Project Surya

From Solar Cooking

Project Surya will deploy inexpensive solar and other energy-efficient cookers in rural India and document their role in reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and soot. Carbon dioxide and elemental carbon in soot, two by-products of fossil fuel combustion, biofuel cooking and biomass burning contribute as much as 70% to the global warming through a proccess call global dimming. In addition, soot has well-documented detrimental effects on human health, agricultural productivity, and water budgets at local, regional and global scales. Surya in Sanskrit stands for Sun or Solar.

Contents 1 Articles in the media 2 See also 3 External links 4 Contact

[edit] Articles in the media

• November 2008: Project Surya: Cooking Solar Power for The Masses - The Green Optimistic

• May 2008: Solar-cooker project could cut air pollution - San Diego Union Tribune

• May 2008: New stick to beat developing countries on GHGs - Down To Earth

[edit] See also

• Global dimming

[edit] External links

• March 2007: Project Surya White Paper

[edit] Contact

Project Surya Office: Center for Clouds, Chemistry & Climate
Chemistry and Climate at SIO-UCSD (C4)
Principal Investigator: Dr. V. Ramanathan (vram <at> ucsd.edu);
Project Assistant: Stephanie Weidemann (sweidemann <at> ucsd.edu);
Tel: 858-534-8815