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A number of solar restaurants and bakeries and solar food processors have been established in various parts of the world as income-producing enterprises.
Recent news and developments
- December 2014: In an article for National Geographic, Chef José Andrés writes about his pop-up restaurant, Sunny Day, which he opened at the Life is Beatufiul event in Las Vegas, NV. Sunny Day used solar cookers to cook their signature dish, vegetarian tacos, during the day and clean-burining ethanol in the evening. Read article...
- October 2014: José Andrés debuts Sunny Day pop-up restaurant at Life is Beautiful festival - At the Life is Beautiful festival in Las Vegas, NV, José Andrés debuted Sunny Day, his new solar-powered pop-up restaurant. His goal for the new pop-up restaurant is to educate Americans about clean cooking around the world. Interview with José Andrés.
- March 2014: R20 initiates second phase of solar bakery project in Burundi - The second phase of the project began with a stakeholder consultation workshop where 32 participants (women bakers, local officials) gathered to discuss the potential benefits of having a solar bakery as well as concerns they may have. The workshop was a success, and the women bakers expressed their gratefulness to R20 and CIRID for helping to start this project that will reduce the amount of smoke they inhale as much less wood will be needed to bake. The solar bakery project will provide a solar-powered oven to a small bakery in Gitega, Burundi, that employs women that have been marginalized by their communities. More information... Update: The deadline has been extended to submit proposals from tenders interested in providing three institutional solar cookers. Submittal information provided in January update.
- January 2014: International aid organization seeks solar cookers for bakery in Burundi - The global relief organization R20-Regions of Climate Action has organized a solar bakery project in Rutegama, Burundi. Currently the bakery, in operation since 2006, has relied on wood-fired ovens, with the wood needing to be gathered by the women working at the bakery. They are soliciting proposals from tenders interested in providing three institutional solar ovens required to convert the bakery to solar. The ovens must be limited to three meters(a little under 10 ft.) in height, and if carried, weighing no more than 10 kg (22 lbs.). Unfortunately proposals need to be submitted by January 31, 2014. Interested parties will find more information here: Invitation to Tender For Solar Bakery Project, Burundi. The scale of the project may be rather small, but the funding and implementation is coming from world leaders in the field of economic and environmental relief.
- 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
Europe
India
Latin America
Middle East
North America
Worldwide
Solar restaurants and bakeries
- Solar Kitchen Restaurant
- Solar Association TILOO
- Bethel Business and Community Development Centre
- GloboSol
- Sol-Café
- Auroville Solar Kitchen
- Delicias del Sol
- Solar Global Gourmet restaurant
- Las Mujeres Solares de Totogalpa
- Taquería Poncho
- Solar Roast Coffee
- Pleno Sol
- Association of Solar Artisans of Villaseca
- Kiosco SOLAR
- Sun Bridge
- Bjorn Qorn
- Imani Women's Group
- Afghan Bedmoschk Solar Centre
- Fundación EcoAndina
- Crêperie Solaire
- Brahma Kumaris
- Infinity Bakery
- Le Présage
- NeoLoco
- Entre Cordillera Restobar
- Hilton Conrad Washington, DC
- Conrad Hilton, Washington D.C.
- Al-Wissam bakery
- Microbrasserie Hélie
Articles in the media
- December 2014: We want the black hole of sunlight: solar power breaks new frontiers - The Guardian
- July 2014: *Restauracja solarna Vine Bridge - Epoznan.pl (English version)
See also
- January 2009: Solar community bakeries on the Argentinean Altiplano - Christoph Müller
- July 2006: Use of the Scheffler solar oven for the making of bread with kiwicha (Amaranthus C.) and quinoa (Quenopodum Q. W.) in the North of Argentina - Armando Alvarez
- Cooking for large groups
- Scheffler Community Kitchen
- Income generation
- Solar food processing
External links
- A large collection of documents and construction plans for various Scheffler Community Kitchens around the world - Christoph Müller
- Colorado Bob's Solar Oven: A Solar Oven for the Small Street Vendor
- Sun Bakeries
- Setting up small-scale solar bakeries
- Bakery Co-Operative San Antonio
- Solar-Trough-Baking-Oven, Leshoto, Germany