[[Image:Villaseca_solar_restaurant.jpg|thumb|none|300px|The [[VillasecaSolarRestaurant]] in [[Chile]] uses a dozen or so [[box cookers]] and a few [[parabolic cookers]] to prepare food for their patrons.]]
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[[Image:Villaseca_solar_restaurant.jpg|thumb|none|300px|The [[Delicias del Sol]] in Villaseca,[[Chile]] uses a dozen or so [[box cookers]] and a few [[parabolic cookers]] to prepare food for their patrons. The restaurant is operated by the [[Association of Solar Artisans of Villaseca]].]]
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<td valign="top">[[File:EcoAndina_reuters_2009.JPG|none|thumb|300px|[http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE59O1O520091025 Solar power gives Andean villages a new lease on life] - ''Reuters'' (Also a [http://www.shoppingblog.com/blog/10310914 Reuters video] shows an [[EcoAndina]] project in the village of Misa Rumi in [[Argentina]] where everything is powered by the sun. Pictured above is the town bakery where 5 kg of bread are cooked every hour.)]]
<td valign="top">[[File:EcoAndina_reuters_2009.JPG|none|thumb|300px|[http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE59O1O520091025 Solar power gives Andean villages a new lease on life] - ''Reuters'' (Also a [http://www.shoppingblog.com/blog/10310914 Reuters video] shows an [[EcoAndina]] project in the village of Misa Rumi in [[Argentina]] where everything is powered by the sun. Pictured above is the town bakery where 5 kg of bread are cooked every hour.)]]
Revision as of 19:49, 29 December 2012
A number of solar restaurants have been established in various parts of the world as income-producing enterprises.
December 2012: In the hot and dry village of Villaseca in central Chile, the sun's rays are hard at work here at Delicias del Sol restaurant, cooking up delectable dishes in the eatery's 20 solar ovens. The ovens were originally introduced to the village as a trial project from the University of Chile and the Institute for Nutrition and Food Technology. Delicias del Sol, which started out with a 16 person capacity, now seats 120. The future looks bright for Delicias del Sol. Read more...
Africa
See also
New mobile solar bakery benefits the population of Méouane, Senegal
Solar bakery at work in Zambia
Asia
[[Video:Solar Cooking |thumb|400px|left|A restaurant in Thailand grills with a Helios Array, October 2010.]]
Europe
India
Latin America
[[Video:Cocinas Solares en San Pedro de Atacama Chile.-|thumb|350px|left|Solar cooking at Restaurant Ayllu in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.]]