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Events

Online events

• NEW: Webinar: 11 July, 2020 (2:00-4:00 PDT, 9:00pm-11:00pm GMT): Cooking using a Haybox and a Battery Powered Slow Cooker - This webinar, presented by SF Innovations Ltd, will look at two different techniques of cooking using a well insulated cooking container. It will show how to cook rice, stews and even bake bread using little or no fossil fuel. Registration information...

• NEW: 1-4 September 2020: EuroSun2020 is going virtual - The conference will be now be held on a virtual platform, as a response to safety concerns surrounding Covid-19. According to the organization, "We are currently working on new registration fees that reflect the resources and support for creating the virtual conference infrastructure and presenting the conference online. We will provide more details on the registration rates in the coming weeks." The 13th Conference on Solar Energy for Buildings and Industry will offer a platform to discuss the latest developments with leading solar energy experts, policy makers, and industry representatives. More information...

• December 2020: SWC50 – The Century of Solar - In 1970 solar research pioneers met at the first International Solar Energy Society (ISES) Conference in Melbourne Australia. ISES is commemorating this Conference with a special 50th Anniversary Conference and Display, called the Solar World Congress at 50 (SWC50). The face-to-face conference, originally scheduled for 2-4 December 2020, will be replaced by a series of eight virtual conferences over the course of the month in December 2020. It will include the same panel sessions that were planned for the in-person planned event. More information...

Australia

• December 2020: SWC50 – The Century of Solar (online event) - In 1970 solar research pioneers met at the first International Solar Energy Society (ISES) Conference in Melbourne Australia. ISES is commemorating this Conference with a special 50th Anniversary Conference and Display, called the Solar World Congress at 50 (SWC50). The face-to-face conference, originally scheduled for 2-4 December 2020, will be replaced by a series of eight virtual conferences over the course of the month in December 2020. It will include the same panel sessions that were planned for the in-person planned event. More information...

Greece

• NEW: 1-4 September 2020: EuroSun2020 is going virtual - The conference will be now be held on a virtual platform, as a response to safety concerns surrounding Covid-19. According to the organization, "We are currently working on new registration fees that reflect the resources and support for creating the virtual conference infrastructure and presenting the conference online. We will provide more details on the registration rates in the coming weeks." The 13th Conference on Solar Energy for Buildings and Industry will offer a platform to discuss the latest developments with leading solar energy experts, policy makers, and industry representatives. More information...

Indonesia

• 30 March - 1 April 2021 (Jakarta): 7th SOLARTECH Indonesia - (Rescheduled from 26-28 August 2020) to be held at JIExpo Kemayoran Jakarta. More information...

See also

• Past events
• Conferences
• Organizing solar cooking events

New content

• Vietnam news: Vietnam Solar Serve has changed its name to Green Impact to reflect that its activities are not all solar related

• Ecuador Facebook group: IECAIM
• DRC Facebook group: Congo Clean Cookers
• Cyprus Facebook groups: Re-newcy - Renewcy Andreas Fasoulides
• Chile Facebook groups: El Canelo de Nos - Maipo Solar - EcoMaipo
• Canada Facebook group: Tonembee Association
• Cameroon Facebook group: African Centre for Renewable Energy & Sustainable Technology - ACREST
• Uganda news: Esther Nattabi produces and delivers fireless basket cookers during the lockdown in Kampala
• Heat-retention cooking video: Cooking rice in a basket
• (EVENT) Webinar: 11 July 2020 (2:00-4:00 PDT, 9:00pm-11:00pm GMT): Cooking using a Haybox and a Battery Powered Slow Cooker
• India news: Unique ‘Solar Bowl’ Keeps Kitchen Cool Despite Using Steam to Cook 1,000 Meals a Day! - The Better India
• Evaluation: World Health Organization evaluation of the AquaPak solar water pasteurizer
• Conference video: Performance Evaluation Process Update - Solar Cookers International
• Audio interview: Sunpod interview with Dr. Hartmut Ehmler about the development of the Lightoven (The introduction is in German, but the main interview is in English)
• Burkina Faso Facebook groups: Centre Écologique Albert Schweitzer - Sol Solidari - Sonnenenergie für Westafrika
• Full-text book: Heaven's Flame, by Joe Radabaugh
• Kenya NGO: Winam Jua CBO is a community-based organization in Kenya.
• (EVENT) Webinar: 24 June 2020 (3:00pm Johanesburg, S.A.,1:00 GMT): An Introduction to Renewable Energy Financing in Sub-Saharan Africa. This webinar will cover: Rollout of Renewable Energy Products
• Italy reflective material vendor: Lastre di alluminio anodizzato colorato lucido a specchio
• Brazil vendor: Fogão Solar Popular Portátil Solmeiodia 05
• Brazil Facebook group: Associação Caatinga
• Bolivia Facebook groups: Cecam Bolivia - CEDESOL
• Bhutan Facebook group: Vajra Foundation
• Research paper: Box Cooker Glazing: Sloped or Horizontal? A Study of the Optical Efficiency - Daniel Feuermann

• Kenya news:  Experts oppose tax proposal on solar and cookstoves product - Standard
• On-demand video: CONSOLFOOD Webinar - Spreading the solar cooking "virus" (in Portuguese)
• Solar tracking design: Pisteur Solaire Entropie
• Belgium Facebook group: Sol Suffit
• Bangladesh Facebook groups: German Aid for Afghan Children - The Lady Fatemah Trust
• Austria Facebook group: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
• On-demand video: CONSOLFOOD Webinar - Spreading the solar cooking "virus"
• Technology news: Clean Cooking: 33 Solutions For One Renewable Energy Problem - CleanTechnica
• Kenya news: Kenyan inventor wins American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) award for solar cooker boiler

• Water pasteurization document: Safe Drinking Water For the World - Roger Haines
• Construction plans: Build a very large version of the Copenhagen Solar Cooker
• Australia Facebook group: Cooloola Solar Systems
• France/Bolivia Facebook group: Bolivia Inti-Sud Soleil
• Argentina Facebook groups: Cocinando con el Sol - Fundación EcoAndina - O'paybo
• Mexico news: Health Food: Oaxacans Turn to Traditional Healing in a Time of Crisis - Culinary Backstreets
• (EVENT) 15-19 June 2020 (Manila, Philippines): - Asia Clean Energy Forum
• Dominican Republic Facebook groups: El Fuego Del Sol - Grupo Jaragua
• USA Facebook group: World Central Kitchen
• Research paper: Analysis of the Thermal Behavior of a Tunnel-Type Dryer with Hybridization of Solar Technologies - Margarita Castillo Téllez, Beatríz Castillo Téllez, Luz María Hernández Cruz, José Andrés Alanís Navarro
• (EVENT) 30 May 2020 (9:30 GMT): 4th Webinar CONSOLFOOD, Spreading the solar cooking "virus"
• Vendor news: Dr. Solstice
• Algeria Facebook group: Centre de Développement des Energies Renouvelables (CDER)
• Afghanistan Facebook groups: German Aid for Afghan Children - Global Hope Network International - The Lady Fatemah Trust
• Germany Facebook group: EG-Solar
• Yemen news: Displaced women in Yemen become solar entrepreneurs - themedialine
• Italy video: Conoscete la cottura solare? In questo video spiego come funziona, con esempi di forni, fornelli e barbecue solari - Andrea Mameli
• Manufacturer news: GoSun provides 1500 solar ovens to the Red Cross for Super Typhoon Yutu relief
• Research paper: Field Trial to Determine the Capacity of a Single Person to Manually Maintain Multiple Focussed Beams on a Single Target - Andrew Wilson, BAppSc
• Research paper: A Field Trial — Using a Heat Trap, Insulation, and Heat Sinks With a 1.5m Parabolic Solar Concentrator to Attempt the Pizza Oven Challenge at Latitude 32S - Andrew Wilson, BAppSc
• Research paper: Natural Criterion for Defining the 3D Focus of a Parabolic Solar Cooker Composed of Flat Lamellae - Dr. Ilko Petrov
• Design: SunStore Cooker – A Battery Type Solar Cooker Charged by an Automated Sun Tracking System (Slides) - Akiko Ishibashi, Jonn Reim, Jakob Jensen
• Research paper: High Temperature Solar Cooking System With a PCM Energy Storage Unit - Olivia Alves, V. A. F. Costa
• Research paper: Experimental Evaluation of the Tolokatsin V Solar Oven - Eduardo A. Rincón Mejía, Marco Aurelio Díaz Leal González, Eduardo Vázquez Valdez, Eduardo González Mora
• Research paper: Lessons Learned from Applied Solar Cooking In Community, Tamera, Portugal - Franziska Klapper, Hannah Larndorfer, Katrin Münch
• Design: Solar Household Energy Bank - Building the Device | Solar Household Energy Bank - Disinfecting Clothing and Bedding | Solar Household Energy Bank - Grain Drying | Solar Household Energy Bank - Preheating Water
• Update: Solar Z through-the wall solar cooker
• Research paper: Overcoming Hurdles to Solar Cooking - Sara Hjalmarsson, Stefan Karnebäck
• Project evaluation: Evaluation for Jewish World Watch Tchad Solaire Solar Cooker Project Touloum and Iridimi Refugee Camps - Patricia McArdle
• Research paper: Solar Cooker in Urban Environment as a Complement to Liquified Petroleum Gas Cooking - Case Study in Las Tunas Neighborhood, Buenos Aires - Manuel F. Semedo, Lucio Capalbo, Pamela Scanio
• Research paper: Hybrid Solar Oven - Limited or Limitless - David Chalker
• Research paper: The Challenges of Everyday Solar Cooking in Communities - A. Fernándes Torres, C. Karystinos
• Research paper: Solar Cookers to Complement Traditional Restaurants - Pedro Serrano
• Article in the media: Well-Tended Fires Outperform Modern Cooking Stoves - Low-Tech Magazine
• Construction plans: Kimono Solar Cooker
• Research paper: Design, Realization and Test of a Portable Solar Box Cooker with Booster Mirrors - Giovanni Di Nicola, Gianluca Coccia, Sebastiano Tomassetti, and Mariano Pierantozzi
• Research paper: Experimental characterization of a solar cooker with thermal energy storage based on solar salt - G Coccia, G Di Nicola, S Tomassetti, G Gabrielli, M Chieruzzi and M Pierantozzi
• Pakistan Facebook group: Sunny Solutions
• Project evaluation: Adopción tecnológica sustentable de cocinas solares en comunidades indígenas y rurales de Michoacán - M. González-Avilés
• Research paper: Exergy applied to the heat conduction analysis in glass covers of a solar cooker box-type with internal and external reflectors - Terres H, et al
• Research paper: The 250-year saga of solar box cookers - Ashok Kundapur
• Research paper: Thermal and optical analysis of selective absorber coatings based on soot for applications in solar cookers - H. Servín, et al