*'''Jimmy McGilligan Centre for Sustainable Development and the Barli Development Institute for Rural Women''' - The long lasting partnership of [[Janak McGilligan]] and [[Jimmy McGilligan]] has provided a depth of solar cooking instruction for rural residents in [[India]], beginning their work in 2008. Since that time, the two facilities, the [[Jimmy McGilligan Centre for Sustainable Development]] and the [[Barli Development Institute for Rural Women]], have trained over 150,000 youths in solar cooking, and over 6,000 rural and tribal women from over 1,000 villages to be community workers and trainers for solar cooking. They have shown communities that solar cookers can prepare their traditional and community foods with no problem, and have supervised the installation of many [[Scheffler Community Kitchen]]s. Their projects have helped the self esteem of the local women, and created opportunities for them to use solar cooking to establish businesses that continue to provide community revenue. Jimmy passed away in 2011, but as of 2022, Janak continues to carry on their valuable work. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43pHZv815Zo Watch Janak McGilligan recall their work at CONSOLFOOD 2022]
   
 
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[[File:Janak McG, 3-11-24.png|thumb|300px|The men prepared a solar cooked lunch for the women, ''Photo credit: India News Calling'']]
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*{{NewMar24}}'''March 2024: Men cooked and served a solar lunch for the women to celebrate International Women Day March 8, 2024''' - Men organized and hosted a solar Lunch at [[Jimmy McGilligan Centre for Sustainable Development]] in the village Sanawadiya in [[India]]. They celebrated International Women's Day in a unique way. This year, many men specifically learned how to solar cooking, and cooked a solar lunch for the women. The event was attended by 30 participants, including [[Janak McGilligan|Dr. Janak Palta McGilligan]]. [https://www.indianewscalling.com/news/149800-men-cooked-and-served-solar-lunch-to-women-to-celebrate-international-women-day-march-8-2024-.aspx Read more...]
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*'''March 2014: Rural schools receive solar cooking sysytems''' - [[Ajay Chandak]] wants to update the solar cooking community that a [[Scheffler Community Kitchen]] has been installed and tested at the Aapla Ghar school for homeless rural children located in Naldurg, [[India]]. After cooking their first meal on this solar system the students and management were more than happy. He brings particular attention and notice of appreciation to the local M.P. Dr. Ashok Ganguly, who arranged financing of the project through their M.P fund, contributing $23,000 USD to the project. Also, another Scheffler system is to be opened soon at an orphanage located in Dhule.
 
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[[File:Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra cooker, 12-15-23.png|thumb|300px|The [[Scheffler Community Kitchen]] installed for Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra 2023, ''Photo credit: Swaaha'']]
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*{{NewDec23}}'''December 2023: Mega solar cooker in the Himalayan Mountains ''' - A presentation was made at COP28 by Sameer Sharma, CEO and Co-founder of Swaaha. He relates the story of how large [[Scheffler Community Kitchen]] solar cookers were installed high in the Himalayan Mountains, for the two-month festival Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra 2023. The new solar cookers, while used in conjunction with [[biomass]] and biogas sources, generated considerable interest by providing a sustainable way to prepare three daily meals for over 2,400 Hindi pilgrims. In all, over 500,000 people, who visit the high-altitude holy site during the one month festival, viewed the solar cooker and received information on how they could have this technology at their own home locations. His presentation begins at 21:00 of the accompanying video, which begins with a worldwide solar cooking overview provided by [[Solar Cookers International]] personnel.
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[[File:Janak McGilligan ISES 2023, 11-1-23.png|thumb|300px|[[Janak McGilligan]] addresses the [https://www.swc2023.org/home-swc-2023 Solar Energy Conference 2023] in New Delhi, ''Photo credit: GeoTv'']]
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*'''February 2014: The Jawahar Navodiya Vidyalya school is saving $23,000 in annual fuel costs''' - The residential school Jawahar Navodiya Vidyalya located in Ladakh, [[India]] appreciates having their solar cooking system, which is saving them $23,000 USD in annual fuel costs. More than 570 students and staff members are served daily meals. "It is not only very easy to operate, but it provides us [with] hot water for washing the dishes in the cold season," says Tashi, one of the kitchen staff. The arid desert region is known as the "land of high passes". Previously, remote areas like this one have had to rely on kerosene and firewood for heating and cooking, and considerable money was being spent simply getting kerosene delivered. [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/SOU-01-250214.html Read more...] - ''Asia Times Online''
  
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*{{NewNov23}}'''November 2023: '''The [https://www.swc2023.org/home-swc-2023 Solar Energy Conference 2023], organized by Germany-based [[International Solar Energy Society]] (ISES), was held in New Delhi, [[India]]. [[Janak McGilligan]] was invited as a speaker at the “Solar Thermal Cooking” session. ISES has included Janak among the 200 Renewable Energy Pioneers of India in its commemorative booklet ‘Century of Solar Stories and Renewable Energy Vision’. [https://geotvnews.com/solar-cooking-pioneer-in-india-janak-palta-magilligan-speaker-at-word-solar-swc-2023-geotv-news/ Read more...]
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[[File:Suryakumbh 2023 image, 10-17-23.png|thumb|300px|Over 400 school age children participated in the second Suryakumbh workshop in Bhubaneswar, {{state|Odisha}}, [[India]] on 15 October 2023, ''Photo credit: Campusvarta'']]
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*{{NewOct23}}'''October 2023: Suryakumbh 2 2023 (Bhubaneswar, Odisha):''' - A second Suryakumbh workshop was held this year to commemorate the observation of World Students’ Day on 15th October. The Design Innovation Centre (Sponsored by Ministry of Education, Govt. of India), IIT Bhubaneswar, in association with the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) and Entrepreneurship Cell of the Institute organized the workshop. 400 government school students from the five adopted villages and the migrant workers’ settlement of the Institute participated in this workshop. During the workshop, they received training on building and utilizing solar cookers for cooking, and baked cakes with their new solar cookers. [https://www.campusvarta.com/article/iit-bhubaneswar-organizes-suryakumbh-workshop-to-educate-children-on-solar-energy-and-sustainability Read more...]
   
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[[File:Ajay Chandak, patent 458401, Composite Structure for Heat Storage.png|thumb|150px|[[Ajay Chandak]] patent approval from the government of [[India]], Composite Structure for Heat Storage, Patent #458401]]
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*'''January 2014: School in North Coimbatore begins solar cooking mid-day meals''' Two [[PRINCE - 40]] institutional [[parabolic solar cooker]]s will soon be cooking noon meals for students at a school in North Coimbatore. Each PRINCE unit (designed by Professor [[Ajay Chandak]]) costs 68,000 Indian rupees ($1,000 USD) and includes a 35-liter (32 quart) pressure cooker. The first two units will be used on a test basis. If successful, the municipality will order PRINCE cookers for all sixteen schools in the region. The Indian National Ministry of New and Renewable Energy provides a sixty percent subsidy for the solar cookers, which will cut expenses by reducing the consumption of LPG and wood. On December 9, 2013 Professor Ajay Chandak, a global leader in the solar thermal cooking sector, was elected to the Board of Directors of the International Solar Energy Society (ISES). Chandak will represent "Solar Heating and Cooling". ISES is a UN-accredited NGO that is active in over 110 countries.
  
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*{{NewOct23}}'''October 2023: Patent approval''' - [[Ajay Chandak]] has received Patent #458401 from the government of [[India]] for Composite Structure for Heat Storage. This innovation will be used for heat storage in solar cookers, enabling indoor cooking in the comfort of kitchen and allowing cooking even after sunset.
   
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*{{NewOct23}}'''October 2023: Computer science students learn sustainable living from Janak Balta McGilligan''' - A group of students from Soft Vision College Indore came to Sinawadiya in {{State|Madhya Pradesh}}, [[India]], to conduct academic studies at the [[Jimmy McGilligan Centre for Sustainable Development]]. The students were amazed at the simplicity of using a solar cooker to harness the sun’s energy for cooking. [[Janak McGilligan]] maintains a zero-waste and zero-electricity lifestyle at her home and training center, and is an example of sustainability for us all to emulate. [https://geotvnews.com/computer-science-students-learn-sustainable-living-from-janak-balta-magilligan-geotv-news/ Read more...]
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[[File:Mumbai_largest_solar_cooking_class,_17-14.jpg|thumb|250px|As many as 3,484 children from over 80 schools participated in the world's largest solar cooking class in Mumbai, [[India]].]]
  
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::::::::[[File:McGilligan Center students, 10-13-23.png|600px|left|thumb|Students from Soft Vision College Indore discover solar cooking with [[Janak McGilligan]]. ''Photo credit: Geo TV'']]
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*'''January 2014: India raises the bar for the world's largest solar cooking class''' - "As many as 3,484 children from over 80 schools participated in the largest solar cooking initiative Suryakumbh on January 4th, which has qualified as an entry to the Guinness Book of World Records. The emergence of renewable sources of energy as an answer to the imminent exhaustion of conventional energy sources pushed a Bhayander NGO, Keshav Srushti, to start with the most influential members of society, children." - ''dna'' The class was held in Mumbai, [[India]]. [http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mumbai-3484-kids-take-part-in-largest-solar-cooking-session-set-guinness-record-1945468 Read more...]
  
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[[File:Suryakumbh 2023 1, 1-23-23.png|thumb|300px|1000 children gathered at SuryaKumbh 2023 in Boisar, India, learning to assemble and prepare a meal with a solar cooker]]
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[[File:Suryakumbh 2023 2, 1-23-23.png|thumb|300px| A successful meal preparation, SuryaKumbh 2023, Boisar, India]]
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*{{NewJan23}}'''January 2023: Celebrating the joy of solar cooking with 1000 children''' - [[Vivek Kabra]] provided an update for this year's SuryaKumbh. Children assembled their own solar cookers and cooked their own meals using the same for the very first time. The CSR wing of NPCIL (Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd) provided the reflective [[solar panel cooker]] kits for the children attending from the Boisar metro area in [[India]].
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[[File:Janak McGilligan photo, 1-14-23.png|300px|thumb|[[Janak McGilligan]], ''Photo credit; the better india'' ]]
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*{{NewJan23}}'''January 2023: Padma Shri Recipient Runs Zero-Waste Household''' - [[Janak McGilligan]], Baha'i pioneer who established and developed the [[Barli Development Institute for Rural Women]] with her late husband [[Jimmy McGilligan]] , was interviewed by ''the better india'' to describe how she manages her zero-waste and zero-electricity lifestyle. [https://www.thebetterindia.com/308654/padma-shri-awardee-janak-palta-mcgilligan-indore-sanwadia-zero-waste-lifestyle-video/ Read more...]
   
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*{{NewDec22}}'''December 2022:''' Bappu Deshmukh, designer and maker of the Sun Venture Smart Cooker, held a solar cooker construction workshop for a group of young students, in Roing northeast India. The group collectively made four [[box cookers]] and six [[Copenhagen Solar Cooker Light|Copenhagen]] Lotus Cookers. They left with a usable solar appliances to take home.
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[[File:Scheffler_reflector,_girl's_hostel_in_Jaipur,_12-16-13.jpg|thumb|250px|A [[Scheffler Community Kitchen|Scheffler reflector]] used in the solar cooking systems installed in Jaipur, [[India]].]]
  
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*'''December 2013: Government sponsored solar cooking systems installed in Jaipur''' - Two state run hostels for girls in Jaipur, [[India]], have installed [[Scheffler Community Kitchen]] solar cooking systems to meet the cooking needs for 600 students. Each system has four dishes of 16 square meters and will help conserve 4,500 kgs of liquefied cooking gas (LPG) annually assuming about 275 normal sunny days. It is estimated the pay back will be less than 4 years and reduce the financial burden to the state government. [http://www.energynext.in/girls-hostel-and-ripa-in-jaipur-get-solar-cooking-systems Read more...]
  
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[[File:Prof. Soni of BITS Pilani, 11-29-22 copy.png|thumb|400px|Prof. Soni demonstrates the operation of a [[:Category:Parabolic solar cooker designs|parabolic solar cooker]], ''Photo credit: India Times'']]
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*{{NewDec22}}'''November 2022:''' During the three-day event between 20-21 November, Dr. Manoj Kumar Soni, an Associate Professor at BITS Pilani, and his team prepared a range of food items, including cakes, pizzas, and even sabudana khichadi to show the possibilities of cooking with solar thermal energy. Over the years, Prof. Soni and his team have trained hundreds of women from neighboring villages in the use of these solar cookers. [https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/solar-cookers-that-can-bake-cakes-and-pizzas-without-causing-pollution-586200.html Read more...]
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[[File:ICDS center program, 11-29-22.png|thumb|400px|ICDS Center students assemble a [[Copenhagen Solar Cooker Light]] solar panel cooker as part of their alternative energy training, ''Photo credit: The Telegraph online'']]
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[[File:GlobolSol_solar_food_dryer_India,_11-26-13.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Alec Gagneux]] of [[GloboSol]] worked with local craftspeople to build a solar food dryer in in Madhya Pradesh, [[India]].]]
  
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*{{NewDec22}}'''November 2022: Student training in alternative energy''' - Students assemble and install appliances at an ICDS center in Howrah’s Domjur. The group were trained under a pilot project of the Pratichi Trust to assemble everyday appliances. This included assembling and using a [[Copenhagen Solar Cooker Light]] solar panel cooker. [https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/students-assemble-and-install-appliances-at-an-integrated-child-development-services-center-in-howrahs-domjur/cid/1900615 Read more...]
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*'''November 2013: GloboSol introduces solar cooking technology and bio-mass stoves in Madhya Pradesh, India''' - [[Alec Gagneux]], of [[GloboSol]], spent several months at one of the Ekta Parishad ashrams in the city of Katni in central [[India]] last spring. He demonstrated the value of using the simple technologies of solar cooking, solar food drying and bio-mass stoves. With the help of local craftspeople, the group assembled their own food dryers and solar cookers. During his stay, Alec met local residents who were willing to organize more demonstrations at local schools, intended to help draw the attention of local political leaders. Read more at:[[Media:Report_India_2013.pdf|Report India 2013]]
  
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[[File:GEDA Scheffler at Latur photo, 10-25-22.png|thumb|300px|GEDA solar cooking system in Latur, Maharashtra, India ''Photo credit: The Times of India'']]
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*{{NewOct22}}'''October 2022:''' The Goa Energy Development Agency to install solar cooking system for the Central Reserve Police Force in Latur, {{state|Maharashtra}}. It will be used to cook food for about 1,000 people. The installation, which will cost around Rs 1.5 crore, will lead to saving of 171 kg of LPG per day. The system boasts a lifespan of twenty years and a payback period of 2.5 years. [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/geda-to-install-solar-cooking-system-for-crpf-camp-at-latur/articleshow/95055339.cms Read more...]
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*'''November 2013: Solar cooking receives a new platform to speak from''' - The second edition of ''Sun Focus'', a quarterly magazine devoted to concentrated solar heat has just been released. The new publication from [[India]] was founded by Dr Farooq Addullah. He explains that the magazine will focus on off-grid applications of concentrated solar technologies (CSTs) for the purpose of saving fuel oil, firewood, and LPG in industrial and commercial establishments using heat between 80 °C and 250 °C. Solar cooking plays a major role in the content. This latest edition's cover article is devoted to the latest developments of the [[Scheffler Community Kitchen]], written by noted solar cooking designer and advocate for solar cooking education in public schools, [[Ajay Chandak]]. Read his article on page 11. [https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3LcTeALQ3GJNXlDR01EMjRWcEk/edit?pli=1 Scheffler Solar Concentrators in India] - ''Sun Focus''
  
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*{{NewSep22}}'''September 2022: New solar cooking business in Pune''' - [[Orjabox]] was launched in 2018 by Vishakha Chandhere from her city of Pune, in Maharashtra. An engineer by education, she has worked in the environment and clean energy sector, and began experimenting with clean cooking to find sustainable alternatives to expensive LPG cylinders. Orjabox regularly hosts workshop demonstrations at the Rupa Rahul Bajaj Center for Environment and Arts in Pune, as well as online awareness sessions. They are able to tailor the right sustainable cooking equipment program for individuals and for commercial facilities as well.
   
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[[File:SURYAKUMBH 2022 phot. 7-22-22.png|thumb|300px|Children at the Suryakumbh event in Bengaluru, India ''Photo credit: Deccan Herald'']]
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*'''October 2013:''' The [[Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency]] reports that {{State|Haryana}} is one of the few states in the country where solar cookers are being promoted by providing subsidy on box/dish type solar cooker. The Govt. of India is also promoting dish type solar cookers by providing subsidy@ Rs.2100/- per Sq. meter of the collector area limited to 30 % cost of the cooker and box type solar cookers @ Rs. 3600/- per sq. Meter of the collector area. During the year 2011-12, there was a target of distribution of 1750 solar cookers in the state with state subsidy provision of Rs. 20.0 lacs. During the year 2012-13, there is a target of 500 Dish type solar cookers & 1000 box type solar cookers with a state budget of Rs. 17.50 lac.
  
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*{{NewJul22}}'''July 2022: Suryakumbh 2022''' - Over 300 school students cooked together with 300 portable solar cookers in a first-of-its-kind event at a school in Karnataka. Prajna, a Class 7 student, who participated in the event called Suryakumbh, says, “We got to know more about solar cookers and how we can harness freely available solar energy with such simple technology. The food took 60 minutes to cook well as there was enough sunlight. [[Vivek Kabra]], the founder of the solar company that organized this event, says, “We started this initiative called ‘Suryakumbh’ in 2012 to promote the idea of solar energy amongst school children between Classes four and 10. Cooking is the ideal way to connect children with solar energy because it gives them immediate feedback and there is a joy in it.” [https://www.deccanherald.com/spectrum/spectrum-statescan/the-power-of-solar-cooking-1116451.html Read more...]
   
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*'''September 2013:''' The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), a public company in Ahmedabad, [[India]], is distributing [[solar box cooker]]s to villagers as part of a conservation program designed to make people aware that by using solar cookers to bake and simmer they can save their LPG for specific cooking needs and save money by reducing their consumption of this expensive fuel without having to give it up entirely. For more information, contact [[Devang Joshi]] at [[Rudra Solar Energy]].
  
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*{{NewJul22}}'''July 2022: Solar power and zero-waste for Amarnath''' - Volunteers with [[DayStar Solar Cooking Solutions]] have completed a sizable mission to install six [[:Category:Parabolic solar cooker designs|parabolic solar cookers]] along the route to several high altitude temples in the Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, [[India]], as well as removing 1,500 metric tons of waste from the surrounding hillsides. Two of the largest solar cookers are [[Scheffler Community Kitchen|Scheffler Community Kitchens]] located at Amarnath, along with four [[Promoters, Researchers and Innovators in New and Clean Energy|Prince-15s]], two along the Baltal route and two along the Pahalgam route. This is to spread awareness against waste left behind and generated by hundreds of thousands of pilgrims visiting the revered cave shrine annually. Sunil Chouhan, the Director and Founder of Daystar, states the aim of this project is to make Amarnath Yatra, the benchmark of cleanliness and sustainability.” [https://www.timesnownews.com/mirror-now/in-focus/solar-power-for-environment-friendly-zero-waste-amarnath-yatra-following-faith-with-duty-article-92883086?utm_source=TNN&utm_medium=MWeb&utm_campaign=ShareButton Read more''']
   
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*{{NewMay22}}'''April 2022: Pali village to go solar''' - Pali village located in the Samba District was visited by PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate a 500 kW solar plant. Sarpanch Randhir Sharma said, “Every house has been given solar cooker. Some families use wood as kitchen fuel. We are trying to provide them solar stoves.” [https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/j-k/palli-to-be-carbon-neutral-in-18-months-sarpanch-389644 Read more...]
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[[File:Mount_Abu_Scheffler_installation,_7-23-13.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Scheffler Community Kitchen]] in Taleti, near Mount Abu]]
  
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*'''July 2013: Scheffler solar kitchen installed at Mt. Abu spiritual center''' -The [[Scheffler Community Kitchen]] has been installed as a collaboration between the [[Academy for a Better World]] and Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University, with technology from [[Solare Brücke]], Germany. With 84 receivers and cooking at 650 degrees, the system can produce up to 38,500 meals a day when the sun is at its peak. [http://inhabitat.com/world’s-largest-solar-kitchen-in-india-can-cook-upto-38500-meals-per-day/solar-kitchen-solar-ovens-worlds-largest-solar-oven-academy-for-a-better-word-brahma-kumaris-india-solar-indian-solar-kitchen-solar-cooking-kitchen-solar-powered-oven-solar-powered-kitchen-5/ Read more...]
  
   
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*{{NewNov21}}'''November 2021: Building back Suryakumbh''' - [[Vivek Kabra]], with assistance from Project Chirag, was able to organize and create the first Surkakumbh since 2019. He reported that sixty children from the tribal belt of Mokhada experienced the magic of solar cooking by cooking sumptuous poha without fuel, fire, or electrical heating.
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[[File:Solar_cooker_training_-_Barli_Institute_-_May_2013.jpg|thumb|298px|26 women trainees of the 104th batch along with Mr. Yogesh Jadhav (COO) and Mrs. Tahera Jadhav (Director) of [[Barli Development Institute for Rural Women]], Indore, India.]]
  
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*'''May 2013''': It was a solar week at [[Barli Development Institute for Rural Women]] in which a week-long solar cooker training of [[SK-14]] solar cookers was organised at the Institute's campus (5-11 May 2013). The training was attended by 26 trainee-women of the outgoing 104th batch of women trainees. The rural and tribal women trainees eagerly learnt the process of assembling the solar cookers, cooking various dishes, and maintaining the cookers. The training was conducted by Mr. Yogesh Jadhav (Chief Operating Officer, Barli Institute) who took over from Mr. [[Jimmy McGilligan]] when he retired from the Institute in April 2011. After the training each of the trainees promised to save the environment and use the solar cookers.
  
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Suryakumbh Nov. 2021 pink cookers, 11-29-21 copy.jpg|Children sit with their colorful solar cookers, ''Photo credit: [[Vivek Kabra]]''
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[[File:Pallavi Patil photo, 11-19-21.png|thumb|300px|Pallavi Patil of Pune, describes the many ways she has reduced her LPG consumption with the help of solar cooking - ''The Better India'']]
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*'''April 2013: LPG cylinder replacment is slow and unpredictable''' - Gautam Raja reports that is his area gas customers will first receive two cylinders of fuel when they establish their gas service. But when they run out, replacement can take over two weeks. Deliveries arrive unannounced, so the customer may miss it, and have to start the process all over again. Many residents have switched over to electrical induction cook tops, but the power supply can be less than reliable. Concerned about missing his morning chai, Gautam then discovered solar cookers, and was amazed by their capabilities. They help fill the gap, that is until the monsoon season. [http://gulfnews.com/opinions/offthecuff/india-it-s-a-big-headache-to-fuel-our-cooking-fires-1.1170791 Read more...]
  
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*{{NewNov21}}'''November 2021: Reducing the family's LPG consumption''' - Pallavi Patil of Pune, has found many techniques for living more simply, and also resulting in lowering her familie's LPG consumption. She grows much of her own food, and realized they could live without air conditioning or a refrigerator. uses a [[:Category:Solar box cooker designs|solar box cooker]], comprised of an insulated square box, a glass lid on the cooking tray and a mirror on its underside. The food placed in metal pots is cooked by the heat absorbed by a blackened surface. “Our gas cylinder used to last us for two months, but using a solar cooker helps me save 15 days’ worth of gas and half the labour. The food is cooked at stable temperatures and doesn’t require dedicated stirring." [https://www.thebetterindia.com/266330/best-solar-cooker-online-pune-sustainable-home-organic-vegetables-ecofriendly-life/ Read more...]
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*'''February 2013: Solar cooking and processing workshops in India''' - [[Celestino Ruivo]], of the [[Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Universidade do Algarve|Instituto Superior de Engenharia da Universidade do Algarve]] in [[Portugal]], traveled to [[India]] at the end of January to attend the 1st International [[Solar Food Processing Network]] workshop at the Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, Vadodara, Gujarat, India. He brought with him 50 kg. of solar cooking bagage: 8 black pots, 16 glasses of windows cloth washing machines, corrugated sheet metal, reflective foil and tools to make low cost and effective portable funnel cookers. Creatively, Celestino used his suitcase as the mold to construct examples of his [[Celestino Solar Funnel Cooker|solar funnel cooker]] in concrete. He also gave a lecture about solar cooking and how to construct a funnel cooker at the CT institute in Punjab for more than 300 students, as well teaching solar cooking for ladies in domestic context at Jalandhar. The eight funnel cookers were donated to friends in Hyderabad, Mumbai, Muni Seva Ashram, Vadodara, Jalandhar and New Delhi.
  
   
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[[File:Tea bike business, Sanjeev Jain, 11-5-21.png|thumb|300px|Suneel Chauhan has created a prototype for a mobile tea serving business. ''Image credit: Suneel Chauhan'']]
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[[File:Solar_Food_Processing_Network_group_photo,_2-14-14.jpg|thumb|300px|Participants at the 2013 Solar Food Processing Network conference.]]
  
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*{{NewNov21}}'''November 2021: Mobile bicycle tea service''' - A young entrepreneur from Indore MP, Suneel Chauhan, has begun testing a prototype system he calls the Solar Tea Stall on Cycle. A [[:Category:Solar trough cooker designs|trough]] style solar cooker is mounted to the rear of a three wheel tricycle. When stopped it can quickly provide hot water for tea, and when traveling the trough reflector can be flipped forward to provide sun shading or rain protection for the rider. He hope is that this model will provide more employment opportunities for villagers. As well as tea, business owners can serve eggs, bread, paratha, and dal rice. Suneel is currently seeking mass production assistance, and can be reached at +91 6260 036385.
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*'''February 2013:''' The [[Solar Food Processing Network]] (SFPN) held a regional workshop in January 2013 at the Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, Vadodara, Gujarat, [[India]]. This gathering was a follow-up to the 2009 AFPN conference held in Indore, India in 2010. Workshop participants heard from food marketing and technology experts. Conference organizers, [[Deepak Gadhia]] and [[Rolf Behringer]] held discussions on local and international marketing, village industries, packaging, policy interventions, R&D, and effective monitoring and evaluation of projects. Attendees discussed the formation of an international solar food standard and shared their own practical experiences using solar technology for food processing. Visit the [http://www.solarfood.org Solar Food Processing Network] to see a muscial video of the event and videos of solar food processing projects in [[Burkina Faso]].
  
   
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[[File:LPG gas burner, 9-8-21.png|300px|thumb|LPG gas burner, ''Photo credit: The CSR Journal'']]
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[[File:Worlds Largest Solar Cooking Class|thumb|right|300px|2,044 middle school students learn to prepare lunch with solar cooking.]]
  
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*{{NewSep21}}'''September 2021: Cooking gas getting costlier every fortnight, worth the damage?''' The CSR Journal explores the situation occurring in India, where the cost of LPG gas is rising quickly. They consider the alternatives, and give credit to Bancha in Betul district, as the first village in India to have zero wooden stoves and almost no use for LPG cylinders, as the entire village has converted to using solar cooking appliances. [https://www.thebetterindia.com/185580/iit-innovation-first-all-solar-kitchen-village-eco-friendly-india/ Read more...] [[File:Green School Vankuva reflector replacement, Deepak Ghadia.png|thumb|300px|[[Deepak Gadhia]], with Pranav and Bharat Gadhia, are on hand for the [[Scheffler]] reflector replacement at the Green Campus at Vankuva School]]
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*'''January 2013: World's largest solar cooking class takes place in India''' - On January 19, 2013, middle school students gathered on the grounds of JES College in Jalna, [[India]] to be trained in the use of a simple [[solar panel cooker]]. After a quick breakfast, and guidance from 205 trainers, a record-breaking 2,044 students assembled their own solar cooker and placed prepared ingredients inside to cook. After speaker presentations, they were able to enjoy the lunch they had cooked themselves. This event, sponsored by Simplified Technology for Life, demonstrates that India is quite serious about introducing solar cooking to young students.
  
   
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*{{NewMar21}}'''February 2021: New reflectors at Vankuva School''' - [[Deepak Gadhia]] reports that the large [[Scheffler]] reflectors on-site are in the process of being replaced at the [http://www.munisevaashram.org/sustainability/vankuva-school Green Campus at Vankuva School]] in Gujarat, [[India]]. The original reflectors each measured 10m2, and the new ones measure 16m2. The new reflectors will be first used to test existing thermic fluid, and then converted and tested with the pressurized hot water system solar thermal system.
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[[File:Parabolic solar cooker (Demo)|thumb|right|300px|The [[PRINCE - 40]] is demonstrated at the rural schools.]]
  
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[[File:WORT_training_demonstration,_1-5-13.jpg|thumb|300px|A field demonstration of the [[PRINCE - 40]] parabolic cooker.]]
  
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*'''January 2013: Parabolic community solar cookers used for midday meals in rural schools''' - [http://www.wotr.org WOTR] is a nonprofit organization that has been operating in five Indian states since the early nineties. They have untaken a unique solar cooking project targeting Zilla Parishad primary schools in the Sangamner and Akole taluka of the Ahmadnagar district. The objective was to find ways to help prepare their midday meal. Currently, twenty-three solar cookers are in service. After a careful study of all options, it was decided to deploy the [[PRINCE - 40]] [[parabolic solar cooker]], designed by [[Ajay Chandak]], for the pilot installation in fifty-three villages across three states – {{State|Maharashtra}}, {{State|Andhra Pradesh}}, and {{State|Madhya Pradesh}}. Most of the schools where these cookers are installed are using them as main source of energy for the mid-day meals. Read more about the project at: [[Media:Parabolic-Cookers-for-Mid-day-Meal-Schemes-in-Rural-Schools.pdf|A Report on Deployment of Parabolic Community Solar Cookers for Midday Meals in Rural Schools]]
  
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*'''December 2012:  Indian Government's Ambitious New Solar Cooking Policy '''- Deepak Gadhia reports that the Indian government has announced a very ambitious Solar Cooking Policy under the [http://greenp.engo.in/files/2012/01/Nation-Solar-Mission-Policy.pdf Jawharlal Nehru National Solar Mission],  JNSSM Phase II Targets for "Solar Cookers and Steam Generating Systems will include: At-least 100 institutions that would deploy solar cookers  (Likely [http://solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki/Institutional_solar_cooking Solar Steam and Thermic Fluid System Cooking Systems] for Institutional Cooking for 500 + people); Around 25,000 installations of solar cooking devices in schools for mid day meals. (Likely [http://www.solare-bruecke.org/English/scheffler_e-Dateien/scheffler_e.htm Scheffler Cookers], [http://solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki/PRINCE_-_40 PRINCE 40, 60] and other mid-size solar cookers that can cook for 50+ people; An overall target of deployment of 50,000 solar cookers would be set in Phase II of JNNSM. (Likely the [http://solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki/SK14 SK 10/ Sk 14/] [http://www.iaeng.org/publication/WCE2011/WCE2011_pp1949-1951.pdf Prince 15], etc. for domestic cooking).
  
   
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*{{NewSep20}}'''September 2020: Prime Minister Modi calls for low-cost indoor solar cooking solutions''' - "In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to action for developing low-cost indoor solar cooking solutions, IOCL has tied up with Sun Bucket System, a US-based start-up working in the niche area of solar energy-based products. We are encouraging Indian oil and gas companies to develop such innovative and scalable tie-ups in solar sector, which have the potential to make nationwide impact.” [https://www.domain-b.com/industry/oil_gas/20200910_fuel_stations.html More information...]
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*'''November 2012: Regional Solar Food Processing Network to be established in India''' - [[Rolf Behringer]] reports that the German NGO [[WISIONS]] has agreed to support the establishment in [[India]] of the first regional [[Solar Food Processing Network]]. A workshop to inaugurate this effort will take place in early 2013 ([[Events|date and location to be announced]]). The aim of the Solar Food Processing Network (SFPN) is to establish a global network of interested parties (NGOs, governments, farmers, and manufacturers) to develop and promote efficient methods of solar food processing and conservation. These are intended to help reduce poverty, improve local economic opportunities and health, and decrease environmental damage. In countries with high solar insolation, effective solar thermal production technologies will contribute to the sustainable development of small rural communities. SFPN is managed by the German NGO [[Solare Zukunft]] (Solar Future in English). It is financially supported by WISIONS, an initiative of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy to foster practical sustainable energy projects.
  
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[[File:Barefoot graduates, Barefoot College, 9-8-20.png|thumb|400px|Recent Barefoot College graduates - ''Photo credit: Barefoot College'']]
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*{{NewSep20}}'''September 2020: Meet These 'Solar Mamas' of Rajasthan''' - The community-based [https://www.barefootcollege.org Barefoot College], located in Tilonia, encourages a hands-on-training process of gaining practical knowledge. Since 2004, Barefoot college has been teaching solar engineering skills to illiterate older women from rural communities. Women are indeed agents of change, which is why they are being trained to use solar cookers, desalination plants, and water heaters. They then return to their villages to establish projects and train others. [https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2020/08/solar-mamas-epitome-of-women-empowerment/ Read more...]
   
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*{{NewSep20}}'''September 2020:''' [https://mercomindia.com/un-secretary-general-calls-on-india/ UN Secretary-General Calls on India to Take Lead in Global Transformation to Renewables] - ''Mercom India''
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*'''November 2012:''' ''The Times of India'' reports that the Akshardham temple in the capital has switched from piped natural gas to solar technology for cooking its daily quota of close to 4,000 meals every day. The solar concentrator, named ARUN®100, produces steam which powers the cooking process. [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Sun-fuels-hearth-at-Akshardham/articleshow/17273109.cms Read more...]
  
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*{{NewDec19}}'''December 2019:''' [[TinyTech Plants]], founded by [[Veljibhai Desai]], has announced it will be selling its current stock of solar cookers. Veljibhai will be retiring soon, and no longer wishes to maintain a marketing effort. The inventory includes the list below. If interested, contact TinyTech Plants:
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[[File:Golden_Temple,_Punjab,_India_3-19-12.jpg|250px|thumb|Golden Temple, Punjab, [[India]]]]
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[[File:PRINCE-40_with_Ajay_C.,_11-19-19.jpg|300px|thumb|[[Ajay Chandak]] stands with the company's award winning [[PRINCE-40]] ''Photo credit: PRINCE'']]
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*{{NewNov19}}'''November 2019: The PRINCE-40 wins award''' - The [[PRINCE-40]] parabolic solar cooker, designed to serve a community, has won a [https://www.birac.nic.in/desc_new.php?id=103 National Grand Challenge] for designing a robust, efficient, and compact community solar cooker. The challenge was from Department of Science and Technology, Government of [[India]]. The award focussed on [[:Category:Institutional solar cooker designs|community solar cooker designs]].
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*'''May 2012: '''[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120529/jsp/bihar/story_15541694.jsp#.UBb9GkJvK7F The Telegraph of Calcutta] reports that State Animal and Fish Resources Minister Giriraj Singh will not be affected if the government of India cuts subsidies for LPG cooking gas and kerosene. He has started using solar cookers to prepare meals at home. Fearing a rise in cooking gas prices, he has already started using solar cookers. He has also urged the state energy minister, Vijendra Prasad Yadav, to come up with a plan to reduce the dependence of government buildings on traditional sources of power. Solar energy, the minister suggested, would be a suitable alternative.
  
   
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*'''April 2012:''' [[Media:India_parabolic_chandak.pdf|Parabolic Community Solar Cookers used in Rural Schools for the Midday Meal]]
  
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*{{NewNov19}}'''November 2019: Electric cooking starts to simmer in rural India''' - Following the success of the Saubhagya initiative and its announcement of 100 per cent rural household electrification, efficiency gains and cost reductions in solar panels and batteries are opening up a new market that has the potential to avoid using any solid or fossil fuel, with [[:Category:Photovoltaic cooker designs|solar-powered electric cooking]] or e-cooking using pressure and rice cookers and induction stoves gaining traction. The winner of the 2017 challenge, [http://www.iitb.ac.in IIT Bombay], has since conducted a project to convert the entire village of Bancha in Madhya Pradesh to solar panels and induction cookstoves instead of wood-burning or LPG stoves. With Rs 8.5 million provided by ONGC, all the 75 houses in Bancha now rely on solar-powered electric stoves to meet their cooking needs. Besides reducing air pollution, villagers no longer have to collect firewood from nearby forests, saving time and effort. [https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/oil-and-gas/electric-cooking-starts-to-simmer-in-rural-india/71825232 More information...]
   
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[[File:Modi_govt._India_program,_10-14-19.png|thumb|300px|Around 24.75 lakh houses have been occupied under PMAY (Urban) - ''Photo credit: Financial Express'']]
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*'''March 2012:''' To save the Golden Temple from the ill-effects of pollution the Punjab Energy Development Agency(PEDA) is developing a plan to prepare a daily meal of Langar dal with the help of a solar steam cooking system. PEDA is the governmental agency promoting renewable energy within {{state|Punjab}}, [[India]]. To prepare Langar dal for 50,000 to 60,000 devotees daily at the Golden Temple, requires one ton (909 kg) of dal to be cooked each day. A recent study has shown cooking dal with the help of steam will save at least 25 LPG cylinders and also keep the environment pollution-free. PEDA chairman Manjeet Singh said they would bear the entire project cost.
  
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*{{NewOct19}}'''October 2019: Modi govt to offer Ayushman, Ujjwala benefits for PMAY users in three month trial program''' - The government will not just cover these beneficiaries under schemes like Ujjawala and Ayushman Bharat, but will also offer them solar energy run devices like solar cookers, etc as part of its efforts to develop a holistic self-sufficient and sustainable urban cluster. Under PMAY (Urban), the ministry of housing and urban affairs (MoHUA) has sanctioned around 90 lakh houses so far, of which 53.40 lakh have been grounded (work started) and more than 27.17 lakh have been completed with an investment of around Rs 5.54 lakh crore. Around 24.75 lakh houses have been occupied. It was officially rolled out in all cities under PMAY (Urban) on October 2 and will conclude on December 10. The campaign is to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. [https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/citizen-centric-initiatives-ayushman-bharat-ujjawala-benefits-for-pmay-users/1729507/ More information...]
   
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[[File:IndianOil_pilot_study,_9-17-19_copy.jpg|thumb|300px|IndianOil director, Dr. SSV Ramakumar, unveiled the start of the indoor solar cooking program in Leh, Ladakh ''Photo credit; PSU'']]
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[[File:Solar Fire TinyTech Concentrator, 2-21-12.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Solar Fire TinyTech Concentrator]]]]
  
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*{{NewSep19}}'''September 2019: Oil company supports indoor solar cooking:''' - [http://indianoil.in IndianOil] has formed a partnership with the start-up company, [[Sun Buckets]], to sponsor a test pilot program of their indoor solar cooking system in Leh, Ladakh. The Sun Bucket can be ‘charged’ using [[:Category:Parabolic solar cooker designs|parabolic solar concentrators]] kept outdoors. Once charged, the system is capable of storing and discharging the thermal energy on demand for indoor cooking — for boiling, steaming, frying and to make roti. It has enough heat storage capacity to cater to cooking demands during the day as well as at night. [https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/iocl-flags-off-pilot-study-of-solar-indoor-cooking-in-leh/ More information...]
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*'''February 2012:''' The [[Solar Fire TinyTech Concentrator]] has been developed by the [[TinyTech]] company for use as either a village power source, or to generate steam for [[Institutional solar cooking|institutional cooking]]. It measures 90 sq. meters and is a fixed focus completely folding concentrator, not requiring any foundation in the ground.
  
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[[File:Alzubair_Saiyed_September_2019.jpg|thumb|300px|The model being built (left) and Alzubair Saiyed teaching a workshop (right)]]
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*'''February 2012:''' Medical colleges including those owned by the State Governments across the country are gearing up to do their bit to tackle climate change by adopting environment-friendly measures. the Medical Council of India (MCI) has proposed that colleges give emphasis to promotion of national bio-gas and manure management programs (NBMMP), national biomass cook-stove programs (NBCP), and solar cooking systems according to their suitability to ensure sustainability.” [http://dailypioneer.com/nation/41267-medical-colleges-into-green-mode-for-change.html Read More...] - ''The Pioneer''
  
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*{{NewSep19}}'''September 2019:''' [https://www.thebetterindia.com/193924/gujarat-innovation-low-cost-solar-cooker-tribal-woman-hero-india/ Gujarat Man Teaches Tribal Women to Make Solar Cookers That Cost Just Rs 100!] - ''The Better India'' (“We have organised the Solar Cooker Workshop in more than 100 villages till date. In the last two years, our initiative has reached many parts of Maharashtra and Karnataka as well. While on the one hand, many rural families have already begun using solar cookers successfully, on the other, we are working on setting up a solar cooker laboratory in the tribal village of Casa located in Palghar district of Maharashtra,” said [[Alzubair Saiyed]].)
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*'''February 2012:''' Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Farooq Abdullah, noted at a recent seminar in Ambala, [[India]], that the rapid rise in the use of fossil fuels has threatened exhaustion of conventional energy sources in the country. He said most of the energy required in the industry, transportation and agriculture field is generated from fossil fuels like coal, petroleum and natural gas. Farooq said his ministry had chalked out a detailed plan to promote solar cooking. [http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/farooq-for-encouraging-renewable-energy-sources/959733.html - ''IBN Live'']
  
   
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*'''January 2012:''' Private equity firm Zephyr Peacock has reportedly invested $11,000,000 USD in Mumbai-based [[Gadhia Solar]] in [[India]].. The solar energy company provides energy solutions by using parabolic concentrated technology and has implemented some of the world’s largest solar thermal systems during the past two decades. [http://www.vccircle.com/500/news/zephyr-peacock-invests-up-to-rs-50cr-in-gadhia-solar Read more...]
  
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*{{NewJul19}}'''July 2019: In the second week of July, Dr. [[Ajay Chandak]] will lead an environmental expedition to Ladakh''' to demonstrate the ability of solar thermal parabolic cookers to cook food and boil tea with the power of the sun even when snow is on the ground and temperatures are below freezing. Ladakh, a high-altitude desert with more than 325 clear sunny days and no locally available cooking fuel is an ideal region for cooking with solar thermal devices. Using solar cookers whenever the sun is shining can significantly reduce the amount of subsidized LPG fuel that residents of this region must currently purchase and import every year. Ajay and his team will demonstrate low cost, easy to use [[PRINCE]] solar cookers at schools and rural child care centers (Aanganwadis). They will carry out a solar cooking expedition to Khardungla Pass, at an elevation of {{MT|5360}} on the 10th of July. Ajay also plans to donate a PRINCE-40 solar community cooker to Indian Army personnel for pilot testing so that it can be used in remote outposts in this region where all cooking fuel must be imported at tremendous expense. Ajay has been instrumental in training and mentoring entrepreneurs from Ladakh since 2010. These entrepreneurs have manufactured and installed almost 1000 domestic solar cookers in the reg
   
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*{{NewApr19}}'''March 2019: Smart Solar Cooking Solutions Design National Challenge 2019''' - The Department of Science and Technology, Government of [[India]] is providing young Indian innovators with a chance to submit their designs of efficient and user-friendly solar cooking solutions and win financial grants. Indian citizens affiliated to any academic institution, R&D organization and/or an Indian company/Industry recognized under the Company’s Act/DSIR may apply for this scholarship with their design ideas. The last date to apply for the challenge was 31 March 2019. [http://www.dst.gov.in/callforproposals/national-grand-challenge-awards-designing-user-friendly-smart-solar-cooking More information...
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*'''January 2012:''' [[Ajay Chandak]] reports that in the Indian government's <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt">12th five year plan, 2012-2016, 30000 million INR (approx. 600 million USD) is budgeted for solar cooking in a half a million schools. This will not only help in saving environment, but will expose millions and millions of school children to solar cooking and build the confidence that these systems work. </span> {{FeaturedProjects}}
  
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*'''November 2011:''' The World Intellectual Property Organization commissioned an extensive report on the state of solar cooking, prepared by [[Scope e-Knowledge Center Private Limited]] based in [[India]]. Released in August 2011, the report validates the viability of solar cooking, a technology well-suited for a growing portion of the world's population. It also provides a number of examples of various designs that have applied for patents.
  
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*{{NewMar24}}'''March 2024:''' [https://india.mongabay.com/2024/03/india-has-yet-to-tap-into-the-sunshine-for-its-kitchen-advantages/ From sun to plate: India yet to embrace solar cooking benefits] - ''Mongabay''
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*'''October 2011:''' The latest [[PRINCE]] newsletter announces a scheduled training for [[Scheffler Reflector Solar Cooker]]s coming January 21 -27, 2012. Next, PRINCE founder [[Ajay Chandak]] has received an Energy Conservation Award from the Government of Maharashtra. Also, PRINCE has organized a networking workshop for all stakeholders in the renewable energy business on January 25 - 26, 2012. PRINCE Biogas Plants now approved by MNRE. Read more about these items: [[Media:PRINCE_newsletter1.pdf|PRINCE newsletter, Fall 2011]]
  
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*{{NewMar24}}'''March 2024:''' [https://www.morungexpress.com/over-70-of-rural-households-use-firewood-for-cooking-in-nagaland Over 70% of rural households use firewood for cooking in Nagaland] - ''The Morung Express''
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*'''June 2011: First Solar Cooking Training on World Environment Day''' - [[Janak McGillian]] reports that Sanawdiya, a village located at the historic Devguradiya Temple, is increasingly affected by smoke from toxic dumps. On World Environment Day, June 4th and 5th, Janak organized a program to combat this smoke. With many guest speakers, the highlight of the program was a demonstartion of solar cooking with a [[SK-14]] [[parabolic solar cooker]]. There was considerable interest from the villagers from Sanawadiya and farmers from the surrounding area. Read details of the event at: [[Media:World_Environment_Day,_India_2011.pdf|First Solar Cooking Training on World Environment Day]]
  
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*{{NewOct23}}'''October 2023:''' [https://www.campusvarta.com/article/iit-bhubaneswar-organizes-suryakumbh-workshop-to-educate-children-on-solar-energy-and-sustainability IIT Bhubaneswar organizes ‘Suryakumbh’ Workshop to educate children on Solar Energy and Sustainability]
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*{{NewOct23}}'''October 2023:''' [https://geotvnews.com/computer-science-students-learn-sustainable-living-from-janak-balta-magilligan-geotv-news Computer science students learn sustainable living from Janak Balta McGilligan, ''GeoTV'']
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*{{NewJun23}}'''May 2023:''' [https://groundreport.in/not-lpg-through-solar-powered-cooking-india-can-achieve-net-zero/ Not LPG, through solar-powered cooking, India can achieve net zero!] - ''Ground Report''
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*{{NewJan23}}'''January 2023:''' [https://crossbarriers.org/wangchuk-has-made-a-plea-for-ladakh-to-protect-their-environment-and-tradition/ Sonam Wangchuk - An environmentalist who leads by example, Sonam promotes carbon-neutral approaches for the Ladakh region, which includes solar cooking applications. He will conduct a high altitude five day fast to raise awareness] - ''Cross Barriers''
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*{{NewDec22}}'''December 2022:''' [https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/positive-vibes-only-with-abhi-and-niyu/article66173267.ece Abhi and Niyu represented India at the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) in Egypt. They promoted sustainable climate solutions, which included solar cooking] - ''The Hindu''
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*{{NewDec22}}'''November 2022:''' [https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/solar-cookers-that-can-bake-cakes-and-pizzas-without-causing-pollution-586200.html Sun-Cooked Cakes And Pizzas? These Solar Cookers Can Get It Done Without Causing Any Pollution] - ''India Times''
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*{{NewDec22}}'''November 2022:''' [https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/students-assemble-and-install-appliances-at-an-integrated-child-development-services-center-in-howrahs-domjur/cid/1900615 Students assemble and install appliances at an ICDS center in Howrah’s Domjur] - ''The Telegraph Online''
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*{{NewJun22}}'''June 2022:''' [https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/indore-protect-5-elements-think-globally-but-act-locally World Environment Day was celebrated with the minister for water resources, Tulsi Silawat, and SCI Associate, Janak McGilligan] - ''Free Press Journal''
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*{{NewMay22}}'''April 2022:''' [https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/j-k/palli-to-be-carbon-neutral-in-18-months-sarpanch-389644 Samba: Palli village to be carbon-neutral in 18 months: Sarpanch] - ''The Tribune''
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*{{NewMar22}}'''March 2022:''' [https://titlitrail.wordpress.com/2022/03/04/solar-cooked-lessons-and-chicken-curry/?fbclid=IwAR2s9Rziw_QNRO8goXPy-SMMn-pSDQ4cDZyZy70kKCOcUcA0oynpayYRzvE Solar-Cooked Lessons and Chicken Curry] - ''titli trail''
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*{{NewJan22}}'''December 2021: [https://www.thebetterindia.com/269193/bengaluru-couple-solar-panel-cooker-eco-friendly-electricity-gas-bill-saving/ Couple Cooks Homegrown Veggies in Solar Cooker; Cuts Costs by Rs 20,000/Year] - ''The Better India''
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*{{NewNov21}}'''November 2021:''' [https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/indore-students-marvel-at-varied-uses-of-solar-power-at-janak-mcgilligans-centre Indore: Students marvel at varied uses of solar power at Janak McGilligan's centre] - ''The Free Press Journal''
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*{{NewSep21}}'''September 2021:''' [https://newsonair.com/2021/09/23/csir-cmeris-solar-dc-cooking-system-a-step-towards-green-pollution-free-india/ CSIR-CMERI’s Solar DC Cooking System, a step towards green & pollution free India] - ''NewsOnAir''
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*{{NewJul21}}'''July 2021:''' [https://www.mid-day.com/sunday-mid-day/article/maharashtra-jalna-based-dentist-makes-sugar-free-cookies-using-solar-energy-23183420 Maharashtra: Jalna-based dentist makes sugar-free cookies using solar energy] - ''mid-day''
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*{{NewJul21}}'''June 2021:''' [https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/electrification-of-19-siachen-villages-to-help-ladakh-achieve-carbon-neutrality-target-officials/article34847222.ece Electrification of 19 Siachen villages to help Ladakh achieve carbon-neutrality target] - ''The Hindu''
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*{{NewMay21}}'''May 2021:''' [https://startuptimes.net/Devang-Joshi-Rudra-Solar-Energy?fbclid=IwAR3ub_GImfMZO42Q7OL8eASezduTw2nRbDm_VN6t1RWTJNXaujwah7AQBs4 How Devang Joshi is helping farmers in becoming Atmanirbhar using the income generation model through Solar Dryers] - ''Startup Times''
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*{{NewApr21}}'''April 2021:''' [https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/indore-people-share-their-journey-of-solar-cooking-as-environment-friendly-option Indore: People share their journey of solar cooking as an environment-friendly option, Jimmy McGilligan Memorial Week] - ''The Free Press Journal''
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*{{NewMar21}}'''March 2021:''' [https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/aiadmk-seeks-to-outsmart-dmk-unveils-super-populist-manifesto-for-assembly-polls-225187 AIADMK seeks to outsmart DMK, unveils super populist manifesto for Assembly polls] - ''The Tribune''
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*{{NewMar21}}'''March 2021:''' [https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/maharashtra-aims-to-achieve-40-per-cent-electricity-generation-through-renewable-resources-by-2030/article33972428.ece Maharashtra aims to achieve 40 per cent electricity generation through renewable sources by 2030] - ''Frontline''
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*{{NewJan21}}'''January 2021:''' [https://www.indiaspora.org/solar-cookers-international-clean-cooking-solutions/ Solar Cookers International: Clean Cooking Solutions] - ''Indiaspora''
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*{{NewJan21}}'''January 2021:''' [https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/madhya-pradesh-indores-janak-palta-mcgilligan-gets-international-recognition-for-pioneering-solar-cooking Madhya Pradesh: Indore’s Janak Palta McGilligan gets international recognition for pioneering solar cooking] - ''The Free Press Journal''
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*{{NewDec20}}'''December 2020:''' [https://indiaeducationdiary.in/mahindra-university-organized-its-third-annual-rd-showcase-the-mahindra-university-research-symposium-murs-around-the-theme-sustainable-development/ Mahindra University's third annual R&D showcase, which includes a student solar cooker presentation winner] - ''India EducationDiary.com''
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*{{NewDec20}}'''December 2020:''' [https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/indore-use-of-solar-cookers-saved-women-from-rape-abuse-says-janak Use of solar cookers saved women from rape, exploitation, abuse and violence] - ''[[Janak McGilligan]], The Free Press Journal''
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*{{NewNov20}}'''November 2020:''' [https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/childrens-day-2020-tribal-kids-conduct-experiments-away-from-artificial-labs-in-bhopal Children’s Day 2020: Tribal kids conduct experiments away from artificial labs in Bhopal] - ''The Free Press''
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*{{NewSep20}}'''September 2020:''' [https://www.domain-b.com/industry/oil_gas/20200910_fuel_stations.html Prime Minister Modi calls for low-cost indoor solar cooking solutions] - ''domain-b.com''
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*{{NewSep20}}'''September 2020:''' [http://www.ddinews.gov.in/sci-tech/csir-cmeri-and-nise-bolster-solar-energy-sector CSIR-CMERI and NISE to bolster the Solar Energy Sector] - ''DD News''
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*{{NewAug20}}'''August 2020:''' [https://science.thewire.in/environment/antonio-guterres-india-fossil-fuel-subsidies-coal-power-clean-energy-pandemic/ UN Chief Urges India To Kill Fossil Fuel Subsidies, End Coal Pledges After 2020] - ''Science the Wire''
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*{{NewJun20}}'''June 2020:''' [https://www.thebetterindia.com/231002/architect-home-natural-solar-kitchen-cost-price-auroville-tamil-nadu-sustainable-green-watstewater-gop94/ Unique ‘Solar Bowl’ Keeps Kitchen Cool Despite Using Steam to Cook 1,000 Meals a Day!] - ''The Better India''
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*{{NewApr20}}'''April 2020:''' [https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/weeklong-online-lectures-from-15-april-in-memory-of-great-solar-techie-james-mcgilligan Weeklong online lectures from 15 April in memory of great solar techie James McGilligan]
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*{{NewMar20}}'''March 2020:''' [https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/renewable/renewable-energy-how-a-shift-towards-energy-access-is-transforming-rural-india/74171363 Renewable Energy: How a shift towards energy access is transforming rural India] - ''The Economic Times''
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*{{NewMar20}}'''March 2020:''' [http://www.millenniumpost.in/opinion/igniting-a-solar-revolution-403006 Igniting a Solar Revolution] - ''milleniumpost''
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*{{NewFeb20}}'''February 2020:''' [https://www.orissapost.com/solar-energy-the-future-of-city-experts/ Solar energy the future of city: Experts]
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*{{NewDec19}}'''December 2019:''' [https://www.thebetterindia.com/203987/bengaluru-weekend-things-to-do-portable-waterproof-solar-cooker-how-to-make-lifestyle/ Learn to Build Solar Cookers from IITian Who Quit His Job to Teach 1.2 Lakh Kids] - ''The Better India''
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*{{NewOct19}}'''October 2019:''' [https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/unwind/here-comes-the-sun/articleshow/71468905.cms Here comes the sun] - ''Pune Mirror''
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*{{NewOct19}}'''October 2019:''' [https://www.pv-magazine-india.com/2019/10/08/seci-tenders-500-quantities-of-solar-cooking-systems/ SECI tenders 500 quantities of solar cooking systems] - ''PV Magazine India''
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*{{NewOct19}}'''October 2019:''' [https://india.mongabay.com/2019/09/keeping-the-mahatmas-light-shining/ Keeping the Mahatma’s light shining] - ''Mongabay''
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*{{NewNov19}}'''September 2019:''' [https://www.thebetterindia.com/193924/gujarat-innovation-low-cost-solar-cooker-tribal-woman-hero-india/ Gujarat Man Helps Tribal Women Make Solar Cookers That Cost Just Rs 100!] - ''The Better India''
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*{{NewSep19}}'''September 2019:''' [https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/iocl-flags-off-pilot-study-of-solar-indoor-cooking-in-leh/ IOCL flags off pilot study of solar indoor cooking in Leh] - ''Daily Excelsior''
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*{{NewSep19}}'''September 2019:''' [http://news.statetimes.in/indian-oil-launches-pilot-study-of-indoor-solar-cooking-at-leh/ Indian Oil launches pilot study of indoor solar cooking at Leh] - ''The State Times''
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*[https://www.thebetterindia.com/193924/gujarat-innovation-low-cost-solar-cooker-tribal-woman-hero-india/ Gujarat Man Teaches Tribal Women to Make Solar Cookers That Cost Just Rs 100!] - ''The Better India''
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*{{NewSep19}}'''September 2019:''' [https://www.cnbctv18.com/buzz/kindnessmatters-engineer-invents-rs-60-solar-cooker-to-help-rural-women-4244461.htm #KindnessMatters: Engineer invents Rs 60 solar cooker to help rural women] - ''CNBC TV18''
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*{{NewJul19}}'''July 2019:''' [https://career.webindia123.com/career/education-news-events/2019/iit-roorkee-iit-delhi-and-ares-fbk-jointly-execute-itpar-project-titled-star-20-07-2019.htm IIT Roorkee, IIT Delhi and ARES (FBK) jointly execute ITPAR Project Titled "STAR"] - ''webindia123''
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*{{NewJul19}}'''July 2019:''' [https://www.saurenergy.com/solar-energy-articles/union-budget-2019-a-mixed-bag-for-the-solar-industry Union Budget 2019: A Mixed Bag for the Solar Industry] - ''Saur Energy International''
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*{{NewJun19}}'''June 2019:''' [http://www.5dariyanews.com/news/266932-RK-Singh-reviews-the-issues-pertaining-to-Renewable-Energy-sector-calls-upon-the-lenders-to-fund-RE-projects RK Singh reviews the issues pertaining to Renewable Energy sector, calls upon the lenders] - ''Dariya News''
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*{{NewJun19}}'''June 2019:''' [https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/increasing-the-share-of-cleaner-cooking-among-rural-households-of-india-50882/ Increasing the share of cleaner cooking among rural households of India] - ''Observer Research Foundation''
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*{{NewJun19}}'''June 2019:''' [https://m.timesofindia.com/videos/news/mp-village-goes-completely-solar-for-cooking-needs/videoshow/69673045.cms MP village goes completely solar for cooking needs] - ''Times of India''
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*{{NewMay19}}'''May 2019:''' [https://www.thebetterindia.com/183928/gujarat-man-innovation-solar-stove-lpg-cylinder-cost-india/ Time To Replace LPG? This Gujarat Man’s Solar Stove Lowers Cooking Costs by 80%] - ''The Better India''
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*{{NewMay19}}'''May 2019:''' [https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/increasing-the-share-of-cleaner-cooking-among-rural-households-of-india-50882/ Increasing the share of cleaner cooking among rural households of India] - ''Observer Research Foundation''
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*{{NewApr19}}'''April 2019:''' [https://www.news18.com/news/india/world-earth-day-on-mission-to-save-environment-gujarat-engineer-designs-solar-cooker-that-costs-just-rs-100-2111989.html On Mission to Save Environment, Gujarat Engineer Designs Solar Cooker That Costs Just Rs 100] - ''NEWS 18''
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*{{NewFeb19}}'''February 2019:''' [http://www.5dariyanews.com/news/260783-Vocational-Training-On-Preservation-Of-Fruits-And-Vegetables-Concludes-At-Krishi-Vigyan-Kendra-Fatehgarh-Sahib Vocational Training On Preservation Of Fruits And Vegetables Concludes At Krishi Vigyan Kendra Fatehgarh Sahib] - ''5 Dariya News''
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*{{NewFeb19}}'''February 2019:''' [https://yourstory.com/2019/02/startup-bharat-innovation-iit-rural-gujarat StartupBharat: From solar stoves to 3D printing, four stories of innovation from Gujarat] - ''YourStory''
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===Audio and video===
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*'''January 2011:''' [http://www.mydigitalfc.com/news/govt-clears-plan-60-solar-cities-208 Government clears plan for sixty solar cities.] The Centre will kick off an ambitious scheme to develop sixty solar cities in two years. It will be done in collaboration with city corporations, municipalities and district councils. The focus will be on renewable energy devices such as kitchen waste-based plants, solar water heating systems, solar cooking systems, solar steam generation, drying and air heating systems, solar air-conditioning, bio-mass gasification based systems and biogas.
  
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*{{NewJan24}}'''July 2023: Solar Steam Cooking System (CST) at the Shirdi temple in India'''
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*'''January 2011: [http://www.rncos.com/Report/IM187.htm RNCOS Report] Predicts Growth of Solar Cookers in India.''' RNCOS, market research and information analysis company, in its recent report titled, “Indian Solar Energy Market Outlook 2012”, studies the latest trends in the industry by utilizing inputs from the state and central regulatory background of the country. According to the report, the solar cookers in India will witness a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 6% in 2010-2013. The report details the rapid growth of solar industry in India and predicts that it will grow more in future. There is a growing demand for solar products in rural areas, and the trend will continue in the future too. The report quotes that the [[Solar Cookers International]] has rated India as the foremost country with abundant solar cooking potential. It mentions the various steps taken by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in India in popularizing the usage of solar cookers in government organizations, villages, societies, hostels and hotels. The report also discusses various factors that push the growth of solar cooker market in India.
  
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::[[File:Solar Steam Cooking System (CST) in Shirdi-2|400px|thumb|none]]
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*'''December 2010: Institutional solar cooking gains momentum in India.''' A news release from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, reporting on important activities in 2010, states: Solar concentrating systems, comprising automatically tracked of parabolic dishes, have been found to be useful for generating steam to cook food for hundreds and thousands of people in community kitchens especially at religious places such as Shirdi, Mount Abu, Tirupati etc. The world’s largest system is functioning at Shirdi for cooking food for 20,000 people/day. These systems have found good applications for air conditioning and laundry also and a few demonstration plants have recently been installed. A total of around 80 concentrating systems of different capacities covering 25,000 sq.m. of dish area are functioning in the country, largely for cooking purpose. During 2010, 15 such systems were sanctioned covering a dish area of around 3000 sq.m. [http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=68779 More Information...]
  
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*{{NewJul23}}'''July 2023:'''
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*'''July 2010:''' The Ahmedabad-based Self Employed Women’s Association has joined forces with the Sierra Club to provide new green jobs and technology for SEWA’s 1.5 million members in India. Ninety-three percent of India’s workforce remains in the informal sector, said Nanavaty, executive director of SEWA. “The Indian economy is growing tremendously, but how do the rural poor also avail of these opportunities?” Sailesh Rao, president and founder of the San Jose, Calif.-based Climate Healers, said his non-profit organization had come up with two solar cook stoves, one that could slow-cook a meal like rice and daal throughout the day, and another that could prepare rotis almost instantly. Women using the solar stoves could also generate an income by selling their carbon credits, Rao told India-West after the talk, envisioning a plan where the credits could be sold for $11 per metric ton, netting rural women about $4.
  
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::[[File:World's Largest Solar Kitchen In Shirdi 🙏 - Sai Prasadalaya|400px|thumb|none|The daily meal is served at the Shirdi Sai Baba temple in Shirdi, Maharashtra, India. With nearly 30,000 visitors each day, the temple’s dining halls are some of the largest in India. ]]
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[[File:Tirupati_solar_installation.jpg|right|300px]]
  
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*{{NewNov22}}'''November 2022:'''
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*'''June 2010:''' [[India]]'s richest temple - Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), at Tirumala is relying entirely on clean energy to feed over 70,000 people everyday. The temple has installed solar powered lights, solar cooking system, windmills and a water recycling station. "The basic principle is conversion of water into steam energy. We're converting the solar energy into steam energy. The water flows through the pipes and the solar dishes concentrate the solar energy to the concentrators. In the concentrators the water is converted into steam and that steam is utilised for cooking," says Deputy Executive Engineer (Mechanical) KV Raman Rao. The solar array is similar to to the one recently installed in Shirdi, and also uses the [[Scheffler Community Kitchen|Scheffler parabolic solar oven]] as the basis for their system.
  
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::[[File:James Dean Conklin- Filming "Family of the Sun"-2|400px|thumb|none|A documentary interview conducted by [[Luther Krueger]], of the Big Blue Sun Museum of Solar Cooking, with James Dean Conklin, who since the early 2000s, has spent considerable time researching the efforts of [[Deepak Gadhia]] and [[Janak McGilligan|Janak and Jimmy McGlilligan]]]]
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*{{NewMar22}}'''March 2022:'''
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::[[File:Solar-powered food dehydrator empowers Indian farmers-2|Solar-powered food dehydrator empowers Indian farmers|400px|thumb|none]]
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*{{NewFeb22}}'''February 2022:''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4dCpRglTLE&list=PLhg5QcqkbudTxgD22zsdHsY1RxfwcUdCs&index=9 Challenges in Promoting Solar Dryers in India. Presented at CONSOLFOOD 2022. Watch on YouTube.]
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*{{NewFeb22}}'''February 2022:''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sN12I-0Avw&list=PLhg5QcqkbudTxgD22zsdHsY1RxfwcUdCs&index=8 The Scheffler kitchen used at Vatsalya has cooked over 150,000Kg of food, and paid for itself in four years. Presented at CONSOLFOOD 2022. Watch on YouTube.]
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*{{NewSep20}}'''September 2020:''' - OrjaBox presents: Fuels used in Indian kitchens
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*{{NewMar17}}'''February 2017:'''
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*'''May 2010:''' Installation of solar cooking devices at the Vigyan ashram near Puna, [[India]].. A project proposal for the installation of solar cooking devices(16sqm scheffler concentrator, PRINCE 40 solar parabolic cooker, tunnel drier, 12 sqm solar batch drier, Bakery / oven , biogas generator) at the Vigyan ashram was submitted to INDUSA. The proposal has been accepted for VA campus for the year 2010. The civil and foundation work are currently underway. [http://vigyanashram.wordpress.com/2010/05/17/indusa-installation-of-solar-kitchen-equipments-updates/ More Information...]
  
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::[[File:Children's reaction after Solar cooking for the first time @ SuryaKumbh|none|300 px|SuryaKumbh is a unique Solar Festival wherein every participant builds their own solar cooker in few minutes, use it to independently cook delicious food without Fuel, Fire or Wire and then take it back home to share the joy of solar cooking with family, friends and neighbours. Sometimes they also make a Guinness World Record.]]
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[[File:Shirdi_roof_collector_array.jpg|thumb|250px|Shirdi roof collector array]][[File:Shirdi_collector_diagram.jpg|thumb|250px|Shirdi collector array diagram]][[File:Shirdi_cooking_photo.jpg|thumb|250px|Cooking in the kitchen at Shirdi]]
  
   
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*{{NewSep16}}'''June 2016:''' [http://files.feedplace.de/sunpod/194-sunpod-interview-deepak-gadhia-from-deforestation-to-social-engineering.mp3 Deepak Gadhia tells the story his solar cooking research and promotion] (Starts in German, but after one minute switches to English)
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*'''April 2010:''' [[Gadhia Solar Energy Systems Pvt. Ltd.]] recently completed installation of an enormous solar steam cooking system, capable of cooking 40,000-50,000 meals per day. It is located at Shirdi Saibaba temple in Shirdi, Maharashtra, India. With nearly 30,000 visitors each day, the temple’s dining halls are some of the largest in India. The solar steam cooking system is comprised of 73 rooftop-mounted reflective dishes of 16 square meters each. The dishes concentrate sunlight on receivers that contain water, generating steam that is piped down to the kitchen for cooking purposes. To maintain constant focus with the sun, the dishes automatically rotate throughout the day after being manually aligned once each morning. The solar steam cooking system is retrofitted to existing liquid petroleum gas-powered steam boilers that are still used in the evening and during prolonged periods of inclement weather. Though the solar steam cooking system cost nearly $300,000, government subsidies reduced the temple’s portion to about $170,000. Liquid petroleum gas use has been cut by roughly 100,000 kilograms each year, for an annual savings of approximately $45,000. The temple should recoup its investment in three to four years. According to company founder [[Deepak Gadhia]], the solar steam cooking technology was originally developed in Germany. However, the equipment does not contain imported components and is manufactured with local machinery and labor, creating much-needed jobs. Gadhia has adapted the system for use in India, and has installed 50 such systems of varying sizes over the past two decades. The March edition of CNN’s Eco Solutions program highlights the Shirdi Saibaba temple solar steam cooking system.
  
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*{{NewMay16}}'''May 2016:'''
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::[[File:CST and Solar Cooker Excellence Award 2016|thumb|none|300px|Piyush Goyal, Minister of State with Independent Charge for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy, presents on solar energy use in India.]]
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::[[File:Aurangabad Setting A World Record By Cooking With Solar Energy|none|300px]]
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*{{NewOct15}}'''June 2015:'''
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::[[File:The Solar Bowl|thumb|none|300px|A charitable institution inTamil Nadu, India is using solar energy to cook 3,000 meals for 650 children a day, reducing dependence on cooking gas and saving nearly US$ 8,000 each year.]]
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::[[File:12TH FEB DD NEWS METRO SCAN MUMBAI.|thumb|none|300px|News story four minutes into the video showing thousands of students solar cooking at the Maha Suryakumbha event in January 2015.]]
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::[[File:McGilligan Empowering young Rural and Tribal women with Solar Cookers|thumb|none|300px]]
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::[[File:Square Parabolic Solar Cooker|thumb|none|300px|Goldin Bennet of the Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering National Institute of Technology Tiruchirapalli, shows how they have fabricated a parabolic solar cooker using small square panels in 2013.]]
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::[[File:Solar Cookers in India, Global Ideas|thumb|none|300px|[[Deepak Gadhia]]'s efforts promoting various solar powered projects]]
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::[[File:The Smokeless Village|thumb|none|300px|News report showing the Smokeless Village where all inhabitants cook with solar cookers]]
   
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==The History of Solar Cooking in India==
  
 
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[[File:India_history_02-09-16.png|thumb|300px|right|A solar cooking demonstration in Delhi in 1956. Photo credit: Wake-Up India]]
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India, Asia's second largest country next to [[China]], is second to China in the number of solar cookers in use. The situation in India has been more complex than that of China., and more is known about Indian programs. The Third World Conference on Solar Cooking was held in India, which permitted the history and progress of solar technology's uses to be better known around the world.
   
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The Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources (MNES), Government of India, was established in 1982, first as a Department and later as a Ministry. The Ministry's mandate extended well beyond solar cooking, including fuel efficient wood and charcoal stoves, power from other renewable sources, energy from industrial wastes, and research and development in a number of related fields (photovoltaics, biogas, and pollution prevention, for example). MNES began seriously to promote solar cooking in the early 80s, with an initial focus almost entirely on the [[solar box cooker]].
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India, Asia's second largest country, next to [[China]], has also the second largest
  
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number of solar cookers. The situation in India is more complex than that of China.
  
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More is also known about Indian programs. The Third World Conference on Solar
  
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Cooking was held in India, permitting the history and progress of solar the technology's uses to become better known around the world.
  
   
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The population of India is roughly 70% rural. MNES states, "cooking accounts for a major share of the total energy consumption in rural homes (Singhal, correspondence, 2003, p. 1). Sources of that energy use have been largely fuelwood, animal dung, or crop residues. All emit smoke, pollute the atmosphere, and are deterimental to health and safety of family members, particularly women. Fuelwood has become more scarce each coming year. FAO data show that 21.6% of the Indian land mass is forested, and conservation efforts have been in place to reverse previous loss. The effort has been affected by the large and dense population, and a slowing but still substantial birth rate (continuing to increase at 1.7% per annum, or 17% in a decade). Solar cooking has been viewed as one way to alleviate a number of India's problems and as such supported by government efforts.
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An official government report informs the reader that the Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources (MNES), Government of India, was established in 1982, first as a Department and later as a Ministry. The Ministry's mandate extends well beyond solar cooking, including fuel efficient wood and charcoal stoves, power from
  
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other renewable sources, energy from industrial wastes, research and development in a number of related fields (photovoltaics, biogas, and pollution prevention, for example). MNES began seriously to promote solar cooking in the early 80s, with an initial focus almost entirely on the box cooker.
  
   
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The population of India is roughly 70% rural. MNES states that "cooking
  
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correspondence, 2003, p. 1). Sources of that energy are largely fuelwood, animal dung, or crop residues, all of which emit smoke, pollute the atmosphere, and are deterimental to health and safety of family members, particularly women. Fuelwood is become scarcer each year. FAO data show that 21.6% of the Indian land mass is forested, and conservation efforts are in place to reverse previous loss. The effort is affected by the large and dense population and a slowing but still substantial birth rate (continuing to increase at 1.7% per annum, or 17% in a decade). Solar cooking has been viewed as one way to alleviate a number of India's problems and as such was supported by government efforts.
  
   
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The Press Bureau of the Government of India reported in 2007 that there are 525,000 solar cookers installed in India.[http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr2003/rapr2003/30042003/r3004200332.html] The Press Bureau also reported in 2003 that, "The solar cooker programme has been expanded by introducing new designs for community use. Three solar steam cooking systems based on automatic tracking concentrating collective technology for cooking food for 600-3,000 people per day, and one system based on ‘Solar Bowl’ technology, have been installed. World's largest solar steam cooking system has been installed at Tirumala Tirupati. The system is designed to cook two meals for 15,000 persons in one day. Another system for 2,000 people was erected at Brahmakumaris Ashram in Gurgaon in July, 2002. Three community cookers for indoor cooking have been installed at a training hostel and an NGO’s establishment in Leh. In all, six such systems have been installed under the MNES demonstration scheme. A total of 500 dish solar cookers and 60 community solar cookers have been installed so far."[http://pib.nic.in/archieve/ppinti/achieve2003/english/26.html]
  
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The Press Bureau of the Government of India reported in 2007 that there were 525,000 solar cookers installed in India. The Press Bureau also reported in 2003 that, "The solar cooker programme has been expanded by introducing new designs for community use. Three solar steam cooking systems based on automatic tracking concentrating collective technology for cooking food for 600-3,000 people per day, and one system based on ‘Solar Bowl’ technology, have been installed. World's largest solar steam cooking system has been installed at Tirumala Tirupati. The system is designed to cook two meals for 15,000 persons in one day. Another system for 2,000 people was erected at Brahmakumaris Ashram in Gurgaon in July, 2002. Three community cookers for indoor cooking have been installed at a training hostel and an NGO’s establishment in Leh. In all, six such systems have been installed under the MNES demonstration scheme. A total of 500 dish solar cookers and 60 community solar cookers have been installed so far."
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*{{NewJan24}}'''April 2023:''' [https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-global-history/article/poor-womans-energy-lowmodernist-solar-technologies-and-international-development-18781966/BF6A2DEC336146EF49A29B156CC6F9FE The poor woman’s energy: Low-modernist solar technologies and international development in India and Mexico, 1878–1966] - ''Cambridge University Press''
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[[Solar Cookers International]] has rated India as the #1 country worldwide for solar cooking potential. In the year 2020, the estimated number of people in India who will suffer from fuel scarcity is 157,400,000, but these people will continue to have ample access to the sun. In December 2007, the Indian Government instituted [http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=33609 a program of rebates on various renewable energy devices] including solar cookers. Solar cooking has even been recommended in the Rig Veda, a sacred Hindu text, stating: "All edibles ripened or cooked in the sun’s rays change into super medicine, the amrita."
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[[Solar Cookers International]] has rated India as the #1 country worldwide for solar cooking potential. In the year 2020, the estimated number of people in India who will suffer from fuel scarcity is 157,400,000, but these people will continue to have ample access to the sun. In December 2007, the Indian Government instituted a program of rebates on various renewable energy devices including solar cookers. Solar cooking has even been recommended in the Rig Veda, a sacred Hindu text, stating: "All edibles ripened or cooked in the sun’s rays change into super medicine, the amrita."
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[[File:India_Solar_Resource_map,_12-3-12.jpg|thumb|center|470px|India Solar Resource Map provided by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory]]
  
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<table><tr><td>[[File:India_Solar_Resource_map,_12-3-12.jpg|thumb|none|340px|India Solar Resource Map provided by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory]]</td><td valign="top">&nbsp; [[File:India_Solar_Radiation_Map_2015.jpg|none|340px]]</td></tr></table>
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==Fuels used for cooking==
  
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===Fuels used for cooking===
 
URBAN SECTOR
  
URBAN SECTOR
 
*LPG (47.96%)
  
*LPG (47.96%)
 
*Firewood (22.74%)
  
*Firewood (22.74%)
 
*Kerosene (19.16%) and
  
*Kerosene (19.16%) and
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*Other fuels (10.14)
   
 
RURAL SECTOR
  
RURAL SECTOR
 
*Firewood (64.10%)
  
*Firewood (64.10%)
 
*Other sources of biomass – crop residue (13.10%)
  
*Other sources of biomass – crop residue (13.10%)
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*Cow‐dung (12.80%), and
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*Cow‐dung (12.80%)
 
*LPG (5.67%) is now increasing in importance. <ref>http://static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090624234723/solarcooking/images/8/8f/Performance_analysis_Solar_Parabolic_concentrator_for_cooking_applications_P._Rajamohan%2C_S._Shanmugan%2C_K._Ramanathan%2C_D._Mutharasu_%28January_2009%29.pdf</ref>
  
*LPG (5.67%) is now increasing in importance. <ref>http://static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090624234723/solarcooking/images/8/8f/Performance_analysis_Solar_Parabolic_concentrator_for_cooking_applications_P._Rajamohan%2C_S._Shanmugan%2C_K._Ramanathan%2C_D._Mutharasu_%28January_2009%29.pdf</ref>
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In a February 7th, 2015 article, The Economist reported that there are roughly 1 million deaths in India each year due to cooking fires<ref>http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21642172-narendra-modi-should-learn-chinas-mistakes-its-too-late-indian-winter?fsrc=scn/fb/te/pe/ed/indianwinter</ref>.
   
 
===Fuel subsidies===
  
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:The subsidy is massive - hidden by a disingenuous device called oil bonds. Here are some rock solid facts. IOC, HPCL and BPCL are currently losing $137 million a day (i.e., Rs 582 crore per day at Rs 42.50 = $1). They lose Rs 16.34 for each litre of petrol, and Rs 23.49 for each litre of diesel sold in Delhi.
  
:The subsidy is massive - hidden by a disingenuous device called oil bonds. Here are some rock solid facts. IOC, HPCL and BPCL are currently losing $137 million a day (i.e., Rs 582 crore per day at Rs 42.50 = $1). They lose Rs 16.34 for each litre of petrol, and Rs 23.49 for each litre of diesel sold in Delhi.
   
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:The subsidy on kerosene at Rs 28.72 per litre is over three times the current retail price; and the subsidy on a cylinder of cooking gas at Rs 306 per cylinder exceeds the retail price. The total under-recovery for the oil marketing companies for 2006-07 was over $19 billion. With oil prices touching $135, under-recoveries can be $50 billion this year, unless retail prices are substantially increased.[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Debate/How_to_deal_with_ever-rising_crude_prices/articleshow/3094985.cms]
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:The subsidy on kerosene at Rs 28.72 per litre is over three times the current retail price; and the subsidy on a cylinder of cooking gas at Rs 306 per cylinder exceeds the retail price. The total under-recovery for the oil marketing companies for 2006-07 was over $19 billion. With oil prices touching $135, under-recoveries can be $50 billion this year, unless retail prices are substantially increased.<ref>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Debate/How_to_deal_with_ever-rising_crude_prices/articleshow/3094985.cms</ref>
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The Telegraph (UK) reported in September 2013 that, "Food and fuel subsidies are gobbling up much of the budget, while investment atrophies."<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/currency/10277392/India-pushes-shock-and-awe-currency-plan-to-save-BRICS.html</ref>
   
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Solar cooking already has a significant presence in India, especially with large-scale projects, but the potential largely remains untapped for its use to significantly replace the use of conventional fuels.
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The Telegraph (UK) reported in September 2013 that, "Food and fuel subsidies are gobbling up much of the budget, while investment atrophies."[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/currency/10277392/India-pushes-shock-and-awe-currency-plan-to-save-BRICS.html]
  
   
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Solar cooking already has a significant presense in India, especially with large scale projects, but the potential remains for its use to still significantly replace the use of conventioal fuels. 
  
 
===Cultural acceptance===
  
===Cultural acceptance===
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In a report presented during the Asian Clean Energy Forum in June 2008, Soma Dutta, Asia Regional Network Coordinator for the Amsterdam-based [http://solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki/ENERGIA_International_Network_on_Gender_and_Sustainable_Energy?action=edit&redlink=1 ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy], states that only 45% of India’s 70% rural population have access to electricity, and over 80 percent still rely on firewood as their primary cooking fuel, the gathering of which is a responsibility that almost always falls to the women and girls in a society. The long hours and significant effort spent simply gathering firewood leaves them little time for education or employment. [http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42725]
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In a report presented during the Asian Clean Energy Forum in June 2008, Soma Dutta, Asia Regional Network Coordinator for the Amsterdam-based [http://solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki/ENERGIA_International_Network_on_Gender_and_Sustainable_Energy?action=edit&redlink=1 ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy], states that only 45% of India’s 70% rural population have access to electricity, and over 80 percent still rely on firewood as their primary cooking fuel, the gathering of which is a responsibility that almost always falls to the women and girls in a society. The long hours and significant effort spent simply gathering firewood leaves them little time for education or employment. <ref>http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42725</ref>
   
 
Introductions of new technologies fail in villages for many reasons, but most commonly due to a lack of knowledge and understanding of local cultural customs. Solar cooking has often suffered this fate despite the purported cost savings because it is not introduced in a way that suited the lifestyles of the individuals using it.
  
Introductions of new technologies fail in villages for many reasons, but most commonly due to a lack of knowledge and understanding of local cultural customs. Solar cooking has often suffered this fate despite the purported cost savings because it is not introduced in a way that suited the lifestyles of the individuals using it.
   
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A solar stove is most powerful at the times of the strongest sunlight, which is mid-day and early afternoon. As in many agricultural populations, village farmers in India consume their biggest meals by early to mid-morning and then again late at night, after the sun has set. In addition, certain solar stoves are not conducive to Indian-style cooking which is done mostly with oil (with the exception of rice) and requires frequent temperature manipulation as well as stirring and flipping which was is difficult with many solar cookers.[http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Andhra-Pradesh/Hyderabad/blog-449965.html4]
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A solar stove is most powerful at the times of the strongest sunlight, which is mid-day and early afternoon. As in many agricultural populations, village farmers in India consume their biggest meals by early to mid-morning and then again late at night, after the sun has set. In addition, certain solar stoves are not conducive to Indian-style cooking which is done mostly with oil (with the exception of [[rice]]) and requires frequent temperature manipulation as well as stirring and flipping which was is difficult with many solar cookers.<ref>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Andhra-Pradesh/Hyderabad/blog-449965.html4</ref>
   
 
While technical constraints limit the types of solar cookers likely to be widely adopted in India, there is historic precedent for solar cooking in Indian culture. A passage in ancient Vedic texts state, "
  
While technical constraints limit the types of solar cookers likely to be widely adopted in India, there is historic precedent for solar cooking in Indian culture. A passage in ancient Vedic texts state, "
 
''Sun cooked food improves cellular health and longevity of life. It strengthens health and mind removes three major physical disorders to do with digestion, blood and respiratory system, balances inner body temperatures, life, glows aura and keeps various obstacles away. Sun cooked food has great medicinal value. It enhances intellect, genius." ' Rig Veda'.'' - Reference from the [http://www.princeindia.org/solarfood.htm princeindia.org] website. See: [[PRINCE]]
  
''Sun cooked food improves cellular health and longevity of life. It strengthens health and mind removes three major physical disorders to do with digestion, blood and respiratory system, balances inner body temperatures, life, glows aura and keeps various obstacles away. Sun cooked food has great medicinal value. It enhances intellect, genius." ' Rig Veda'.'' - Reference from the [http://www.princeindia.org/solarfood.htm princeindia.org] website. See: [[PRINCE]]
   
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==See also==
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===See also===
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*{{WikipediaClimate|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_India}}
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*[[Media:Explaining_Low_Use_Gujarat-November_2012.pdf|Explaining the Unexpectedly Low Use of Solar Cookers in Gujarat, India]] - ''[[Girja Sharan]] and [[Raju Pandya]]''
  
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* [[Enhancing the acceptance of solar cooking in India]]
  
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* [[Media:Enhancing the acceptance of solar cooking in India.pdf|Enhancing the acceptance of solar cooking in India]] - ''Lt Col [[Dinkar Verma]] (Retd)''
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*'''July 2006:''' [[Media:Granada06_Sathyavathi_Muthu.pdf|Integrated Approach for Promoting Solar Cookers in Rural Areas of Tamil Nadu]] - ''Dr. [[Sathyavathi Muthu]] and Ms. [[G. Anuradha]]''
  
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*{{NewMay15}}'''June 2015:''' [http://cleancookstoves.org/about/news/05-05-2015-women-spend-374-hours-each-year-collecting-firewood-in-india-study-finds.html Women Spend 374 Hours Each Year Collecting Firewood in India, Study Finds] - ''[[Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves]]''
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*'''July 2006:''' [[Media:Granada06_mamata_dutta.pdf|Dissemination of Solar Cooker Information]] - ''[[Mamata Dutta]]''
  
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*'''March 2015:''' [http://www.moneylife.in/article/will-mini-micro-solar-remain-a-toy-for-the-middle-class-and-rich-in-india/40795.html Will mini-micro solar remain a toy for the middle-class and rich in India?] - ''Moneylife''
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*[[Media:An_Analysis_of_Solar_Cooker_Usage,_Bashir_Ahmad,_11-12.pdf|An Analysis of Solar Cooker Usage - ''Bashir Ahmad'']]
  
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*'''November 2012:''' [[Media:Explaining Low Use Gujarat-November 2012.pdf|Explaining the Unexpectedly Low Use of Solar Cookers in Gujarat, India]] - ''[[Girja Sharan]] and Raju Pandya''
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*'''July 2006:''' [[Media:Granada06 Sathyavathi Muthu.pdf|Integrated Approach for Promoting Solar Cookers in Rural Areas of Tamil Nadu]] - ''Dr. [[Sathyavathi Muthu]] and Ms. G. Anuradha''
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*'''July 2006:''' [[Media:Granada06 mamata dutta.pdf|Dissemination of Solar Cooker Information]] - ''Mamata Dutta''
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*'''July 2006:''' [[Media:Granada06 sudha mahalingam.pdf|Sustainable Energy Policies for Promotion of Solar Cookers in India]] - ''Sudha Mahalingam''
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*[[Media:An Analysis of Solar Cooker Usage, Bashir Ahmad, 11-12.pdf|An Analysis of Solar Cooker Usage - ''Bashir Ahmad'']]
 
* [[Solar cooker dissemination and cultural variables]]
  
* [[Solar cooker dissemination and cultural variables]]
   
 
==Resources==
  
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* http://rudrasolarcooker.blogspot.com
  
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*{{NewApr19}}'''April 2014:''' [[Media:A new turn toward solar cooking.pdf| A (new) cultural turn toward solar cooking—Evidence from six case studies across India and Burkina Faso]]
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*[[GEF Small Grants Programme]]
  
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*{{NewJan17}}'''January 2013:''' [[Media:Performance Studies of a Multipurpose Solar Energy System for Remote Areas Abhishek Saxena Ghanshyam Srivastava, MIT International Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 1, Jan. 2013,.pdf|Performance Studies of a Multipurpose Solar Energy System for Remote Areas - MIT International Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 1,]]
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*[http://www.pen.net.in/website/SOLAR%20TEA%20%20ARTICLE.pdf Aspects of Solar Air Pre-heating in South Indian Tea Factories] - [http://www.pen.net.in/index.php ''Planters Energy Network'']
  
   
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*{{NewJan17}}'''January 2013:''' [[Media:Performance Evaluation of Parabolic Solar Disc for Indoor Cooking, Suple, Thombre, 1-13.pdf|Performance Evaluation of Parabolic Solar Disc for Indoor Cooking]] - ''Yogesh Suple & S.B. Thomre''
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*'''November 2012:''' [[Media:Explaining_Low_Use_Gujarat-November_2012.pdf|Explaining the Unexpectedly Low Use of Solar Cookers in Gujarat, India]] - ''[[Girja Sharan]] and [[Raju Pandya]]''
  
   
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*'''November 2012:''' [[Bashir Ahmad]], a Research Fellow at the Technical University of Denmark, provides an analysis of solar cooker usage compared to conventional cooking methods. Data was collected for the study in [[India]] and [[Burkina Faso]] in the 80's and 90's. [[Media:An_Analysis_of_Solar_Cooker_Usage,_Bashir_Ahmad,_11-12.pdf|An Analysis of Solar Cooker Usage - ''Bashir Ahmad'']]
  
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*'''August 2008:''' [http://web.archive.org/web/20150921231402/http://picasaweb.google.com/104950054543601371741/IndiaSolarEnergyProject A large collection of photographs of solar cooking devices at the Muni Ashram]
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*{{NewApr20}}'''May 2019:''' [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2451904918302634 Experimental investigation of 16 square meter Scheffler concentrator system and its performance assessments for various regions of India] - ''S. Kumar, V. Yadav, U. Sahoo, and S.K. Singh''
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*{{NewApr18}}'''January 2018:''' [[Media:Introduction of Solar Drying by NGO Narmada in Nimar Region of Madhya Pradesh State of India Under the Guidance of Barc, Goi - CONSOLFOOD 2018 - Raghav Deosthale, et al.pdf|Introduction of Solar Drying by NGO Narmada in Nimar Region of Madhya Pradesh State of India Under the Guidance of Barc, Goi]] - ''Raghav Deosthale, et al''
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*{{NewMar18}}'''January 2018:''' Solar Concentrator Evoluation in India and Way Ahead ([[Media:Solar Concentrator Evoluation in India and Way Ahead - CONSOLFOOD 2018 - Deepak Gadhia.pdf|Slides]], [[Media:Evolution of Solar Cooking technology in India and way ahead - CONSOLFOOD 2018 - Deepak Gadhia (Abstract).pdf|Abstract]]) - ''[[Deepak Gadhia]]''
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*{{NewNov19}}'''April 2017:''' [[Media:Solar Cooking Journey Azubair Saiyed - April 2017 .pdf|Solar Cooking Journey]] - ''[[Alzubair Saiyed]]''
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*{{NewMar18}} Challenges in Promoting Solar Cookers in India ([[Media:Challenges in Promoting Solar Cookers in India - CONSOLFOOD 2018 - Neha Mehta, et al.pdf|Slides]], [[Media:L9 Neha and Kinjal (Abstract).pdf|Abstract]]) - ''Neha Mehta, et al''
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*{{NewSep16}}'''June 2016:''' [https://depts.washington.edu/airqual/Marshall_66.pdf Health and Climate-Relevant Pollutant Concentrations from a Carbon-Finance Approved Cookstove Intervention in Rural India] - ''Ther W. Aung, et al''
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*{{NewJul16}}'''July 2015:''' [[Media:Gujarat Solar Power Policy-2015.pdf|Gujarat Solar Power Policy-2015]] - ''Government of Gujarat''
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*{{NewMay15}}'''June 2015:''' [http://cleancookstoves.org/about/news/05-05-2015-women-spend-374-hours-each-year-collecting-firewood-in-india-study-finds.html Women Spend 374 Hours Each Year Collecting Firewood in India, Study Finds] - ''[[Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves]]''
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*'''August 2014:''' [[Media:Increase-in-coal-tax-will-scale-up-indian-renewables.pdf|Increase in coal tax will scale up indian renewables]] - ''[[Pallav Purohit]]''
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*'''August 2014:''' [[Media:SCI news 1.pdf|ARUN®100 Installation at Akshardham Temple, New Delhi]] - ''[[Ajay Chandak]]''
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*'''August 2014:''' [[Media:SCI news 2.pdf|ARUN®100 with Thermal Storage at Ramkrishna Mission, Chennai]] - ''[[Ajay Chandak]]''
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*{{NewJul16}}'''July 2014:''' [[Media:Empowering young Rural and Tribal women with Solar Cookers.pdf|Empowering Young Rural and Tribal Women with Solar Cookers]] - ''[[Janak McGilligan]]''
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*'''June 2014:''' [[Media:A new turn toward solar cooking.pdf| A (new) cultural turn toward solar cooking—Evidence from six case studies across India and Burkina Faso]] - ''[[Pia Otte]]''
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*[http://pen.solar/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SOLAR-TEA-ARTICLE.pdf Aspects of Solar Air Pre-heating in South Indian Tea Factories] - [http://www.pen.net.in/index.php ''Planters Energy Network'']
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*{{NewJul19}}'''May 2013:''' [https://mnre.gov.in/manufacturers-box-type-dish-type-solar-cooker Manufacturers of Box Type & Dish Type Solar Cooker] - ''Ministry of New and Renewable Energy''
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*'''November 2012:''' [[Media:Explaining Low Use Gujarat-November 2012.pdf|Explaining the Unexpectedly Low Use of Solar Cookers in Gujarat, India]] - ''[[Girja Sharan]] and Raju Pandya''
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*'''November 2012:''' [[Bashir Ahmad]], a Research Fellow at the Technical University of Denmark, provides an analysis of solar cooker usage compared to conventional cooking methods. Data was collected for the study in [[India]] and [[Burkina Faso]] in the 80's and 90's. [[Media:An Analysis of Solar Cooker Usage, Bashir Ahmad, 11-12.pdf|An Analysis of Solar Cooker Usage - ''Bashir Ahmad'']]
   
 
*'''February 2012:''' [[Patricia McArdle]] attended a workshop dealing with the construction and proper alignment techniques for [[Scheffler Community Kitchen]]s in Dhule, India: [[Media:Solar Cooking Workshop Dhule 2012 .pdf|Read her report]].
  
*'''February 2012:''' [[Patricia McArdle]] attended a workshop dealing with the construction and proper alignment techniques for [[Scheffler Community Kitchen]]s in Dhule, India: [[Media:Solar Cooking Workshop Dhule 2012 .pdf|Read her report]].
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*'''January 2009:''' [[:Image:Watermelon_Processing_in_Triple_Purpose_Solar_Integrated_Device_-_P.C._Pande_(January_2009).pdf|Watermelon Processing in Integrated Solar Heater, Cooker, and Dryer]] - ''[[P.C. Pande ]]''
  
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*{{NewJan16}}'''Spring 2009:''' [http://energy.lbl.gov/staff/gadgil/docs/2009/sbc-rpt-2009.pdf Solar Box Cooker for Gujarat, India] - ''[[Ashok Gadgil]]''
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*'''January 2009:''' [[:Image:Thematic_studies_for_processing_and_preservation_of_food_supplement,_chilies_and_ginger_by_drying_through_solar_energy_-_Ranjita_Bezbaruhah_Sharma_(January_2009).pdf‎|Thematic Studies for Processing and Preservation of Foods with Solar Energy]] - ''[[Ranjita Bezbaruah Sharma]]''
  
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*'''January 2009:''' [[:Image:Studies_on_Fortification_of_Solar_Dried_Fruit_bars_-_G._Sarojini,_V._Veena,_M._Ramakrishna_Rao_(January_2009).pdf‎|Fortification of Solar Dried Fruit Bars]] -''[[G. Sarojini]], [[V. Veena]], [[M. Ramakrishna Rao]]''
  
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*'''January 2009:''' [[:Image:Watermelon_Processing_in_Triple_Purpose_Solar_Integrated_Device_-_P.C._Pande_(January_2009).pdf|Watermelon Processing in Integrated Solar Heater, Cooker, and Dryer]] - ''P.C. Pande ''
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*'''January 2009:''' [[:Image:Thematic_studies_for_processing_and_preservation_of_food_supplement,_chilies_and_ginger_by_drying_through_solar_energy_-_Ranjita_Bezbaruhah_Sharma_(January_2009).pdf‎|Thematic Studies for Processing and Preservation of Foods with Solar Energy]] - ''Ranjita Bezbaruah Sharma''
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*'''January 2009:''' [[:Image:Studies_on_Fortification_of_Solar_Dried_Fruit_bars_-_G._Sarojini,_V._Veena,_M._Ramakrishna_Rao_(January_2009).pdf‎|Fortification of Solar Dried Fruit Bars]] -''G. Sarojini, V. Veena, M. Ramakrishna Rao''
 
*'''January 2009:''' [[:Image:Perspectives_of_solar_food_processing_in_India_-_C._Palaniappan_(January_2009).pdf|Perspectives of Solar Food Processing in India]] - ''[[C. Palaniappan]]''
  
*'''January 2009:''' [[:Image:Perspectives_of_solar_food_processing_in_India_-_C._Palaniappan_(January_2009).pdf|Perspectives of Solar Food Processing in India]] - ''[[C. Palaniappan]]''
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*'''January 2009:''' [[:Image:Micro-enterprises_in_Solar_Food_Processing_Technology_-_Case_Study_-_M._Ramakrishana_Rao,_D.J._Rao,_S.L._Kumar_(January_2009).pdf‎|Micro-Enterprises in Solar Food Processing]] - ''[[M. Ramakrishna Rao]], [[D.J. Rao]], [[S.L. Kumar]]''
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*'''January 2009:''' [[:Image:Micro-enterprises_in_Solar_Food_Processing_Technology_-_Case_Study_-_M._Ramakrishana_Rao,_D.J._Rao,_S.L._Kumar_(January_2009).pdf‎|Micro-Enterprises in Solar Food Processing]] - ''M. Ramakrishna Rao, D.J. Rao, S.L. Kumar''
 
*'''January 2009:''' [[:Image:Food_processing_through_solar_energy_-_Mr._Ghanshyam_Lukhi_(January_2009).pdf‎|Food Processing Through Solar Energy]] - ''[[Ghanshyam Lukhi]]''
  
*'''January 2009:''' [[:Image:Food_processing_through_solar_energy_-_Mr._Ghanshyam_Lukhi_(January_2009).pdf‎|Food Processing Through Solar Energy]] - ''[[Ghanshyam Lukhi]]''
 
*'''January 2009:''' [[:Image:Promotion_of_SK14_Solar_Cookers_through_an_Eco_Center-_Case_Study_of_a_Unique_North-South_Co-operation_-_Dr._Shirin_Gadhia_(January_2009).pdf‎|Promotion of SK14 Solar Cookers through an Eco Center- Case Study of a Unique North-South Co-operation]] - ''Dr. Shirin Gadhia''
  
*'''January 2009:''' [[:Image:Promotion_of_SK14_Solar_Cookers_through_an_Eco_Center-_Case_Study_of_a_Unique_North-South_Co-operation_-_Dr._Shirin_Gadhia_(January_2009).pdf‎|Promotion of SK14 Solar Cookers through an Eco Center- Case Study of a Unique North-South Co-operation]] - ''Dr. Shirin Gadhia''
 
*'''January 2009:'''[[:Image:Promotion_Of_Smoke_Free_Villages_in_Chittoor_District_&_Employment_Generation_to_Rural_Youth_Through_Solar_Food_Processing_-_Mr._Jagadeeswara_Reddy_(January_2009).pdf| Promotion of Smoke Free Villages in Chittoor District &amp; Employment Generation to Rural Youth]] - ''[[Jagadeeswara Reddy]]''
  
*'''January 2009:'''[[:Image:Promotion_Of_Smoke_Free_Villages_in_Chittoor_District_&_Employment_Generation_to_Rural_Youth_Through_Solar_Food_Processing_-_Mr._Jagadeeswara_Reddy_(January_2009).pdf| Promotion of Smoke Free Villages in Chittoor District &amp; Employment Generation to Rural Youth]] - ''[[Jagadeeswara Reddy]]''
 
*'''January 2009:''' [[:Image:Advancing_towards_achievement_of_Millennium_Development_Goals_by_training_Rural_and_Tribal_women_in_Solar_Food_Processing-_A_Hands-on_Experience_at_Barli_Development_Institute_for_Rural_Women_in_Central_India_-_Dr._Janak_Palta_McGilligan_(Jan._2009).pdf|Advancing towards achievement of Millennium Development Goals by training Rural and Tribal women in Solar Food Processing - A Hands-on Experience at Barli Development Institute for Rural Women in Central India]] - ''Dr. Janak Palta McGilligan''
  
*'''January 2009:''' [[:Image:Advancing_towards_achievement_of_Millennium_Development_Goals_by_training_Rural_and_Tribal_women_in_Solar_Food_Processing-_A_Hands-on_Experience_at_Barli_Development_Institute_for_Rural_Women_in_Central_India_-_Dr._Janak_Palta_McGilligan_(Jan._2009).pdf|Advancing towards achievement of Millennium Development Goals by training Rural and Tribal women in Solar Food Processing - A Hands-on Experience at Barli Development Institute for Rural Women in Central India]] - ''Dr. Janak Palta McGilligan''
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*'''August 2008:''' [[Media:A_Solar_Cooking_Day.pdf|A Solar Cooking Day]]
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*'''August 2008:''' [[Media:A Solar Cooking Day.pdf|A Solar Cooking Day]]
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*'''July 2006:''' [[Media:Granada06_mamata_dutta.pdf|Disseminsation of Solar Cooker Information]] - ''Mamata Dutta''
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*'''July 2006:''' [[Media:Granada06 mamata dutta.pdf|Disseminsation of Solar Cooker Information]] - ''Mamata Dutta''
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*'''July 2006:''' [[Media:Granada06_sudha_mahalingam.pdf|Sustainable Energy Policies for Promotion of Solar Cookers in India]] - ''[[Sudha Mahalingam]]''
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*'''July 2006:''' [[Media:Granada06 sudha mahalingam.pdf|Sustainable Energy Policies for Promotion of Solar Cookers in India]] - ''Sudha Mahalingam''
 
*'''March 2003:''' [http://solarcooking.org/newsletters/scrmar03.htm#India India's solar cooker program] - ''[[Solar Cooker Review]]''
  
*'''March 2003:''' [http://solarcooking.org/newsletters/scrmar03.htm#India India's solar cooker program] - ''[[Solar Cooker Review]]''
 
*'''June 2001''' [http://www.indiatogether.org/stories/suncook.htm S. Narayanaswamy Sheds Light on Solar Cooking] - ''India Together''
  
*'''June 2001''' [http://www.indiatogether.org/stories/suncook.htm S. Narayanaswamy Sheds Light on Solar Cooking] - ''India Together''
 
*'''May 1999:''' [http://solarcooking.org/gujarat.htm Solar Cooking Technology - How Far are Technology Promoters and Users From Each Other?]
  
*'''May 1999:''' [http://solarcooking.org/gujarat.htm Solar Cooking Technology - How Far are Technology Promoters and Users From Each Other?]
   
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===Articles in the media===
  
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*'''February 2014:''' [http://www.iede.co.uk/news/2014_4033/sun-smiles-cold-desert Sun Smiles on a Cold Desert] - ''Independent European Daily Express''
  
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*'''November 2013:''' [http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/more-schools-in-coimbatore-to-get-solar-cookers/article5367329.ece More Indian schools to get solar cookers] - ''The Hindu''
  
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*'''August 2013:''' [http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/solar-cooking-technology/article5025347.ece Solar cooking technology] - ''The Hindu''
  
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*'''June 2013:''' [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Go-solar-for-healthier-food/articleshow/20451145.cms 'Go solar for healthier food'] - ''The Times of India''
  
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*'''April 2013:''' Vintage Visakha organized a demonstration of solar cooking at its office at Abidnagar. [http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/solar-cooking-demo-held/article4576802.ece Solar cooking demo held] - ''The Hindu''
  
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*'''March 2013:''' [http://newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/article1509808.ece Solar City on the beam] - ''The New Indian Express''
  
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*'''November 2012:''' [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Sun-fuels-hearth-at-Akshardham/articleshow/17273109.cms Sun fuels hearth at Akshardham] - ''The Times of India''
  
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*'''August 2012:''' [http://urvishdave.wordpress.com/2012/08/01/indias-first-unique-green-ashram-at-the-solar-capital-of-india-gujarat-a-model-multiplier-for-renewable-energy-and-sustainable-community INDIA’s FIRST & UNIQUE “GREEN ASHRAM” at the Solar Capital of India GUJARAT – A model & multiplier for Renewable energy and Sustainable Community] - ''urvishdave''
  
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*'''October 2012:''' [http://www.aajkikhabar.com/en/News/Human-Interest/Major-Indian-pilgrimage-centres-going-green/705458.html Major Indian pilgrimage centres going green] - ''AAJKI KABAR''
  
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*'''June 2012:''' [http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_gujarat-septuagenarian-taps-solar-power_1698393 Gujarat septuagenarian taps solar power] - ''Daily News and Analysis''
  
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*'''June 2012:''' [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/rajkot/Ambaji-temple-goes-green/articleshow/13833182.cms Ambaji temple goes green] - ''The Times of India''
  
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*'''April 2012:''' [http://www.indianexpress.com/news/soon-golden-temple-may-dish-out-solarcooked-langar/937188/ Soon, Golden Temple may dish out solar-cooked langar] - ''The Indian Express''
  
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*'''February 2012:''' [http://dailypioneer.com/nation/41267-medical-colleges-into-green-mode-for-change.html Medical colleges into green mode for change] - ''The Pioneer''
  
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*'''February 2012:''' [http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/farooq-for-encouraging-renewable-energy-sources/959733.html Farooq for encouraging renewable energy sources] - ''IBN Live''
  
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*'''December 2011:''' [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/article2676815.ece Plan to reap benefits of solar cooking system] - ''The Hindu''
  
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*'''June 2011:''' [http://www.dailyindia.com/show/448154.php Shirdi’s Prasadalaya achieves a first, using solar energy to make meals for devotees] - ''Daily India.com''
  
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*'''May 2011:''' [http://www.hindustantimes.com/Gurgaon-goes-green/Article1-697020.aspx Gurgaon goes green] - ''Hindustan Times''
  
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*'''August 2010:''' [http://www.baycitizen.org/blogs/pulse-of-the-bay/sierra-club-helps-bring-green-jobs-india/ Sierra Club Helps Bring Green Jobs to India] - ''The Bay Citizen''
  
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*'''July 2010:''' [http://www.azocleantech.com/details.asp?newsID=11223 Renewal Energy Park in India Set to Open During October 2010] - ''A to Z Cleantech''
  
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*'''June 2010:''' [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai/Smoke-free-solar-cooker-cooks-up-interest-in-this-tiny-hamlet/articleshow/4633356.cms Smoke-free solar cooker cooks up interest in this tiny hamlet] - ''The Times of India''
  
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*'''November 2009:''' "Every [Indian] individual/household should have a solar cooker," says Arvind Virmani, Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, Government of [[India]].
  
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*'''October 2009:''' [http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE59T0WC20091030 Mass-market U.N. carbon scheme finds favor in India] - ''Reuters''
  
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*'''July 2009:''' [http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/07/03/stories/2009070350141000.htm Economic Survey urges Indian Government to eliminate cooking fuel/kerosene subsidies and ensure rural households have a solar cooker and a solar lantern] - ''The Hindu, Business Times''
  
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*'''July 2009:''' [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Chennai/Solar-energy-to-cook-30k-meals-at-university/articleshow/4726290.cms Solar energy to cook 30k meals at university] - ''The Times of India''
  
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* '''February 2008:''' [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Business/India-Business/Bharat-hot-on-solar-cookers-new-energy/articleshow/4139388.cms Bharat hot on solar cookers, new energy] - ''The Times of India''
  
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* '''February 2008:''' [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/opinion/15friedman.html?_r=1 Yes They Could, So They Did] - ''New York Times''
  
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*'''July 2008:''' [http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1820844,00.html India's Temples Go Green] - ''Time Magazine''
  
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*'''June 2008:''' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/01/india.climatechange?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront India tackles climate change with renewable energy] - ''The Guardian (UK)''
  
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*'''June 2008:''' [http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/12/stories/2008061254481000.htm Cooking with the sun] - ''The Hindu''
  
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*'''June 2008:''' [http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Kitchen-for-poor-kids-go-hightech-in-state-homes/320116/ Kitchen for poor kids go high-tech (solar) in state homes] - ''Express India''
  
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*'''June 2008:''' [http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/gujarat-industry-opposes-fuel-price-hikes_10056806.html Gujarat industry opposed fuel price hikes] - ''Thaindian News''
  
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*'''March 2008:''' [http://saicampustimes.blogspot.com/2008/03/rewriting-books-in-ladakh.html Rewriting the Books in Ladakh] - ''Cultural Survival Quarterly''
  
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*'''March 2008:''' [http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-03/uoc--bcp032008.php Black carbon pollution emerges as major player in global warming] - ''Scripps Institution of Oceanography''
  
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*'''February 2008:''' [http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Columnists/Jaideep_Mishra_Tax_and_Petroleum/articleshow/2778183.cms Fiscal policy to act as a tool to lighten the oil shock] - ''The Economic Times''
  
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*'''February 2008:''' [http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Services/Govt_looking_for_consultants_to_tap_CDM_benefits/articleshow/2752533.cms Govt looking for consultants to tap CDM benefits] - ''The Economic Times''
  
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*'''January 2008:''' [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Everything_under_the_sun/articleshow/2677630.cms Everything under the sun] - ''The Times of India''
  
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*'''July 2007:''' [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Religious_places_earn_carbon_credits/articleshow/2228480.cms Holy smoke! Religious places too earning carbon credits] - ''The Times of India''
  
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*'''April 2007:''' [http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-04/urco-ueb042307.php UN engages banks to light up rural India; Solar loans, energy access transform life for poor] - ''EurekAlert''
  
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*'''March 2007:''' [http://www.newbuilder.co.uk/news/NewsFullStory.asp?ID=1870 Solar cookers save Indian emissions] - ''NDTV.com''
  
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[[File:Suryakumbha|thumb|none|550px|On 19th January 2013, 2044 children from 107 schools participated in this historical event wherein trained by 206 trainers and 45 supervisors, they built their own solar ovens and cooked 400 kg of Sabudana Khichadi in it. This is the video summary of the same.]]
  
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[[File:Square Parabolic Solar Cooker|thumb|left|400 px|[[Goldin Bennet]] of the
  
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*[http://davidmdelaney.com/rooftop/rooftop.html Solar Cooking on the Roof] - ''[[David Delaney]]''
  
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*[http://translate.google.com/translate_s?hl=en&clss=&q=solar+cooker&tq=&sl=en&tl=hi Google search showing English translations of pages containing the words for "solar cooker" in Hindi]
  
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Suryakumbh aerial photo 2017
SuryaKumbh festival again sets record - Vivek Kabra reports: "On 11 Feb, 2017, approximately 7,500 school children created history by participating in the World's Largest Solar Cooking Festival. Trained by 400 trainers and guided by 150 supervisors, each one of them made their own solar cooker and cooked noodles in it. Having experienced the power of the sun first hand, each child took the SuryaKumbh solar cooker back home to share the magic of cooking without fuel." The event this year was organized by the Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation and held in the Bhayandar-Thane area. Aerial view of the 7,438 school children learning the basics of solar cooking at SuryaKumbh 2017 - Photo credit: Vivek Kabra.More information...

Events[]

Featured international events[]

SE for ALL forum logo 2024, 10-3-23
  • 4-6 June 2024 (Bridgetown, Barbados): Sustainable Energy for All Global Forum - The event will be co-hosted by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) and the government of Barbados. It is a platform for government, business and finance leaders, entrepreneurs, and youth and community representatives from around the world to come together to broker new partnerships, spur new investment, and address challenges at the nexus of energy, climate, and development. More information...

Online events[]

ESMAP Photo, 4-16-24
  • NEW: Thursday, 18 April 2024 (2:30pm-3:15pm EDT), (Washington, D.C., USA): ESMAP Spring Meetings Knowledge Café: Clean Cooking at the Heart of Energy Access - Join ESMAP for this exciting knowledge-sharing opportunity, which will showcase the role of clean cooking as a key part of energy access and energy transition. Presentations by René van Hell, Director of Inclusive Growth, Ministry of Foreign Affair, Netherlands, Dr. Kandeh Yumkella Chairman, Presidential Initiative on Climate, Renewable Energy and Food Security, Sierra Leone, and Chandrasekar Govindarajalu, Practice Manager, ESMAP, World Bank. In-person attendance at World Bank Atrium, MC Front Lobby is for Spring Meetings registrants only. However, you can watch the event online

Requests for proposal[]

  • Decentralized Renewable Energy Solutions utilizing Solar and Bio-Energy - Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments of ScienceDirect, is requesting guest-author submissions. The special issue, VSI: DRES is devoted to publishing research articles reporting the innovative designs and design interventions in solar thermal and bio-energy for decentralized energy systems (DES). It includes i) new and novel designs of prototype or commercial devices and technologies, their development, modeling and simulations and experimental validation; ii) innovations for processes, techniques, utilization, and applications; iii) novel use of materials for improving efficiency, performance, techno-economic feasibility, and sustainability and iv) research findings addressing the socio-economic, health and safety impacts, and life cycle assessments leading to proposing novel devices for DES. The Deadline for submission is 31 July 2024. More submittal information...
See also: Global Calendar of Events and past events in India

Most significant projects[]

Shirdi roof collector array

Shirdi roof collector array

Shirdi collector diagram

Shirdi collector array diagram

Shirdi cooking photo

Cooking in the kitchen at Shirdi

  • Rooftop solar installation feeds 50,000 people per day: Gadhia Solar Energy Systems Pvt. Ltd. completed installation of a solar steam cooking system, capable of cooking 40,000-50,000 meals per day. It is located at Shirdi Sai Baba temple in Shirdi, Maharashtra, India. With nearly 30,000 visitors each day, the temple’s dining halls are some of the largest in India. The solar steam cooking system is comprised of seventy-three rooftop-mounted Scheffler reflectors of sixteen square meters each. The dishes concentrate sunlight on receivers that contain water, generating steam that is piped down to the kitchen for cooking purposes. To maintain constant focus with the sun, the dishes automatically rotate throughout the day after being manually aligned once each morning. The solar steam cooking system is retrofitted to existing liquid petroleum gas-powered steam boilers that are still used in the evening and during prolonged periods of inclement weather. Though the solar steam cooking system cost nearly $300,000, government subsidies reduced the temple’s portion to about $170,000. Liquid petroleum gas use has been cut by roughly 100,000 kilograms each year, for an annual savings of approximately $45,000. The temple should recoup its investment in three to four years. According to company founder Deepak Gadhia, the solar steam cooking technology was originally developed in Germany. However, the equipment does not contain imported components, and is manufactured with local machinery and labor, creating much-needed jobs. Gadhia has adapted the system for use in India, and has installed 50 such systems of varying sizes over the past two decades. The March edition of CNN’s Eco Solutions program highlights the Shirdi Sai Baba temple solar steam cooking system.


Suryakumbh aerial photo 2017

Aerial view of the 7,438 school children learning the basics of solar cooking at SuryaKumbh 2017 - Photo credit: Vivek Kabra

  • SuryaKumbh festival again sets record for largest solar cooking workshop - Vivek Kabra reports: "On 11 Feb, 2017, 7,500 school children created history by participating in the World's Largest Solar Cooking Festival. Trained by 400 trainers and guided by 150 supervisors, each one of them made their own solar cooker and cooked noodles in it. Having experienced the power of the sun first hand, each child took the SuryaKumbh solar cooker back home to share the magic of cooking without fuel." The event this year was organized by the Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation and held in the Bhayandar - Thane area. More information...


Jimmy McGilligan Centre for Sustainable Development, 3-7-22 copy

Jimmy McGilligan demonstrates a large parabolic solar reflector to local women. Photo credit: Janak McGilligan

  • Jimmy McGilligan Centre for Sustainable Development and the Barli Development Institute for Rural Women - The long lasting partnership of Janak McGilligan and Jimmy McGilligan has provided a depth of solar cooking instruction for rural residents in India, beginning their work in 2008. Since that time, the two facilities, the Jimmy McGilligan Centre for Sustainable Development and the Barli Development Institute for Rural Women, have trained over 150,000 youths in solar cooking, and over 6,000 rural and tribal women from over 1,000 villages to be community workers and trainers for solar cooking. They have shown communities that solar cookers can prepare their traditional and community foods with no problem, and have supervised the installation of many Scheffler Community Kitchens. Their projects have helped the self esteem of the local women, and created opportunities for them to use solar cooking to establish businesses that continue to provide community revenue. Jimmy passed away in 2011, but as of 2022, Janak continues to carry on their valuable work. Watch Janak McGilligan recall their work at CONSOLFOOD 2022

News[]

Janak McG, 3-11-24

The men prepared a solar cooked lunch for the women, Photo credit: India News Calling

  • NEW: March 2024: Men cooked and served a solar lunch for the women to celebrate International Women Day March 8, 2024 - Men organized and hosted a solar Lunch at Jimmy McGilligan Centre for Sustainable Development in the village Sanawadiya in India. They celebrated International Women's Day in a unique way. This year, many men specifically learned how to solar cooking, and cooked a solar lunch for the women. The event was attended by 30 participants, including Dr. Janak Palta McGilligan. Read more...


Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra cooker, 12-15-23

The Scheffler Community Kitchen installed for Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra 2023, Photo credit: Swaaha

  • December 2023: Mega solar cooker in the Himalayan Mountains - A presentation was made at COP28 by Sameer Sharma, CEO and Co-founder of Swaaha. He relates the story of how large Scheffler Community Kitchen solar cookers were installed high in the Himalayan Mountains, for the two-month festival Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra 2023. The new solar cookers, while used in conjunction with biomass and biogas sources, generated considerable interest by providing a sustainable way to prepare three daily meals for over 2,400 Hindi pilgrims. In all, over 500,000 people, who visit the high-altitude holy site during the one month festival, viewed the solar cooker and received information on how they could have this technology at their own home locations. His presentation begins at 21:00 of the accompanying video, which begins with a worldwide solar cooking overview provided by Solar Cookers International personnel.
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Solar Cooking – A Pathway to Emissions Prevention and Climate Crisis Mitigation-3

Janak McGilligan ISES 2023, 11-1-23

Janak McGilligan addresses the Solar Energy Conference 2023 in New Delhi, Photo credit: GeoTv


Suryakumbh 2023 image, 10-17-23

Over 400 school age children participated in the second Suryakumbh workshop in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India on 15 October 2023, Photo credit: Campusvarta

  • October 2023: Suryakumbh 2 2023 (Bhubaneswar, Odisha): - A second Suryakumbh workshop was held this year to commemorate the observation of World Students’ Day on 15th October. The Design Innovation Centre (Sponsored by Ministry of Education, Govt. of India), IIT Bhubaneswar, in association with the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) and Entrepreneurship Cell of the Institute organized the workshop. 400 government school students from the five adopted villages and the migrant workers’ settlement of the Institute participated in this workshop. During the workshop, they received training on building and utilizing solar cookers for cooking, and baked cakes with their new solar cookers. Read more...
Ajay Chandak, patent 458401, Composite Structure for Heat Storage

Ajay Chandak patent approval from the government of India, Composite Structure for Heat Storage, Patent #458401

  • October 2023: Patent approval - Ajay Chandak has received Patent #458401 from the government of India for Composite Structure for Heat Storage. This innovation will be used for heat storage in solar cookers, enabling indoor cooking in the comfort of kitchen and allowing cooking even after sunset.
  • October 2023: Computer science students learn sustainable living from Janak Balta McGilligan - A group of students from Soft Vision College Indore came to Sinawadiya in Madhya Pradesh, India, to conduct academic studies at the Jimmy McGilligan Centre for Sustainable Development. The students were amazed at the simplicity of using a solar cooker to harness the sun’s energy for cooking. Janak McGilligan maintains a zero-waste and zero-electricity lifestyle at her home and training center, and is an example of sustainability for us all to emulate. Read more...
McGilligan Center students, 10-13-23

Students from Soft Vision College Indore discover solar cooking with Janak McGilligan. Photo credit: Geo TV


Suryakumbh 2023 1, 1-23-23

1000 children gathered at SuryaKumbh 2023 in Boisar, India, learning to assemble and prepare a meal with a solar cooker

Suryakumbh 2023 2, 1-23-23

A successful meal preparation, SuryaKumbh 2023, Boisar, India

  • January 2023: Celebrating the joy of solar cooking with 1000 children - Vivek Kabra provided an update for this year's SuryaKumbh. Children assembled their own solar cookers and cooked their own meals using the same for the very first time. The CSR wing of NPCIL (Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd) provided the reflective solar panel cooker kits for the children attending from the Boisar metro area in India.


Janak McGilligan photo, 1-14-23

Janak McGilligan, Photo credit; the better india

  • December 2022: Bappu Deshmukh, designer and maker of the Sun Venture Smart Cooker, held a solar cooker construction workshop for a group of young students, in Roing northeast India. The group collectively made four box cookers and six Copenhagen Lotus Cookers. They left with a usable solar appliances to take home.
See the solar cookers created at Bappu Deshmukh's student workshop


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Prof. Soni demonstrates the operation of a parabolic solar cooker, Photo credit: India Times

  • November 2022: During the three-day event between 20-21 November, Dr. Manoj Kumar Soni, an Associate Professor at BITS Pilani, and his team prepared a range of food items, including cakes, pizzas, and even sabudana khichadi to show the possibilities of cooking with solar thermal energy. Over the years, Prof. Soni and his team have trained hundreds of women from neighboring villages in the use of these solar cookers. Read more...


ICDS center program, 11-29-22

ICDS Center students assemble a Copenhagen Solar Cooker Light solar panel cooker as part of their alternative energy training, Photo credit: The Telegraph online

  • November 2022: Student training in alternative energy - Students assemble and install appliances at an ICDS center in Howrah’s Domjur. The group were trained under a pilot project of the Pratichi Trust to assemble everyday appliances. This included assembling and using a Copenhagen Solar Cooker Light solar panel cooker. Read more...


GEDA Scheffler at Latur photo, 10-25-22

GEDA solar cooking system in Latur, Maharashtra, India Photo credit: The Times of India

  • October 2022: The Goa Energy Development Agency to install solar cooking system for the Central Reserve Police Force in Latur, Maharashtra. It will be used to cook food for about 1,000 people. The installation, which will cost around Rs 1.5 crore, will lead to saving of 171 kg of LPG per day. The system boasts a lifespan of twenty years and a payback period of 2.5 years. Read more...


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Orjabox evacuated tube cooker demonstration, Photo credit: Orjabox

  • September 2022: New solar cooking business in Pune - Orjabox was launched in 2018 by Vishakha Chandhere from her city of Pune, in Maharashtra. An engineer by education, she has worked in the environment and clean energy sector, and began experimenting with clean cooking to find sustainable alternatives to expensive LPG cylinders. Orjabox regularly hosts workshop demonstrations at the Rupa Rahul Bajaj Center for Environment and Arts in Pune, as well as online awareness sessions. They are able to tailor the right sustainable cooking equipment program for individuals and for commercial facilities as well.
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Children at the Suryakumbh event in Bengaluru, India Photo credit: Deccan Herald

  • July 2022: Suryakumbh 2022 - Over 300 school students cooked together with 300 portable solar cookers in a first-of-its-kind event at a school in Karnataka. Prajna, a Class 7 student, who participated in the event called Suryakumbh, says, “We got to know more about solar cookers and how we can harness freely available solar energy with such simple technology. The food took 60 minutes to cook well as there was enough sunlight. Vivek Kabra, the founder of the solar company that organized this event, says, “We started this initiative called ‘Suryakumbh’ in 2012 to promote the idea of solar energy amongst school children between Classes four and 10. Cooking is the ideal way to connect children with solar energy because it gives them immediate feedback and there is a joy in it.” Read more...
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Scheffler Community Kitchens installed by DayStar volunteers at the Amarnath shrine, Photo credit: Mirror Now

  • July 2022: Solar power and zero-waste for Amarnath - Volunteers with DayStar Solar Cooking Solutions have completed a sizable mission to install six parabolic solar cookers along the route to several high altitude temples in the Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, India, as well as removing 1,500 metric tons of waste from the surrounding hillsides. Two of the largest solar cookers are Scheffler Community Kitchens located at Amarnath, along with four Prince-15s, two along the Baltal route and two along the Pahalgam route. This is to spread awareness against waste left behind and generated by hundreds of thousands of pilgrims visiting the revered cave shrine annually. Sunil Chouhan, the Director and Founder of Daystar, states the aim of this project is to make Amarnath Yatra, the benchmark of cleanliness and sustainability.” Read more
  • April 2022: Pali village to go solar - Pali village located in the Samba District was visited by PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate a 500 kW solar plant. Sarpanch Randhir Sharma said, “Every house has been given solar cooker. Some families use wood as kitchen fuel. We are trying to provide them solar stoves.” Read more...
  • November 2021: Building back Suryakumbh - Vivek Kabra, with assistance from Project Chirag, was able to organize and create the first Surkakumbh since 2019. He reported that sixty children from the tribal belt of Mokhada experienced the magic of solar cooking by cooking sumptuous poha without fuel, fire, or electrical heating.
Pallavi Patil photo, 11-19-21

Pallavi Patil of Pune, describes the many ways she has reduced her LPG consumption with the help of solar cooking - The Better India

  • November 2021: Reducing the family's LPG consumption - Pallavi Patil of Pune, has found many techniques for living more simply, and also resulting in lowering her familie's LPG consumption. She grows much of her own food, and realized they could live without air conditioning or a refrigerator. uses a solar box cooker, comprised of an insulated square box, a glass lid on the cooking tray and a mirror on its underside. The food placed in metal pots is cooked by the heat absorbed by a blackened surface. “Our gas cylinder used to last us for two months, but using a solar cooker helps me save 15 days’ worth of gas and half the labour. The food is cooked at stable temperatures and doesn’t require dedicated stirring." Read more...
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Suneel Chauhan has created a prototype for a mobile tea serving business. Image credit: Suneel Chauhan

  • November 2021: Mobile bicycle tea service - A young entrepreneur from Indore MP, Suneel Chauhan, has begun testing a prototype system he calls the Solar Tea Stall on Cycle. A trough style solar cooker is mounted to the rear of a three wheel tricycle. When stopped it can quickly provide hot water for tea, and when traveling the trough reflector can be flipped forward to provide sun shading or rain protection for the rider. He hope is that this model will provide more employment opportunities for villagers. As well as tea, business owners can serve eggs, bread, paratha, and dal rice. Suneel is currently seeking mass production assistance, and can be reached at +91 6260 036385.
LPG gas burner, 9-8-21

LPG gas burner, Photo credit: The CSR Journal

  • September 2021: Cooking gas getting costlier every fortnight, worth the damage? The CSR Journal explores the situation occurring in India, where the cost of LPG gas is rising quickly. They consider the alternatives, and give credit to Bancha in Betul district, as the first village in India to have zero wooden stoves and almost no use for LPG cylinders, as the entire village has converted to using solar cooking appliances. Read more...
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    Deepak Gadhia, with Pranav and Bharat Gadhia, are on hand for the Scheffler reflector replacement at the Green Campus at Vankuva School

  • February 2021: New reflectors at Vankuva School - Deepak Gadhia reports that the large Scheffler reflectors on-site are in the process of being replaced at the Green Campus at Vankuva School] in Gujarat, India. The original reflectors each measured 10m2, and the new ones measure 16m2. The new reflectors will be first used to test existing thermic fluid, and then converted and tested with the pressurized hot water system solar thermal system.
  • September 2020: Prime Minister Modi calls for low-cost indoor solar cooking solutions - "In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to action for developing low-cost indoor solar cooking solutions, IOCL has tied up with Sun Bucket System, a US-based start-up working in the niche area of solar energy-based products. We are encouraging Indian oil and gas companies to develop such innovative and scalable tie-ups in solar sector, which have the potential to make nationwide impact.” More information...
Barefoot graduates, Barefoot College, 9-8-20

Recent Barefoot College graduates - Photo credit: Barefoot College

  • September 2020: Meet These 'Solar Mamas' of Rajasthan - The community-based Barefoot College, located in Tilonia, encourages a hands-on-training process of gaining practical knowledge. Since 2004, Barefoot college has been teaching solar engineering skills to illiterate older women from rural communities. Women are indeed agents of change, which is why they are being trained to use solar cookers, desalination plants, and water heaters. They then return to their villages to establish projects and train others. Read more...
Tiny Tech inventory, 12-9-19
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Ajay Chandak stands with the company's award winning PRINCE-40 Photo credit: PRINCE

  • November 2019: The PRINCE-40 wins award - The PRINCE-40 parabolic solar cooker, designed to serve a community, has won a National Grand Challenge for designing a robust, efficient, and compact community solar cooker. The challenge was from Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. The award focussed on community solar cooker designs.
Fuel cost comparison, 11-4-19
  • November 2019: Electric cooking starts to simmer in rural India - Following the success of the Saubhagya initiative and its announcement of 100 per cent rural household electrification, efficiency gains and cost reductions in solar panels and batteries are opening up a new market that has the potential to avoid using any solid or fossil fuel, with solar-powered electric cooking or e-cooking using pressure and rice cookers and induction stoves gaining traction. The winner of the 2017 challenge, IIT Bombay, has since conducted a project to convert the entire village of Bancha in Madhya Pradesh to solar panels and induction cookstoves instead of wood-burning or LPG stoves. With Rs 8.5 million provided by ONGC, all the 75 houses in Bancha now rely on solar-powered electric stoves to meet their cooking needs. Besides reducing air pollution, villagers no longer have to collect firewood from nearby forests, saving time and effort. More information...
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Around 24.75 lakh houses have been occupied under PMAY (Urban) - Photo credit: Financial Express

  • October 2019: Modi govt to offer Ayushman, Ujjwala benefits for PMAY users in three month trial program - The government will not just cover these beneficiaries under schemes like Ujjawala and Ayushman Bharat, but will also offer them solar energy run devices like solar cookers, etc as part of its efforts to develop a holistic self-sufficient and sustainable urban cluster. Under PMAY (Urban), the ministry of housing and urban affairs (MoHUA) has sanctioned around 90 lakh houses so far, of which 53.40 lakh have been grounded (work started) and more than 27.17 lakh have been completed with an investment of around Rs 5.54 lakh crore. Around 24.75 lakh houses have been occupied. It was officially rolled out in all cities under PMAY (Urban) on October 2 and will conclude on December 10. The campaign is to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. More information...
IndianOil pilot study, 9-17-19 copy

IndianOil director, Dr. SSV Ramakumar, unveiled the start of the indoor solar cooking program in Leh, Ladakh Photo credit; PSU

  • September 2019: Oil company supports indoor solar cooking: - IndianOil has formed a partnership with the start-up company, Sun Buckets, to sponsor a test pilot program of their indoor solar cooking system in Leh, Ladakh. The Sun Bucket can be ‘charged’ using parabolic solar concentrators kept outdoors. Once charged, the system is capable of storing and discharging the thermal energy on demand for indoor cooking — for boiling, steaming, frying and to make roti. It has enough heat storage capacity to cater to cooking demands during the day as well as at night. More information...
Alzubair Saiyed September 2019

The model being built (left) and Alzubair Saiyed teaching a workshop (right)

  • September 2019: Gujarat Man Teaches Tribal Women to Make Solar Cookers That Cost Just Rs 100! - The Better India (“We have organised the Solar Cooker Workshop in more than 100 villages till date. In the last two years, our initiative has reached many parts of Maharashtra and Karnataka as well. While on the one hand, many rural families have already begun using solar cookers successfully, on the other, we are working on setting up a solar cooker laboratory in the tribal village of Casa located in Palghar district of Maharashtra,” said Alzubair Saiyed.)
PRINCE - 40 parabolic cooker, 2-6-12
  • July 2019: In the second week of July, Dr. Ajay Chandak will lead an environmental expedition to Ladakh to demonstrate the ability of solar thermal parabolic cookers to cook food and boil tea with the power of the sun even when snow is on the ground and temperatures are below freezing. Ladakh, a high-altitude desert with more than 325 clear sunny days and no locally available cooking fuel is an ideal region for cooking with solar thermal devices. Using solar cookers whenever the sun is shining can significantly reduce the amount of subsidized LPG fuel that residents of this region must currently purchase and import every year. Ajay and his team will demonstrate low cost, easy to use PRINCE solar cookers at schools and rural child care centers (Aanganwadis). They will carry out a solar cooking expedition to Khardungla Pass, at an elevation of 5360 mt (17585.2 ft) on the 10th of July. Ajay also plans to donate a PRINCE-40 solar community cooker to Indian Army personnel for pilot testing so that it can be used in remote outposts in this region where all cooking fuel must be imported at tremendous expense. Ajay has been instrumental in training and mentoring entrepreneurs from Ladakh since 2010. These entrepreneurs have manufactured and installed almost 1000 domestic solar cookers in the reg
  • March 2019: Smart Solar Cooking Solutions Design National Challenge 2019 - The Department of Science and Technology, Government of India is providing young Indian innovators with a chance to submit their designs of efficient and user-friendly solar cooking solutions and win financial grants. Indian citizens affiliated to any academic institution, R&D organization and/or an Indian company/Industry recognized under the Company’s Act/DSIR may apply for this scholarship with their design ideas. The last date to apply for the challenge was 31 March 2019. [http://www.dst.gov.in/callforproposals/national-grand-challenge-awards-designing-user-friendly-smart-solar-cooking More information...
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  • July 2023: Solar Steam Cooking System (CST) at the Shirdi temple in India
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Solar Steam Cooking System (CST) in Shirdi-2

  • July 2023:
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World's Largest Solar Kitchen In Shirdi 🙏 - Sai Prasadalaya

The daily meal is served at the Shirdi Sai Baba temple in Shirdi, Maharashtra, India. With nearly 30,000 visitors each day, the temple’s dining halls are some of the largest in India.

  • November 2022:
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James Dean Conklin- Filming "Family of the Sun"-2

A documentary interview conducted by Luther Krueger, of the Big Blue Sun Museum of Solar Cooking, with James Dean Conklin, who since the early 2000s, has spent considerable time researching the efforts of Deepak Gadhia and Janak and Jimmy McGlilligan

  • March 2022:
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Solar-powered food dehydrator empowers Indian farmers-2

Solar-powered food dehydrator empowers Indian farmers


  • February 2017:
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CST and Solar Cooker Excellence Award 2016

Piyush Goyal, Minister of State with Independent Charge for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy, presents on solar energy use in India.

  • January 2016:
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  • June 2015:
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The Solar Bowl

A charitable institution inTamil Nadu, India is using solar energy to cook 3,000 meals for 650 children a day, reducing dependence on cooking gas and saving nearly US$ 8,000 each year.

  • February 2015:
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News story four minutes into the video showing thousands of students solar cooking at the Maha Suryakumbha event in January 2015.

  • July 2014:
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McGilligan Empowering young Rural and Tribal women with Solar Cookers

  • May 2013:
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Square Parabolic Solar Cooker

Goldin Bennet of the Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering National Institute of Technology Tiruchirapalli, shows how they have fabricated a parabolic solar cooker using small square panels in 2013.

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Solar Cookers in India, Global Ideas

Deepak Gadhia's efforts promoting various solar powered projects

  • September 2007:
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The Smokeless Village

News report showing the Smokeless Village where all inhabitants cook with solar cookers

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A solar cooking demonstration in Delhi in 1956. Photo credit: Wake-Up India

Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources

India, Asia's second largest country next to China, is second to China in the number of solar cookers in use. The situation in India has been more complex than that of China., and more is known about Indian programs. The Third World Conference on Solar Cooking was held in India, which permitted the history and progress of solar technology's uses to be better known around the world.

The Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources (MNES), Government of India, was established in 1982, first as a Department and later as a Ministry. The Ministry's mandate extended well beyond solar cooking, including fuel efficient wood and charcoal stoves, power from other renewable sources, energy from industrial wastes, and research and development in a number of related fields (photovoltaics, biogas, and pollution prevention, for example). MNES began seriously to promote solar cooking in the early 80s, with an initial focus almost entirely on the solar box cooker.

The population of India is roughly 70% rural. MNES states, "cooking accounts for a major share of the total energy consumption in rural homes (Singhal, correspondence, 2003, p. 1). Sources of that energy use have been largely fuelwood, animal dung, or crop residues. All emit smoke, pollute the atmosphere, and are deterimental to health and safety of family members, particularly women. Fuelwood has become more scarce each coming year. FAO data show that 21.6% of the Indian land mass is forested, and conservation efforts have been in place to reverse previous loss. The effort has been affected by the large and dense population, and a slowing but still substantial birth rate (continuing to increase at 1.7% per annum, or 17% in a decade). Solar cooking has been viewed as one way to alleviate a number of India's problems and as such supported by government efforts.

Institutional solar cooking

The Press Bureau of the Government of India reported in 2007 that there were 525,000 solar cookers installed in India. The Press Bureau also reported in 2003 that, "The solar cooker programme has been expanded by introducing new designs for community use. Three solar steam cooking systems based on automatic tracking concentrating collective technology for cooking food for 600-3,000 people per day, and one system based on ‘Solar Bowl’ technology, have been installed. World's largest solar steam cooking system has been installed at Tirumala Tirupati. The system is designed to cook two meals for 15,000 persons in one day. Another system for 2,000 people was erected at Brahmakumaris Ashram in Gurgaon in July, 2002. Three community cookers for indoor cooking have been installed at a training hostel and an NGO’s establishment in Leh. In all, six such systems have been installed under the MNES demonstration scheme. A total of 500 dish solar cookers and 60 community solar cookers have been installed so far."

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Solar Cookers International has rated India as the #1 country worldwide for solar cooking potential. In the year 2020, the estimated number of people in India who will suffer from fuel scarcity is 157,400,000, but these people will continue to have ample access to the sun. In December 2007, the Indian Government instituted a program of rebates on various renewable energy devices including solar cookers. Solar cooking has even been recommended in the Rig Veda, a sacred Hindu text, stating: "All edibles ripened or cooked in the sun’s rays change into super medicine, the amrita."

India Solar Resource map, 12-3-12

India Solar Resource Map provided by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory

 
India Solar Radiation Map 2015

Fuels used for cooking[]

URBAN SECTOR

  • LPG (47.96%)
  • Firewood (22.74%)
  • Kerosene (19.16%) and
  • Other fuels (10.14)

RURAL SECTOR

  • Firewood (64.10%)
  • Other sources of biomass – crop residue (13.10%)
  • Cow‐dung (12.80%)
  • LPG (5.67%) is now increasing in importance. [1]

In a February 7th, 2015 article, The Economist reported that there are roughly 1 million deaths in India each year due to cooking fires[2].

Fuel subsidies[]

The Economic Times of India reports:

While 300 million people live below poverty line, making do with energy inefficient dung cakes, twigs and branches, and occasional bits of coal, the urban middle class and the rural rich are splurging on cheap petrol and diesel and even cheaper kerosene and liquified petroleum gas.
The subsidy is massive - hidden by a disingenuous device called oil bonds. Here are some rock solid facts. IOC, HPCL and BPCL are currently losing $137 million a day (i.e., Rs 582 crore per day at Rs 42.50 = $1). They lose Rs 16.34 for each litre of petrol, and Rs 23.49 for each litre of diesel sold in Delhi.
The subsidy on kerosene at Rs 28.72 per litre is over three times the current retail price; and the subsidy on a cylinder of cooking gas at Rs 306 per cylinder exceeds the retail price. The total under-recovery for the oil marketing companies for 2006-07 was over $19 billion. With oil prices touching $135, under-recoveries can be $50 billion this year, unless retail prices are substantially increased.[3]

The Telegraph (UK) reported in September 2013 that, "Food and fuel subsidies are gobbling up much of the budget, while investment atrophies."[4]

Solar cooking already has a significant presence in India, especially with large-scale projects, but the potential largely remains untapped for its use to significantly replace the use of conventional fuels.

Cultural acceptance[]

In a report presented during the Asian Clean Energy Forum in June 2008, Soma Dutta, Asia Regional Network Coordinator for the Amsterdam-based ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy, states that only 45% of India’s 70% rural population have access to electricity, and over 80 percent still rely on firewood as their primary cooking fuel, the gathering of which is a responsibility that almost always falls to the women and girls in a society. The long hours and significant effort spent simply gathering firewood leaves them little time for education or employment. [5]

Introductions of new technologies fail in villages for many reasons, but most commonly due to a lack of knowledge and understanding of local cultural customs. Solar cooking has often suffered this fate despite the purported cost savings because it is not introduced in a way that suited the lifestyles of the individuals using it.

A solar stove is most powerful at the times of the strongest sunlight, which is mid-day and early afternoon. As in many agricultural populations, village farmers in India consume their biggest meals by early to mid-morning and then again late at night, after the sun has set. In addition, certain solar stoves are not conducive to Indian-style cooking which is done mostly with oil (with the exception of rice) and requires frequent temperature manipulation as well as stirring and flipping which was is difficult with many solar cookers.[6]

While technical constraints limit the types of solar cookers likely to be widely adopted in India, there is historic precedent for solar cooking in Indian culture. A passage in ancient Vedic texts state, " Sun cooked food improves cellular health and longevity of life. It strengthens health and mind removes three major physical disorders to do with digestion, blood and respiratory system, balances inner body temperatures, life, glows aura and keeps various obstacles away. Sun cooked food has great medicinal value. It enhances intellect, genius." ' Rig Veda'. - Reference from the princeindia.org website. See: PRINCE

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  1. ↑ http://static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090624234723/solarcooking/images/8/8f/Performance_analysis_Solar_Parabolic_concentrator_for_cooking_applications_P._Rajamohan%2C_S._Shanmugan%2C_K._Ramanathan%2C_D._Mutharasu_%28January_2009%29.pdf
  2. ↑ http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21642172-narendra-modi-should-learn-chinas-mistakes-its-too-late-indian-winter?fsrc=scn/fb/te/pe/ed/indianwinter
  3. ↑ http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Debate/How_to_deal_with_ever-rising_crude_prices/articleshow/3094985.cms
  4. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/currency/10277392/India-pushes-shock-and-awe-currency-plan-to-save-BRICS.html
  5. ↑ http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42725
  6. ↑ http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Andhra-Pradesh/Hyderabad/blog-449965.html4
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