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Last edited: 3 December 2023      
NJUBA Solar Stove title bar, 11-21-23
NJUBA Solar Stve close-up, 11-21-23

The NJUBA Solar Stove, article photography by Daniel Plattner

The NJUBA Solar Stove was designed and built by Daniel Plattner of the NJUBA Children Relief nonprofit based in Uganda, and used in a comprehensive study to determine the feasibility of adopting solar cooking in central and northern Uganda.

In April 2023, solar stoves were delivered to the women in Buwama, central Uganda, and in May 2023, a number solar stoves arrived to the women's group of Maliri in northern Uganda. A total of 60 solar stoves were made for the study.

The solar stoves were met with joy by the highly motivated study participants. Possibly in part, because the solar stoves are a handsome design and beautifully constructed. A built-in support stand with wheels provides the solar stoves easy mobility and a good height for cooking.

The large solar box oven design allows cooking with multiple pots at one time, and the insulated walls, made with local cotton waste material, helps to maintain internal temperatures in temporary periods of overcast skies. The 'slow cooker' nature of solar box cookers is well-suited to cooking beans, maize, and sweet potatoes.

Daniel invested a considerable amount of time developing the final cooker design, learning hands-on by building and testing a number of prototypes. He credits being able to access early design direction for the NJUBA Solar Stove from the Solar Cookers International Wiki.

Early solar box oven prototypes 2, 11-16-23 copy

A number of different design prototypes were tested along the way


Stove development and construction[]

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See NJUBA Children Relief.