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| − | The [[Solar Cookers World Network]] is an alliance of nearly 500 [[:Category:NGOs|non-governmental organizations]] (NGOs), [[:Category:Manufacturers and vendors|manufacturers]], and [[:Category:Individuals|individuals]] actively promoting solar cooking [[Countries|around the world]]. This wiki-based site allows Network participants to share information and collaborate on projects and research. Solar cooking is increasingly seen as a valuable component in [[Integrated Cooking Method|strategies to reduce deforestation]] and [[Indoor air pollution|respiratory disease]] resulting from cooking with [[fuelwood]]. If you are a solar cooking promotor, designer, or manufacturer, and you would like to be '''included in the Network''', fill out this [http://solarcooking.org/join/joinSCWNet.htm online form]. |
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| − | This site provides an [[introduction to solar cooking]] along with dozens of simple [[construction plans]]. Information is also provided about where to [[buy a solar cooker]] in your area. [[NGOs]] or [[individuals]] wanting to promote solar cooking will find a [[Promoting solar cooking|compendium of information and resources]] to help with their projects. Visit individual [[countries|country pages]] to explore solar cooking activities and connect with others working on solar cooking projects there. Check the [[Calendar of events]] for activities in your area. |
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| − | ==September 2012== |
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| − | *'''September 2012:''' The Swedish Church and the aid agency Lutheran World Federation (LWF) are launching [[Solvatten]] in [[Kakuma Refugee Camp]] in [[Kenya]]. The goal of the project is to reduce environmental degradation by enabling people to use alternative sources of energy in the camp and in the host community that surrounds it.
Supply of fire wood has been a problem in Kakuma region since the camp was set up in 1992 but it has escalated in the past two years, despite that the refugees are not allowed to harvest firewood directly from the bushes. This is attributed to the continuous massive influx of people into the camp leading to the environmental degradation through the harvesting of sticks from the available vegetation for firewood. Firewood has become very expensive and the UNHCR struggles to purchase and supply fuel to the growing population of refugees in the camp. The Solvatten is a [[water pasteurization]] device. |
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| − | [[File:Farchana_Refugee_Camp_August_2012.jpg|thumb|191px|Refugee volunteers build solar cookers as part of the [[CORD]] project at the [[Farchana Refugee Camp]].]] |
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| − | *'''Solar cooker project in Chad is in full swing''' - In the [[Farchana Refugee Camp]], a team of ten volunteers, refugees themselves, are putting together 2350 cookers! The cookers help prevent conflict between the Sudanese population in the camps and the local Chadian community, who are both competing for scarce firewood. Women, who traditionally collect wood to cook with, face violence outside the camps. The solar cookers need only the sun to cook food, one thing Chad has in abundance! [http://www.cord.org.uk/the-latest/latest-news/cord-latest/12-in-news-from-chad/562-solar-cooker-assembly.html Read more...] |
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| − | *'''New video shows Vietnam Solar Serve's extensive solar cooking projects''' - A team of three French students came to visit [[Vietnam Solar Serve]]'s center. They had organized Global Universities Social Trip (GUST), a project that aims to raise students' awareness of social entrepreneurship in Asia. For six months they met many social entrepreneurs throughout Asia who worked on problems such as energy, communication, waste, [[water]], and housing. They created videos that presented the entrepreneurs' projects, the social issues they wanted to solve, and the challenges they had to overcome. Click the image on the right to see a video that they made on their visit to our Solar Serve Center in Danang. For more information on the Gust Project, visit the: http://www.gustproject.com or visit their [http://www.vimeo.com/gustproject Vimeo Channel]. |
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| − | *'''Dissertation posted:''' [[Media:Identifying_the_Barriers_to_the_Deployment_of_Solar_Cookers_in_the_Energy-Poor_Households_of_Sub-Saharan_Africa.pdf|Identifying the barriers to the deployment of solar cookers in the energy-poor households of sub-Saharan Africa]] - ''Sarah Cochetel'' |
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| − | *'''New video from [[Cord]] showing their solar cooking project in refugee camps in Chad''' |
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| − | *'''Dr. Robert Metcalf discusses solar cooking on the Afternoon Edition (Saskatchewan, Canada)''' - [http://www.cbc.ca/video/player.html?clipid=2254960402&position=308475&site=cbc.news.ca listen to the recording]. [[Bob Metcalf|Dr. Metcalf]] is a founding member of [[Solar Cookers International]]. |
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| − | *'''Solar cooking heads to The Discovery Center''' - [[Central Valley Solar Cookers]], founded by [[Carl Peters]], is one of the most successful solar cooking clubs in the [[USA]]. Located in Fresno, {{State|California}}, the group now has 111 members. They recently had their First Annual Solar Cooking Festival, which was a huge success. They now have enough money to buy materials to build a solar cooker for use at [http://www.thediscoverycenter.net/4901/35918.html The Discovery Center], a free non-profit science education facility. The park is fully self-funded and situated on six acres. Carl thinks a [[solar panel cooker|panel]] type cooker would be the safest type. It would be a nice addition to ultimately see solar cookers in our parks instead of only charcoal and wood burning BBQs. |
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| − | *'''New video:''' The need for a more durable solar cooker for desert refugee camps |
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| − | * '''Solar Cookers World Network Facebook group reaches 600 members''' - [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16213904406 Join the discussion]. |
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| − | *'''Solar Cooking Hits the Mainstream''' - ''StarTides'' ([http://star-tides.net/node/2761 Read more...]) |
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| − | *'''Pat McArdle describes the top ten solar cooking projects''' - [[Media:Ten most significant solar cooking projects-McArdle-2012.pdf|Read the document]]. |
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| − | [[File:16-brick_rocket_stove_Mexico_2012.jpg|thumb|Sixteen-brick [[Rocket Stove]]]] |
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| − | *'''Students flood southern Mexico integrated cooking class - '''Volunteers from the [[Rotary Club of Fresno]], California, led by [[Wilfred and Marie Pimentel]], teamed up with the Rotary Club of Tapachula Centenario, [[Mexico]], to host a five-day [[Integrated Cooking Method|integrated cooking]] workshop in Tapachula. This is the tenth grant project completed in Mexico by the Rotary Club of Fresno. Although only twenty students were expected to attend, ninety-one arrived on opening day to participate—a clear indication of the desperate need for affordable fuel-saving cooking devices in this region. Local instructors and expert solar cooks from Torreon and Oaxaca led the workshop. Participants learned to build three types of [[rocket stoves]]: mud and chopped grass, five gallon tin can, and sixteen brick, which were used to make tortillas. Students cut out cardboard sheets and glued them to pieces of aluminum foil to make solar panel [[CooKit]]s. A variety of meat, vegetable and egg dishes were prepared with the CooKits along with desserts like pineapple upside down cake. Students also learned how to use [[WAPI]]’s to [[pasteurize water]] with a CooKit. Finally, the instructors showed their ninety-one students how easy it is to make a [[retained heat cooker]] with a pillowcases and crumpled newspaper stuffed into a woven basket. [[Media:Tapachula Centenario - Fresno Rotary 2012.pdf|Read more...]] |
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| − | *'''Deutsche Welle covers the work of [[ADES]] in [[Madagascar]]''' |
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| − | :[[File:Solar Cookers - Saving Madagascar's Forests Global 3000|thumb|400px|none|thumb|Deutsche Welle covers the work of [[ADES]] in [[Madagascar]]]] |
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| − | * '''Solar Cookers World Network Facebook group reaches 500 members''' - [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16213904406 Join the discussion]. |
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| − | *'''Alternative energy organization in Vietnam enthusiastically promotes solar cooking''' - [[Vietnam Solar Serve]] has provided a recent video tour of their production facility in Da Nang, [[Vietnam]]. The resourceful group has been adapting solar cooker designs from other countries and developing their own solar energy products since 2000. Looking at the larger alternative energy picture, they also promote photovoltaic panels made in Vietnam and are working on designs for water and wind power turbines. They manufacture a variety of [[parabolic solar cooker|parabolic]] and [[Solar box cookers|box]] solar cookers. |
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| − | *'''Solar cooking set to help preserve the Golden Temple in Punjab, India''' - To save the Golden Temple from the ill effects of pollution, the [http://www.peda.gov.in/eng/index.html Punjab Energy Development Agency] (PEDA) is developing a plan to prepare a daily meal of Langar dal with the help of a [[Scheffler Community Kitchen|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. A recent study has shown cooking dal with the help of steam will save at least 25 LPG cylinders per day and also reduce the effects of air pollution on the Golden Temple. PEDA chairman Manjeet Singh said that PEDA would bear the entire project cost. |
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| − | *'''China and India lead the world in large scale solar cooking projects''' - [[Dar Curtis]] of [[Solar Household Energy]] recently researched where large scale solar cooking projects are happening around the world. The projects in African [[refugee camps]] are fairly well known, but institutional projects and the high-use of solar cookers is happening primarily in Asia. The [[Clean Development Mechanism]] (CDM) has registered eight solar cooker projects in [[China]] since 2009. A total of 207,000 [[parabolic solar cooker]]s have been distributed, serving 848,000 people. In [[India]], CDM registered a Gold Standard project in 2006. The [[Gadhia Solar]] company has created [[Institutional solar cooking|institutional kitchens]] with arrays of large [[Parabolic solar reflectors|parabolic solar concentrators]] to generate steam. Such an installation at Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, can produce meals for 38,500 pilgrims per day. Read more from his well-documented report. [[Media:Solar_In_Asia_Curtis_2012.pdf|Some Big Solar Cooking Projects in Asia, December 2011]] |
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| − | [[Image:Solar_Oven_Partners_March_2008_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Five {{state|South Dakota}} State University football players volunteered to help [[Haiti Solar Oven Partners]] load a container with 1000 unassembled solar box cookers destined for Haiti.]] |
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| − | *'''South Dakota, USA nonprofit has delivered thousands of solar cookers to Haiti''' - [[Haiti Solar Oven Partners]] passed a milestone this spring by delivering another 1000 solar cookers as part of the relief effort resulting from the 2010 earthquake. This brings the total number of cookers they have taken to [[Haiti]] to over 5000. They had begun having solar cooking workshops in the country before the earthquake and have since stepped up their efforts. Currently, they are conducting an evaluation of their Haiti projects. |
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| − | *'''Global conservation gathering is approached with the solar cooking option''' - The [http://www.iucnworldconservationcongress.org IUCN World Conservation Congress] is the world’s largest conservation event. Held every four years, the Congress aims to improve how we manage our natural environment for human, social and economic development. It will take place from September 6-15, 2012 in Jeju, [[South Korea|Republic of Korea]]. Leaders from government, the public sector, non-governmental organizations, business, UN agencies and social organizations will discuss, debate and decide solutions for the world’s most pressing environment and development issues. The upcoming Congress has been approached by [[Solar Household Energy]] to present the case for solar cooking. Read more of their [http://portals.iucn.org/2012forum/?q=0494 proposal]. |
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| − | *'''Solar Cooker Review''' - The March 2012 issue is now [http://solarcooking.org/newsletters/scr_pdfs/scr_feb12.pdf available online]. |
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| − | *'''Spanish cooperative finds common ground promoting solar cooking''' - [[Sol Solidari]] was formed in 2008 by environmental and sanitation practitioners in [[Spain]] wanting to combine their expertise to help primarily rural countries in Africa. Most of their activity has centered on the promotion of solar cooking. Whenever is possible, the cookers are locally manufactured, and workshops on their use are carried out with the help of local leaders. Initially the cookers are distributed for free to create better exposure among the villagers. In the second phase, the solar cookers are sold, but mostly subsidized by Sol Solidari. Until now, the projects have taken place in [[Ethiopia]] and [[Mali]], but future plans include [[Cameroon]] and [[South Africa]]. |
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| − | [[File:Sun2Cook_3,_1-25-12.jpg|thumb|225px|The [[Sun2Cook]] solar panel cooker]] |
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| − | *'''The Sun2Cook is a simple solar panel cooker''' - The [[Sun2Cook]], was designed by [[Heinz-Joachim Muller|Heinz-Joachim (Jo) Muller]]. The [[solar panel cooker]] takes shape from a single rectangular sheet of polypropylene sheet (core flute). With a few cuts and simple folds it is ready to cook. The steep back of the cooker makes it a good choice to take advantage of morning and late-day sunshine. |
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| − | *[[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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| − | *'''The versatile All Seasons Solar Cooker cooks year-round '''- The [[All Season Solar Cooker]] is featured this month as a [[Solar panel cookers|solar panel cooker]] whose key feature is its adjustable, coordinated reflector array. The advantage of the ASSC is that it can efficiently capture the earliest morning sun, to begin cooking far earlier, and later, in the day than most other designs. The cooking pot maintains a level position regardless of cooker orientation. It also folds into a flat package that is easy to transport and ship. Visit the cooker article for plans that can be downloaded for free from designer [[Jim La Joie]]. SCI tests showed that bread could be baked easily in Seattle (47° N latitude) on February 3rd. |
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| − | *'''Spanish solar cooking promoter offers to donate cookers to other groups''' - [[ACCESO]] director, [[René Bijloo]], has made the generous offer to donate up to thirty [[AlSol 1.4]] [[parabolic solar cooker]]s to any non-profit humanitarian project providing solar energy options for rural areas around the world. Contact [[René Bijloo]] with detailed information about your program. |
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| − | *'''Private equity firm invests over $11 million USD in Gadhia Solar''' - 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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| − | *'''Jewish World Watch provides substantial grant for the Farchana Refugee Camp''' - [[Jewish World Watch]] has provided a grant of $200,000 USD to the UK NGO [[Cord]] to provide [[CooKit]]s to refugees at the [[Farchana Refugee Camp]] in [[Chad]]. This new project brings the number of [[refugee camps]] where solar cooking projects are underway to ten. [http://goo.gl/p5g14 Read more...] |
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| − | *'''Featured solar panel cooker receives attention, and a suggestion''' - The [[Copenhagen Solar Cooker Light]] was featured here this past November, and [[Teong Tan]], an active participant in the Network, has suggested an alternate plate base design, which will shorten the assembly time and not require any bolts. His design for the base uses two sandwiched pieces of cardboard sewn together, creating sleeves for the reflector corners to slip into. [http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120103160123/solarcooking/images/7/78/Copenhagen_Solar_Cooker_Light_-_Alternate_Base.pdf Alternate Base Plate for the Copenhagen Solar Cooker Light] |
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| − | *'''Indian Government budgets six hundred million dollars for solar cooking!''' - [[Ajay Chandak]] of [[Prince India]] reports that in the Indian government's latest five year plan, 30 billion INR (approx. $600 million USD) is budgeted for solar cooking in 500,000 schools across [[India]]. This will not only help in saving the environment, but it will expose millions of school children to solar cooking and build the confidence that these systems work. For more information on solar cooking in India, {{See|India}}. |
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| − | *'''Solar Cooking NV and Sol Suffit ship 630 solar cookers to Senegal''' - The project is a joint venture between [[Solar Cooking NV]] in the [[Netherlands]], and [[Sol Suffit]], a long time promoter of solar cooking in [[Senegal]]. The [[SolarCooker Eco3]] cookers will be introduced in Dakar and in eight villages next to Djoudj National Park. Local volunteers participated in workshops, and will be training others in the surrounding villages. Trainees were also made familiar with the method of [[Heat-retention cooking|heat retention cooking]]. They found it quite easy to make good quality hay baskets with inexpensive baskets(locally made) and empty rice bags filled with dry hay. |
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| − | *'''A simple panel cooker makes advances in design''' - The [[Sun-Funnel]] cooker, designed by [[Teong Tan]], is similar to the [[Fun-Panel]] cooker, but with a different panel fold. The intent is to have a panel cooker that will be strong enough to support a cooking pot when the cooker is tipped back for better orientation to the sun. It also uses a stick placed through the cooker base to allow the pot to remain level while cooking. |
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| − | [[File:Copenhagen_Solar_Cooker_variations_11-11.jpg_.jpg|thumb|250px|Variations in ways to configure the [[Copenhagen Solar Cooker Light]].]] |
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| − | [[File:Copenhagen_Solar_Cooker_Light_018.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Copenhagen Solar Cooker Light]] prior to final assembly.]] |
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| − | *'''Small, compact, and inexpensive solar panel cooker''' - The [[Copenhagen Solar Cooker Light]] is featured as an example of a nicely conceived [[solar panel cooker]]. It is flexible in it's design, as well as in the number of ways it can be configured. The components include a flat base plate, which flexible reflective panels are bolted to. Then using simple clamps, the cooker can be configured with a low open front and high back, or with more vertical sides for cooking when the sun is directly overhead. The designer, [[Sharon Clausson]], states that the curved shape of the cooker is more stable than typical panel cookers in windy conditions. |
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| − | *'''Patent landscape report on solar cooking''' - 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]]. 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. [http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/patentscope/en/programs/patent_landscapes/reports/documents/final_solar_cooking_scope_website_version.pdf Read the report]. |
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| − | *'''Celebrity chef [[José Andrés]] makes an impassioned plea for improved cookstoves and solar cookers to benefit the world's poor.''' |
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| − | *'''TED Talks on solar cooking''' - [[Louise Meyer]] was joined by [[José Andrés]] and Marcela Valladolid for a TEDx WashingtonCircle presentation titled '''Food & Communication: Recipes for Development'''. Louise Meyer is a founding director of [[Solar Household Energy]], and a tireless and inspirational advocate of solar cooking technology. She has taught solar cooking in the [[refugee camps]] of East Africa and in villages from [[Zimbabwe]] to [[Mexico]]. José Andrés is an award-winning chef and restauranteur, who has made a substantial commitment of his time and resources to provide access to solar cooking in [[Haiti]]. The event was open to the public, and took place at the International Food Policy Research institute. You can watch the [http://tedxwashingtoncircle.com/tedxwashingtoncircle/2011-speaker-videos/ on-demand broadcast here]. |
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| − | *''' Bolivia Inti-Sud Soleil reports a decade of success''' - [[Bolivia Inti-Sud Soleil]] reports they have distributed more than 20,000 ecological appliances since 2000. From these 20,000, 14,000 have been solar cookers, mainly distributed in the South American countries of [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]], [[Chile]], and [[Argentina]]. Additionally, 5,000 [[Rocket Stove]]s were distributed in the African countries of [[Benin]], [[Chad]], and [[Guinea]], as well as to the South American countries. Besides solar cookers and stoves, they have also provided [[Heat-retention cooking|fireless cookers]], [[Solar food drying|solar food dryers]] and solar showers. On November 5, 2011, the organization is sponsoring a national conference addressing deforestation in Africa to be held in their hometown of Nantes, [[France]]. [http://www.boliviainti-sudsoleil.org Registration and program information.] |
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| − | * '''Solar Cookers World Network Facebook group reaches 400 members''' - [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16213904406 Join the discussion]. |
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| − | *'''Water pasteurization system changes community health in Kenyan village''' - [[Solvatten]] is a compact, portable solar [[water pasteurization]] appliance about the size of a small suitcase. A recent follow-up study of new users in the Bungoma district in western [[Kenya]] showed a marked improvement in family health and student attendance. Before Solvatten use, 67% of the children in the families had irregular attendance at school as a result of being sick, often with waterborne diseases. After purchasing Solvatten the overall attendance of children at school has increased by an average of 87 percent, as stated by the parents. Before using the system the typical family had someone ill three to four times per month, and that has changed to only .03 times per month. Since waterborne diseases have all but disappeared, people are saving money on medicines and medical services. |
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| − | *[[Media:The Case for Solar Thermal Cooking.pdf|The Case for Solar Thermal Cooking: Free Fuel—Zero Emissions]] - ''[[Patricia McArdle]]'' |
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Latest revision as of 18:32, 4 November 2023
| 143 Countries · 297 NGOs · 203 Individuals 169 Manufacturers · 453 Designs · 116 Plans | Sponsor: Solar Cookers International |
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Solar cooking around the world
Top News
April 2024
 | Podcaster Nate Hagens is joined by solar oven collector and educator, Luther Krueger, to discuss the ins and outs of solar cooking |
March 2024
 | Kithuia Integrated Solar Cookers demonstrate cooking techniques at the primary school games, attended by over 1,000 people in Kithuia Village, Kenya |
 | Watch on-demand, Solar Cookers International's CSW68 Virtual Parallel Event - Empowering women and girls through solar cooking |
 | Solar Cookers International recognized in Solar Today for article on the value of solar cooking |
 | After the October 2023 earthquake, they are rebuilding in Herat, Afghanistan with transitional housing, community-cooked meals, and solar cookers from the UNDP |
 | The opening date for the Le Présage solar restaurant in Marseilles, France is 11 June 2024 |
 | Little Stars e.V. teams with Foundation for Sustainable Technologies to provide parabolic solar cookers, briquette presses, and heat-retention baskets to ten families in Nepal |
 | International Women's Day appreciation from a founder of Lytefire |
 | The African Solar Caravan introduces a hybrid solar oven with charcoal back-up, designed for community kitchens and small organizations serving meals |
February 2024
 | Solar Cookers International manuscript "Testing solar cookers for cooking efficiency" published by the scientific organization ELSEVIER |
 | The Donne Orphanage in Hinche, Haiti receives additional solar cookers donated by Tom Hallquist |
 | 13-14 April 2024: Solar cooking workshops in Sorède, France at the site of the historical solar furnace |
Events
Featured international events
- 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
- 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...
All country events
Algeria
- NEW: Thursday, 18 April 2024: Development of Solar Cooking in Algeria - Information Day at the Center for Renewable Energies Development, CDER at 9 am in the center lecture hall. http://www.cder.dz Learn about the process of solar drying various foods. lacom@cder.dz for more information. Address: PB.62, Route de l’Observatoire Bouzareah, 16340, Alger, Algérie.
Barbados
- 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...
France
- NEW: 6 April through 20 July 2024 (various locations in France): Inti solar oven construction workshops - The French organization Inti is offering solar oven construction workshops in a number of communities. The workshops are open to all. See all the locations, scheduled dates, and registration information...
Mexico
- NEW: First Sunday of the month (Cuernavaca, Morelos): Cuernavaca Solar Cooking and Solar Drying Club - The club meets the first Sunday of the month for solar cooking, 11:00am - 2:00pm. You can bring ingredients and utensils to cook with the sun and share sunny food at the end. San Miguel Ecological Park Acapantzingo, Av. Atlacomulco No.14, Acapantzinga, 62448 Cuernavaca, Mor. Mexico. If you like to bring materials to build your solar kitchen or solar dryer, we will send you the plans and list of materials by mail. jm.hernandezjarquin@gmail.com
USA
Washington, D.C.
- NEW: Thursday, 18 April 2024 (2:30pm-3:15pm EDT), (Washington, D.C.): 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
Arizona
- NEW: Saturday, 27 April 2024 (Tucson, Arizona): 39th Annual Solar Potluck at Catalina State Park - Citizens for Solar will hold their annual solar potluck once again at Catalina State Park, 11570 N Oracle Rd. The event begins at noon and runs to sunset. Solar cooked food will be provided all day, along with solar displays and exhibitors. The solar potluck dinner at 5:00 pm – Come out and cook with us*, or bring a dish or beverage to share, as well as your own plate and utensils. Entrance into the solar potluck is free, but there is $7/car entrance fee to Catalina State Park. The potluck will be held at the Gila Monster group area, park in the Flycatcher area. *If you plan to cook with us, please let us know you're coming. For more information, contact us at solarguildaz@gmail.com
Awards and grants
- NEW: Climate Adaptation Challenge Fund: The Mastercard Foundation Fund for Resilience and Prosperity will run competitive challenges or calls for proposals aimed at Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) that show the potential to create work opportunities for young women and men, young people living with disabilities or refugee youth in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Fund will run these challenges across three sectors to establish a robust portfolio of innovative SMEs as they create work opportunities in SSA. The Climate Adaptation Fund will launch in 2025 and be open for nine months. Details of the challenge will be provided at a later stage. More information...
- Roddenberry Catalyst Fund: Applications accepted anytime (EN) - The Catalyst Fund is geared towards small and/or early-stage ideas and projects that need a capital infusion to launch or prove viability. Catalyst awardees are typically piloting a program, venturing into new territory, on the cusp of launching, or pivoting in a new direction. The Catalyst Fund makes grants between $2,500–$15,000 to anyone, anywhere in the world addressing pressing global challenges. You can have 25 years of experience or be just starting out. You can be working alone, with a team, as part of a non-profit organization, a social enterprise, or a for-profit corporation. See the following link for more information: https://roddenberryfoundation.org/our-work/catalyst-fund/#faq
- LUSH Charity Pot Grants: Applications accepted anytime (EN/FR/ES) - Charity Pot grants support small, grassroots organizations in North America and around the world that are working on the root cause of issues and creating long-term sustainable change. [They] support organizations working in areas of animal protection, environmental justice, and human rights....Applications are submitted via an online granting system asking about your organization’s purpose, main activities, governance structure and annual revenue. Additionally, a description of the project that you’re seeking funding for is requested along with an itemized budget, timeline and how the project’s success will be measured. Our support ranges from a few thousand dollars to a maximum of $15,000 per project. Applications available in English, French, and Spanish. See the following link for more information: https://www.lushusa.com/stories/article_funding-and-application-guidelines.html
- GEF Small Grants Programme: Applications accepted anytime (EN) - SGP grants are made directly to community-based organizations (CBOs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in recognition of the key role they play as a resource and constituency for environment and development concerns. The maximum grant amount per project is US$50,000, but averages around US$25,000. In this way, SGP complements the large and medium-sized GEF project funding by providing a window for the direct participation of NGOs, local communities, and other grassroots organizations. How to apply..., and find your national coordinator
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New content
April 2024
- Advocacy: Podcaster Nate Hagens is joined by solar oven collector and educator, Luther Krueger, to discuss the ins and outs of solar cooking
- Design: Haines Pop Open Solar Cooker
- Online: (EVENT) Thursday, 18 April 2024 (2:30pm-3:15pm EDT), (Washington, D.C.): ESMAP Spring Meetings Knowledge Café: Clean Cooking at the Heart of Energy Access
- USA: (EVENT) Saturday, 13 April 2024 (Bowie, Maryland) (12-4pm EDT): Bowie Green Expo - Solar Household Energy will be demonstrating solar cookers
- Nicaragua: Cultivating a Revolutionary Spirit: Stories of Solidarity, Solar Cooking, and Women’s Leadership in Central America. New book by Laura Snyder Brown & William Fleet Lankford
- Annual Report: Solar Household Energy: 2021 Annual Report
- Algeria: (EVENT) Thursday, 18 April 2024: Development of Solar Cooking in Algeria - Information Day at the Center for Renewable Energies Development, CDER at 9am
- Mexico: (EVENT) Sunday, 7 April 2024 (Cuernavaca, Morelos): Fourth Meeting of the Cuernavaca Solar Cooking and Solar Drying Club - It takes place every first Sunday of the month, 11:00am - 2:00pm.
- United Kingdom: Sunstore Technologies, located in Edinburgh, manufacture a solar electric hybrid cooker
- Advocacy: SCI Executive Director, Caitlyn Hughes, was invited to the Sheryl's Good Deeds radio show on Mix96Sac, underscoring SCI's dedication to empowering women and girls worldwide through clean cooking solutions
- Haiti: Solar Cookers for Haiti organizes a solar cooked meal for the kids at several orphanages near Hinche
- Patent: Long-Term Heat Storage Device and Method for Long-Term Heat Storage of Solar Energy and Other Types of Energy with Changing Availability - Vladan Petrovic
March 2024
- Advocacy: Solar Lights the Path Out of Poverty: SCI Vice President Ruth Holton-Hodson speaks at the UN CSW68 event hosted by ICUUW
- USA: LISD Tech Center students, Tecumseh Rotary Club partner on water pasteurization project (making WAPIS) - Daily Telegram
- France: (EVENT) 6 April through 20 July 2024 (various locations in France): The French organization Inti is offering solar oven construction workshops in a number of communities this spring and summer
- USA: Gene Bethke gives Luther Kreuger a tour of the Solar Oven Partners production facility in South Dakota
- Design: Jim La Joie discusses the features of the All Season Solar Cooker in this video
- Kenya: Kithuia Integrated Solar Cookers demonstrate cooking techniques at the primary school games, attended by over 1,000 people in Kithuia Village, Kenya
- Tanzania: EG Solar update of their projects in Tanzania from 2020 through 2023
- Advocacy: Watch on-demand, Solar Cookers International's CSW68 Virtual Parallel Event - Empowering women and girls through solar cooking
- India: From sun to plate: India yet to embrace solar cooking benefits - Mongabay
- Zambia: Empowering Zambian Communities with Solar Cookers (PV) - LABOPEN
- United Kingdom: Luther Krueger interviews Stewart MacLachian from SLiCK
- Design: Experimental Analysis of Solar Parabolic Trough Collector for Novel Solar Cooking System
- Promotion: Solar Cookers International recognized in Solar Today for article on the value of solar cooking
- Afghanistan: After the October 2023 earthquake, they are rebuilding in Herat with with transitional housing, community-cooked meals, and solar cookers from the UNDP
- France: The opening date for the Le Présage solar restaurant in Marseilles, France is 11 June 2024
- Nepal: Little Stars e.V. teams with Foundation for Sustainable Technologies to provide parabolic solar cookers, briquette presses, and heat-retention baskets to 10 families in Nepal
- India: The men cooked and served a solar lunch for the women to celebrate International Women Day March 8, 2024 at the Jimmy McGilligan Centre for Sustainable Development
- Parabolic cooking: Baking and preserving with the parabolic solar cooker - Imma Seifert
- International Women's Day: A message of appreciation from a founder of Lytefire
- Kenya: Farmers with a Vision continue a successful production run of Funnel solar panel cookers
- South Africa: The African Solar Caravan introduces a hybrid solar oven with charcoal back-up, designed for community kitchens and small organizations serving meals
- Solar Potluck: (EVENT) Saturday, 27 April 2024: 39th Annual Solar Potluck at Catalina State Park in Tucson, Arizona, USA
- Design: Mark Shook describes the features of the new Villager Sun Oven to Luther Kreuger
- Online: (EVENT) United Nations NGO Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Forum addresses the potential for solar power to empower women, while alleviating climate change, 12 March 2024, Session One
- India: Over 70% of rural households use firewood for cooking in Nagaland - The Morung Express
February 2024
- Mexico: Cocineros Solares invited Bank de Alimentos Querétaros members to join them for a solar cooked meal to celebrate the bank's food donation program
- Research: Solar Cookers International Performance Evaluation Process published by the scientific organization ELSEVIER
- Online: (EVENT) United Nations NGO Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Forum addresses solar cooking's potential to empower women while alleviating climate change, 14 March 2024, Session Two
- Kenya: COMPE is a new organization promoting sustainable cooking and farming techniques to community members in Kisumu
- Haiti: The Donne Orphanage receives additional solar panel cookers donated by Tom Hallquist
- Italy: Matteo Muccioli conducts a solar cooker construction workshop at the Flaminio Balestra
- Research: Experimental characterization of a foldable solar cooker with a trapezoidal cooking chamber and adjustable reflectors - Tariku Negash Demissie a, Sebastiano Tomassetti a, Claudia Paciarotti a, Matteo Muccioli b, Giovanni Di Nicola a c, Celestino Rodrigues Ruivo d e - ScienceDirect
- United Kingdom: Luther Krueger video interviews Dave Oxford and friends about their solar cooking experiences
- (EVENT) France: 13-14 April 2024: Solar cooking gathering in Sorède, at the site of the historical solar furnace. Workshop on Saturday led by Celestino Ruivo
- Kenya: Preparing mandazi in a parabolic solar cooker at the Asulma Centre in Nairobi
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