Oman

Last edited: 6 August 2019

A group of students at the Caledonian College of Engineering have made a solar-powered cooker that can make enough biryani in just one hour to feed 100 people. At a student hostel that feeds 70 to 100 people three or four meals a day, the use of the solar cooker would save $20,000 USD over the course of 15 years.

Events

• NEW: Webinar: Thursday, 15 April 2021 (2:00pm - 3:30am CEST, 12:00 - 13:30 GMT): Improving capacities to access funding - The Women and Gender Constituency continues with the second of their three-part webinar series: “Funding Gender-Just Climate Solutions”. This Zoom event is free but requires registration. More information...
• NEW: Webinar: Saturday, 24 April 2021 (6:00am - 7:30am PDT, 13:00 - 14:30 GMT): Adventures with Solar and Haybox Cooking - SF Innovation LTD, with Seggy Segaran, will present their experiences using solar and haybox cookers to save energy, and the range of improved combustion stoves they also use. This Zoom event is free but requires registration. More information...
• NEW: Webinar: Thursday, 29 April 2021 (2:00pm - 3:30am CEST, 12:00 - 13:30 GMT): Understanding the multilateral climate funds - The Women and Gender Constituency continues with their final webinar of the series: “Funding Gender-Just Climate Solutions”. This Zoom event is free but requires registration. More information...
• NEW: Webinar: (TBD): CONSOLFOOD: Baking bread in your solar cooker - Cooks are invited to send a 90 second maximum, video showing how to bake bread using the sun. Selected webinar videos will be compiled in a YouTube playlist for ease of presentation during the webinar. Submission requirements, by 30 April 2021

See also: Global Calendar of Events and past events in Oman

History

Main article: History of solar cooking

Archived articles

Climate and culture

See also

• Wikipedia article on the climate of Oman
• Oman Energy Situation - Energypedia
• Solar cooker dissemination and cultural variables

Resources

Possible funders

• Find a Kiva microfinance partner in Oman.
• Raising funds through grants and donations

Construction plans in Arabic

• CooKit
  
• CooKit variation (made from smaller pieces of cardboard)
• Minimum Box Cooker
  
• Solar Water Pasteurizer
  

Articles in the media

• April 2015: Omani students build solar cooker that feeds 100 people - Times of Oman

Contacts

The entities listed below are either based in Oman, or have established solar cooking projects there:

SCI Associates

Main article: Solar Cookers International Association