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Solar cooking around the world
Top News
November 2020
 | The “Women in Clean Cooking” mentorship program, supporting women across Africa and Asia, is now accepting applications until 29 November 2020 |
 | Four million solar cookers distributed since January 1990. See the map showing where they went. |
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Events
Online events
- NEW: 23 - 27 November 2020: 9th International Conference on Appropriate Technology - INAT presents a program that will focus on technology exchange and employment creation for community empowerment Learn more...
- NEW: 23 - 27 November 2020: 1er. Congreso Nacional de Secado Solar y Cocción Solar de Alimentos - Presentación en línea de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), en español. Contacto: ensycsa@ier.unam.mx
- 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...
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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
New content
November 2020:
- Annual report: Solar Household Energy: 2019 Annual Report
- Annual report: Solar Household Energy: 2018 Annual Report
- Annual report: Engineers Without Borders - Sweden (2019)
- Kenya news: SCI's Executive Director Caitlyn Hughes discusses the impact of solar cooking around the world and shared success stories from Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya
- India manufacturer: DayStar Solar Cooking Solutions
- Tajikistan news: Little Earth conducts an introductory solar program in Pamir
- Kenya news: Kenia Brief (German) - Mount Kenya Energy Project
- (EVENT) 23-27 November 2020 (Online): 9th International Conference on Appropriate Technology presented by INAT
- Mentorship program: The “Women in Clean Cooking” mentorship program, supporting women across Africa and Asia, is now accepting applications until 29 November 2020
- Video: Inexpensive Solar Water Heaters (Solar Household Energy Bank)
- India news: Children’s Day 2020: Tribal kids conduct experiments away from artificial labs in Bhopal - The Free Press
- Education resources: Sharon Clausson, with the Solar Education Project, created the Kid's Copenhagen Light construction manual
- Kenya news: A new local partner agreement has been signed between Engineers Without Borders - Sweden and the Asulma Centre Self Help Group in Nairobi to diffuse solar cooking to more areas of Kenya.
- Education news: Sharon Clausson holds a classroom workshop for children making their first solar cooker
- Solar Tracking news: Stan Wells demonstrates the latest version of the Sun Rover
October 2020:
- Indonesia article: What's Cooking With Solar Cookers? - LEADERS: Indonesia's Forum for Sustainable Living
- Research papers: Solar cooking research papers by Atul Sagade
- Testing report: Enabling rating of intermediate temperature solar cookers using different working fluids as test loads and its validation through a design change - Atul Sagade, S.K. Samdarshia, and Partha S. Panjaa
- Kenya news: Ksh.500M released for 14 counties in off-grid solar project - Citizen Digital
- Wiki article: Solar Oven Tracker developed by Stan Wells
- USA news: Luther Krueger is establishing himself as one of the foremost solar cooking enthusiast in North America
- Kenya news: Counties get Sh500m for solar, clean cooking kits - Business Daily
- Evacuated-tube cooker document: GoSun Stove - Can Evacuated Tubes Scale to Meet Global Cooking Needs - Patrick Sherwin
- Solar tracking news: Optional Tracker Additions - Stan Wells
- (EVENT) 3-6 November 2020 (Online): The 5th International Conference on New Energy and Future Energy Systems (NEFES 2020) - An interchange among researchers, developers, engineers, students, and practitioners from around the world to discuss the possible challenges for future energy systems
- (EVENT) Friday, 23 October 2020 (9 a.m. EDT, 2 p.m. West Africa Time, 1 p.m. GMT (Online)): ReEnergy Africa E-Summit - Success Stories session - SCI's Executive Director, Caitlyn Hughes, will be discussing the impact of solar cooking around the world at the ReEnergy Africa E-Summit Friday session
- Vietnam video: More than 20 years Solar Serve - Green Impact
- Nepal video: How household waste around us can save us a lot of money?
- Document: Solar Cooking Frequently Asked Questions - Solar Cooker at Cantina West
- United Kingdom news: Hours of Sunlight in the UK - SLiCK
- (EVENT) Monday, 2 November 2020 (7-9 p.m. EDT, 11:00 p.m.-1 a.m. GMT (Online)): D.A.R.E to Solar Cook - The Physics of Cooking with Sunshine- A Carnegie Science Center presentation with solar cooking advocates Mary Buchenic, Jennifer Gasser, and Dr. Alan Bigelow, SCI Science Director
- Evacuated-tube solar cooker: Glenergy Solar Cooker
- Solar panel cooker: The Ecoo is a scaled down panel cooker used to introduce children to solar cooking
- Solar tracking: Stan Wells demonstrates his tracker incorporating a thermostat for temperature control
- Solar tracker plans: Plans for the Sun Oven Tracker - Stan Wells
- Solar tracker parts list: Amazon.com parts list for Sun Oven Tracker - Stan Wells
- Photovoltaic cooking news: California Polytechnic University researcher Pete Schwartz creates new website for photovoltaic solar cooking research collaboration
- Manufactured cooker news: All Season Solar Cooker 2.0 is now available on Amazon again
For older news and new-content log, please see the Solar cooking news archive.
Contact
- For questions and comments about the Solar Cooking Wiki (this website), contact paul@solarcookers.org. To reach Solar Cookers International, contact info@solarcookers.org.
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