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COP30 logo, 10-30-25
  • NEW:  10-21 November 2025 (Belém, Brazil):The Conference of the Parties (COP30) - The largest global United Nations event for discussions and negotiations on climate change. COP is held annually, with the presidency rotating among the five UN-recognized regions. In 2025, Brazil will have the honor of hosting the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30). The chosen city will provide the world with a unique platform to discuss climate solutions, firmly rooted in the heart of the Amazon. The event will gather world leaders, ministers and representatives of international organizations to discuss how to tackle the climate crisis through fair and sustainable energy transitions, as well as forest and biodiversity conservation. Solar Cookers International's, Executive Director, Caitlyn Hughes, Science Director, Dr. Alan Bigelow, and Strategic Partnerships Manager, Keith Wingeard, will be representing the solar cooking community. The SCI team will showcase the success of new programs in Mali and the Central African Republic, along with progress from the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya. See the schedule of SCI's participation and presentations...
See also: Global Calendar of Events and past events in France

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EG Solar photo, 10-17-25

French students visit EG-Solar in Germany, Photo credit: EG-Solar

  • NEW: October 2025: Solar awareness for students - During the #ErasmusDays2025, the students of the Collège Jean Amade de Ceret in France visit EG-Solar in Germany to participate in activities specially designed for them: visits to the electricity workshops, technical skills contest, and cooking with the sun.


  • July 2024: Solar Center Carnoules focusses on solar thermal education - Solar Brother, manufacturer of solar cooking appliances, inaugurated the 1st Solar Center in France on Thursday, July 4th. Targeting the general public as well as professional chefs and schools, the center’s aim is to help people discover the power of solar thermal energy and encourage them to adopt it in their daily lives, for cooking, drying vegetables, heating… Sign-up for solar cooking workshops at the center through the Solar Brother website. More information...
Solar Center Carnoules, France, 7-11-24

Solar Center Carnoules, Photo credit: Solar Brother

  • June 2024: Solar restaurant opens in Marseille- Le Présage, the first permanent solar restaurant in Europe, located in Marseilles, France, opened to the public serving meals on 20 June. Founder, Pierre-Andre Aubert, provides a visual tour of his exciting restaurant in the accompaning video. All of the food preparation will be done on-site, and fresh herbs and vegetables will be grown in the garden out front of the restaurant. The building itself also incorporates several passive solar approaches to heating and cooling for the comfort of the patrons. In the interview, one of the chefs relates their philosophy that all restaurants should adjust their menu to follow the pattern of the weather, a strategy Le Présage plans to follow.
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Voici le SEUL et UNIQUE restaurant solaire d'Europe !-2

Note: The audio and captions are in French. In the settings you are able to change the captions to auto-translate, and pick the language of your choice to follow along

  • September 2023: Solar brewery grand opening - Microbrasserie Hélie, in Dampierre-les-Bois, is inviting everyone to visit their solar brewery opening celebration from 16-17 September 2023, from 8:00 - 4:00 GMT, and taste some of their new creations.
Le Presage rest. site plan, 6-19-23

Site plan for the new permanent Le Présage solar restaurant in Marseilles

  • June 2023: Breaking ground for Le Présage - June 2023 marks the beginning of the construction for the permanent Le Présage solar restaurant location on their property in Marseilles, France. More information... Note: Ground breaking ceremony for the construction on Saturday, 24 June, 2023 (See details)
  • December 2023: Solar Brother news - €1 million and more than 200 new "Solar Sisters & Brothers" joining our Solar Brother adventure. It's a lot of money, but above all it provides great energy that you have transmitted to us with your support with your many encouragements and ideas for commercial cooperation and product development. We have been at full speed for quite a while, and this will allow us to accelerate and do everything possible to achieve our common objective, our corporate mission, to develop knowledge and the use of solar energy on our beautiful planet.


  • December 2021: Low-tech Lab is a non-profit located in Concarneau. They research and promote sustainable and affordable technologies being developed around the world.


NeoLoco, solar array bakery France, 2-10-21

NeoLoco solar array bakery oven in Normandy, France - Photo credit: NeoLoco

  • February 2021: French artisans create solar bakery in Normandy - The NeoLoco solar bakery is the result of a long journey. Founder, Arnaud Crétot, has traveled the planet to study the various existing energy solutions, first with the association Les vagabonds de l'énergie, which he co-founded in 2009, then with Solar Fire Concentration, a Finnish social enterprise. In 2018 he decided to install a solar array concentrator oven in Normandy, France to roast local seeds and bake bread. Read more... - (English version)


  • November 2018: SCI opening new doors in France and Switzerland with WHO - Solar Cookers International Science Director and primary UN representative, Dr. Alan Bigelow, presented the current work SCI at Clean Tech Week in Annecy, France. Read more...
  • January 2017: The traveling solar restaurant: Professional chef, Pierre-André Aubert, presented his experiences testing a mobile solar restaurant at the 6th SCI World Conference 2017. He has also included the detailed development of the solar kitchen. Aubert is optimistic about the future of this concept based on the reaction he received from the patrons of the test restaurant. Read more about his project: Testing Phase of the First Solar Restaurant of France (Europe)
  • December 2015: Gilles Gallo, the founder and president of IDCOOK participated in the COP21 climate conference in Paris:
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ID Cook Paris solar cooking demonstration, 9-24-14

IDCOOK show off their parabolic solar cookers in Paris, France.

  • September 2014: Paris solar cooking demonstration - IDCOOK held a solar cooking demonstration on the rooftop of the BHV building in Paris, France.
French solar food cart, 2-10-14

In 2014, a customer in France created this beautiful rolling solar kitchen using reflectors from Sun and Ice. See more photos on the Facebook page.

  • February 2014: French solar cuisine done with style - Sun and Ice shares photos of one of their reflectors incorporated into a portable solar kitchen, created by one of their customers in France. The small, trailered construction is a rolling work of art. See more photos on the Facebook page.
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  • May 2025: To what extent can solar ovens be used by french bakeries? - CONSOLFOOD2025 - Gabriel Guilet
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S3C5 - Gabriel Guilet (France)- To what extent can solar ovens be used by french bakeries?-2

  • May 2025: Father Himalaya and the quest for high temperatures by solar means - CONSOLFOOD2025 - Jean-Jacques Serra (Early Fresnel lens design)
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S3A1 Jean-Jacques Serra (France)- Father Himalaya and the quest for high temperatures by solar means-2

  • June 2021:
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  • June 2019:
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Four solaire EuroSolarCooker Nancy (autoconstruction)

Vidéo en langue français présentant le cuiseur solaire EuroSolarCooker Nancy construit par Andrew Kotowski et utilisé à Nancy en France.

  • November 2014:
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Les barbecues solaires d'IDCOOK dans télématin (France2) - IDCOOK solar barbecue on Frenc TV

Solar barbecue works on the principle of focusing the sun's rays. With its parabolic shape, all of the sun's energy is focused on to the food being cooked. With no smoke or CO2 emissions, you'll be using free, environmentally friendly energy. (http://idcook.com)

  • August 2010: 
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Four Solaire et Parabole Solaire

Le cuiseur solaire modèle "boîte" permet de cuisiner tous les plats excepté les fritures. Son utilisation peut être combinée avec la parabole solaire, le cuiseur à bois économe ou le cuiseur thermos, outils diffusés par l'association de solidarité internationale, Bolivia Inti-Sud Soleil (www.boliviainti-sudsoleil.org).

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