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The PRINCE-40 community solar cooker wins Indian national award

COP25 rescheduled to take place in Feria de Madrid in Madrid, Spain from 2 to 13 December 2019

Electric cooking starts to simmer in rural India

Manufacturers can now schedule a Performance Evaluation Process (PEP) test of their solar cookers

Solar Cookers International releases SCI Toolkit

CONSOLFOOD2020 international conference to be held January 2020 in Faro, Portugal

Bahamas Hurricane Dorian relief project seeks to deliver 1,000 Global Sun Ovens

SCI's Alan Bigelow’s Solar-Cooking Revolution

IndianOil commences pilot test study of indoor solar cooking system in Leh, Ladakh, India

Alzubair Saiyed has conducted workshops in more than 100 Indian villages since 2016

Events

International conferences

• NEW: 2-13 December, 2019 (Feria de Madrid in Madrid, Spain): COP25 - The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is hosting the twenty-fifth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP25) has been scheduled to take place in Feria de Madrid in Madrid, Spain from 2-13 December, 2019. More information...

• 22-24 January 2020 (Faro, Portugal): CONSOLFOOD2020 - To be held at the Institute of Engineering, Universidade do Algarve, Campus da Penha. The conference will focus on solar thermal food processing. The deadline for receipt of abstracts was 15 June 2019. More information... 

Brazil

• NEW: 12-14 May 2020 (Tubarão, Santa Catarina): ENSUS 2020 - O ENSUS reúne professores, técnicos, alunos e comunidade que buscam pela sustentabilidade integrada aos projetos e ao desenvolvimento de novos produtos, nas áreas de Arquitetura, Engenharia e Design. More information...

Germany

• NEW: 25-26 November 2019 (Berlin): Energy Transition in the Arab World

United States

Connecticut

• 4-5 April 2020 (New Haven): Global Health & Innovation Conference - At this 17th annual conference, learn from more than 200 speakers who are committed to effective, responsible programs in health, development, entrepreneurship, and education. More information...

See also

• Past events
• Conferences
• Organizing solar cooking events

New content

• (EVENT) 25-26 November 2019 (Berlin): Energy Transition in the Arab World
• USA news: Solar Cookers International to exhibit and advocate at COP25 conference in Madrid, Spain
• DRC NGO: PNUD en République démocratique du Congo
• India news: Gujarat Man Helps Tribal Women Make Solar Cookers That Cost Just Rs 100! - The Better India
• Design award: The PRINCE-40 community solar cooker wins Indian national award
• Kenya news: Long way to Kenya’s dream of clean energy - The East African
• Solar drying video: Solar Conduction and Convection Dryer - Rudra Solar Energy
• Event news: CONSOLFOOD2020 Preliminary programme
• Switzerland news: EPFL creates a solar cooker with solid potential in Switzerland
• Germany Facebook group: Kochen mit Sonnenlicht
• India Facebook group: Solar Cooker India
• Design: Jo Muller of Australia has built an evacuated-tube solar cooker built into plastic toolbox.
• Vendor: The CooKit solar panel cooker can be purchased from Solar Cookers International inside the United States
• Design: Jumbo version of the Fun-Panel solar cooker - Elmo Dutra
• Data: Over three million solar cookers and counting...
• Report: Using pressure cookers with a solar cooker and heat-retention - Elmo Dutra
• WhatsApp group: Fogão Solar Brasil
• (EVENT) Brazil event: 12-14 May 2020 (Tubarão, Santa Catarina): ENSUS 2020
• Solar pioneer: Celebrating the Sun Queen (Mária Theresa Telkes) - SWE Magazine
• Wiki article: Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

• Photovoltaic cooking news: Electric cooking starts to simmer in rural India - Energyworld.com
• Mexico news: Solar Cookers Produce More Than Food for Mexican Women - Inter Press Service
• Manufacturer news: Solavore is no longer in the business of marketing solar cookers
• Algeria video: Le festival de la cuisson solaire d'Adrar 2016
• USA news: PVDG’s Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Sun Ovens International, Inc. Expanding Into International Markets
• USA news: Engineering students crank up the heat at 'Solar Oven Throw Down' - KUGN 9 News
• (EVENT) 23 October 2019 (Ada, Oklahoma, USA) - Ag Fest to demonstrate solar cooking on the East Central University campus
• Manufacturer news: GoSun Goes to Crowdfunding to Kickstart its Series A - The Spoon
• Peru Facebook group: Eco Solperu
• Classroom news: School of Engineering and Sciences developing solar cooking technology into their curriculum - Solar Cookers International
• Madagascar news: Back to the Green Island with Efficient and Solar Stoves - Association pour le Développement de l'Energie Solaire
• Water pasteurization report: Water Disinfection Experiment Design Report - Nzoia Water and Services Co Lt
• Ghana news: Students bring solar powered projects to Ghana - Mustang News
• Video: Cooking by burying pots underground in a desert environment
• India news: Modi government to offer Ayushman, Ujjwala benefits for PMAY users in three month trial program - Financial Express
• India news: Here comes the sun - Pune Mirror
• India news: SECI tenders 500 quantities of solar cooking systems - PV Magazine India
• Upcoming international conference: CONSOLFOOD 2020
• Slides: Oportunidades y recomendaciones para tecnologías apropiadas en países en desarrollo - Dieter Seifert
• India news: Keeping the Mahatma’s light shining - Mongabay