Home

Top News

Ultra low-tech Solar Household Energy Bank provides heat for many uses

Solar Cookers International provides 300 refugees with solar cookers and training in the Kakuma Refugee Camp

This wiki's companion Facebook group, the Solar Cookers World Network, reaches 4000 members

CONSOLFOOD 2020 publishes preliminary Conference Proceedings

The Solar Cooking Wiki receives nearly 500,000 pageviews in 2019

Solar Cookers International featured in Physics World

Photos from the CONSOLFOOD 2020 conference in Faro, Portugal now available

Jim La Joie offers 100 free collapsible solar cookers to individuals traveling to Africa

Events

Webinars

• NEW: 27 March 2020 (14:00 - 15:30 GMT): Women’s Energy Entrepreneurship - More information...
• NEW: 28 March 2020 (16:45 - 18:20 GMT): 1stWebinar CONSOLFOOD - Spreading the solar cooking “virus” - More information...

Online Events

• NEW: 4-5 April 2020: 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...

• NEW: 23-26 June 2020: ASES SOLAR 20/20 - In conjunction with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon, the American Solar Energy Society is sponsoring the global event, SOLAR 20/20. Hear the latest information on climate change, as well as learn about amazing technology and market advances by innovators and financiers. This will be a push by everyone across the political spectrum for more control of our energy choices to reduce associated costs. NEW:  SOLAR 20/20 will happen over the same dates, but as a virtual event. More information...

International conferences

• NEW: 29 June - 01 July 2020 (Frieburg, Germany): International Energy Workshop - More information...

Australia

• NEW: 29-30 September 2020 (Sydney): Smart Energy Conference & Exhibition (Rescheduled from April 2020) - The Smart Energy Council has a vision to vastly expand renewables in the marketplace, and various options to achieve this goal will be discussed and displayed at the Australian Smart Energy Conference & Exhibition. Australia’s premier smart energy event will be held in Sydney at the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Darling Harbour. More information...

• NEW: 2-4 December 2020 (Melbourne): 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 Conference will be about the people: researchers, industry players, policy makers, and leaders from NGOs and non-profits who have all contributed to make renewable energy the fastest growing contributor to our global energy supply. More information...

Brazil

• 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... - (English version)

France

• NEW: Sunday 23 August 2020 (Sorède): FOURSOLAIRE 2020 - "Let's Solar Cook" A gathering of amateurs, professionals, and the merely curious, will come together near the site of the Himalaya 1900 Solar Furnace in southern France to celebrate solar cooking. Share recipes and display your solar cookers. More information... - (English version)

Germany

• NEW: 17-19 June 2020 (Munich): Intersolar Europe - Intersolar Europe is a leading exhibition for the solar industry and its partners, and takes place annually at the Messe München Exhibition Center. The event’s exhi­bition and conference both focus on the areas of photovoltaics, solar thermal technologies, solar plants, as well as grid infrastructure and solutions for the integration of renewable energy. More information...
• NEW: 29 June - 01 July 2020 (Frieburg): International Energy Workshop - More information...

Greece

• NEW: 1-4 September 2020 (Athens): EuroSun2020 - 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. The program will include keynote speakers in plenary sessions, specialists meetings in breakout sessions, and poster exhibitions. More information...

Indonesia

• NEW:  26-28 August 2020 (Jakarta): SOLARTECH Indonesia 2020 - More information...

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. NEW: This event is being reorganized to take place online. More information...

Washington, D.C.

• NEW: 23-26 June 2020: ASES SOLAR 20/20 - In conjunction with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon, the American Solar Energy Society is sponsoring the global event, SOLAR 20/20. Hear the latest information on climate change, as well as learn about amazing technology and market advances by innovators and financiers. This will be a push by everyone across the political spectrum for more control of our energy choices to reduce associated costs. NEW:  SOLAR 20/20 will happen over the same dates, but as a virtual event. More information...

See also

• Past events
• Conferences
• Organizing solar cooking events

New content

• Classroom resource: Taking Solar Cookers to Schools - Shawn Reeves
• Event rescheduled: USA events to be held online
• Event rescheduled: Australia Smart Energy Conference postposed until September
• (EVENT) 26-28 August 2020 (Jakarta): SOLARTECH Indonesia 2020 - More information...
• (EVENT) 29 June - 01 July 2020 (Frieburg, Germany): International Energy Workshop - More information...
• (EVENT) 27 March 2020 (14:00 - 15:30 GMT) Webinar: Women’s Energy Entrepreneurship - More information...
• (EVENT) 28 March 2020 (16:45 - 18:20 GMT): 1stWebinar CONSOLFOOD2020 - Spreading the solar cooking “virus” - More information...
• Burkina Faso news: UN-backed fund to support solar businesses in Burkina Faso - PV Magazine
• El Salvador Facebook group: Unidad Ecológica Salvadoreña
• Wiki article: Sunlight
• Solar heater design: Solar Household Energy Bank
• Wall-mounted solar cooker: Sundish
• India news: Renewable Energy: How a shift towards energy access is transforming rural India - The Economic Times
• Design: The Copenhagen Light Solar Cooker converted to a larger size by the Solar Education Project
• India news: Igniting a Solar Revolution - milleniumpost
• Kenya news: Global Off-Grid Solar Forum & Expo held in Nairobi
• USA individual: Luther Krueger
• India NGO on LinkedIn: Simplified Technologies for Life
• (EVENT) 23-26 June 2020 (Washington, D.C., USA): ASES SOLAR 20/20 - In conjunction with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon, the American Solar Energy Society is sponsoring the global event, SOLAR 20/20
• Photovoltaic cooker designs: Research begins using thermal diode arrays for cooking
• France/Bolivia Facebook group: Bolivia Inti-Sud Soleil

• Promotion report: Combatting Desertification with Plants (Contains some very good information on how to work with local populations preserving and enhancing their dignity.)
• India vendor: Solar Cookers in Pune
• Kenya news: Solar Cookers International provides 300 people at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya with solar cookers in 2019
• Social Media: List of solar cooking online discussion and social media groups now on Solar Cooking on Social Media
• CONSOLFOOD 2020: Third International Congress on Advances in Solar Thermal Food Processing - (English version)
• Thermal storage slides: Cooking with Stored Solar Energy - Seggy & Jane Segaran
• India news: Solar energy the future of city: Experts
• Niger Facebook group: Sahara Sahel Foods
• Niger resource: Esther Garvi's recipes for 'famine foods' in Niger
• Algeria video: La passage à la télévision de Arezki Harmim pour la présentation de son premier, simple et rudimentaire cuiseur solaire boite en 2010
• Argentina Facebook group: Solar Inti
• Heat-retention cooking: Faustine Wama displays some visually delightful heat-retention cooking baskets recently created under her direction
• Social media: Solar cooking photos on Instagram
• Conference slides: A Parabolic Solar Cooking Device Developed in Lesotho - Ivan Yaholnitsky
• Taiwan news: Global Off-Grid Solar Forum & Expo: 3rd day on e-cooking, growing solar biz, PAYGo companies & more - Devdiscourse
• Bangladesh news: Bangladeshi government appeals for more partners to help roll-out off-grid solar - PV Magazine
• Costa Rica news: Building hope and solar ovens
• Peru vendor: Newly formed, HC Solar is the exclusive representative of GoSun products in Peru
• Kenya news: A 2017 community solar concentrator from GoSol.org is still in use in Kenya baking bread daily for the Friends of Ndere
• CONSOLFOOD 2020: Prof. Pedro Serrano Rodriguez has published an open letter to the participants of CF2020, and the whole solar cooking community. English version
• Video: Household Solar Energy Bank
• Preheating news: Minimizing wood needed to cook a days worth of food with Solar Hybrid Cooking - Sun Frost
• USA NGO: Solar Education Project
• Audio interview: Sun BD Corporation director David Chalker interviewed at CONSOLFOOD 2020
• Audio interview: SCI advisory board member Pat McArdle interviewed at CONSOLFOOD 2020
• Wiki news: The Solar Cooking Wiki receives more than 500,000 pageviews in 2019
• Bolivia Facebook group: Asociación Inti Illimani
• South Africa news: Solar cooker project for Inzuzwenhle learners - Maritzburg Sun
• Solar cooking history article: Las cocinas solares de Adnan Tarcici (enero 1950) - (English version)
• Dominican Republic video: Testimony about advantages of solar cooking by Minorca from Monte Cristi
• (EVENT) 2-4 December 2020 (Melbourne, Australia): SWC50 – The Century of Solar - ISES is commemorating the first International Solar Energy Society (ISES) Conference in Melbourne with a special 50th Anniversary Conference and Display, called the Solar World Congress at 50 (SWC50)
• (EVENT) 1-4 September 2020 (Athens, Greece): EuroSun2020 - The 13th Conference on Solar Energy for Buildings and Industry, sponsored by ISES, will offer a platform to discuss the latest developments with leading solar energy experts.
• (EVENT) 17-19 June 2020 (Munich, Germany): Intersolar Europe - Intersolar Europe is a leading exhibition for the solar industry, including solar thermal, and takes place annually at the Messe München Exhibition Center.
• (EVENT) 7-8 April 2020 (Sydney, Australia): Smart Energy Conference & Exhibition -Australia’s premier smart energy event will be held at the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Darling Harbour
• Photovoltaic solar cooking report: Preliminary design and analysis of a proposed solar and battery electric cooking concept: costs and pricing - Leach, M., Oduro, R.
• South Africa news: Ngangifisa helps keep Diepsloot Combined School learners’ bellies full
• Germany Facebook group: Kochen mit Sonnenlicht
• USA Facebook group: Citizens for Solar
• USA Facebook group: Solar Smelters International
• Photovoltaic solar cooking news: Single Portable Induction Cooktop: What They Won’t Tell You About an Induction Burner The Equipped Cook
• Video: Stromboli being solar baked by the Bethel Business and Community Development Centre
• (EVENT) Sunday 23 August 2020 (Sorède, France): FOURSOLAIRE 2020 - "Let's Solar Cook" A gathering of amateurs, professionals, and the merely curious, will come together near the site of the Himalaya 1900 Solar Furnace in southern France to celebrate solar cooking.
• Design: Winebox Solar Rice Cooker
• Uganda news: Haines 2.0 Solar Cookers for Refugees in Uganda