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CONSOLFOOD2020: Deadline for submission of abstracts extended to 15 June 2019

Bancha, the first solar-kitchen-only village in India

Mali NGO Togo Tilé reports stellar solar product sales for 2018

Sun Buckets documentary chronicles the development of their solar heat storage system

Heliac Solar earns the Judges' Choice Award in MIT Climate CoLab contest

Chef Pierre-André Aubert's solar restaurant, Le Présage, featured in video of the Gout de France festival

India team preparing for mass production of solar wall oven

Events

International conferences

• 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 31 May 2019. Abstracts were to be sent via email to cruivo@ualg.pt in .doc, .docx, or .pdf format. More conference information... 

Cyprus

• 5-7 July 2019 (Trozena): Solar Cooking with a black ceramic steam cooker - At this three-day Trozena Camp workshop you will have the chance to create your black ceramic steamer, including a Diamond Solar Cooker made by Re-newcy. More information...

Morocco

• September 2019 (Benguerir Green City):  Solar Decathlon AFRICA - More information...

Sweden

• NEW: 6 July 2019 (Landskrona): Skånes Matfestival 2019 - More information...

United States

Minnesota

• NEW: 22 June 2019 (St. Paul): Solstice Picnic Meet neighbors and share info on going solar at Transition Town – ASAP’s summer solstice potluck picnic at 5:30 p.m. at Hampden Park. Bring a dish to share, picnicware for yourself, lawn chairs or blanket, and a Frisbee or other lawn games. Check out our solar oven and taste some samples! Beverages and music provided. Rain location: 971 Manvel Street, just north of the park.

See also

• Past events
• Conferences
• Organizing solar cooking events

New content

• Facebook group: Minnesota Solar Cookers group
• Facebook group: Copenhagen Solar Cooker Group
• India news: RK Singh reviews the issues pertaining to Renewable Energy sector, calls upon the lenders - Dariya News
• USA news: Citizens for Solar hosts 37th annual solar cooking demonstration in Tucson, Arizona
• EVENT: 22 June 2019 (St.Paul, Minnesota): Summer solstice potluck picnic, with solar cooked samples, at 5:30 p.m. in Hampden Park.
• India news: Increasing the share of cleaner cooking among rural households of India - Observer Research Foundation
• Report: Proposals to finance energy projects of developing countries by the voluntary compensation of greenhouse gas emissions (Engish, German) - Dieter Seifert
• Germany interview: Wolfgang Scheffler: Die Geschichte des “Scheffler-Spiegels” - SunPod
• South Africa vendor: Sustainable.co.za
• Solar cooking book: Forni Solari (Italian)
• Heat storage news: Solar Stove reduces the cooking costs by 80% and is a safer alternative - Tech Explorist
• Photovoltaic cooking news: Bancha, the first solar kitchen only village in India
• South Africa news: Sustainable energy was the focus on Africa Day - South Coast Herald
• Sweden individual: Sara Hjalmarsson
• Sweden blog: Sara Hjalmarsson's Blog - (English version)
• Annual Report: Solar Cookers International's Annual Report for 2018
• Funding resource: Unlocking Public and Private Finance for the Poor - UN Capital Development Fund

• Fresnel lens concern: Heliac offers a directive on the use of their product to avoid accidentals fires
• Design and plans: The E&S Solar Oven
• Report: Solar Water Pasteurization and Water Disinfection in Developing Countries - National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Discussion forum archive: Solar Cooking Archive Discussion Forums
• Uganda Facebook group: Solar Connect Association Uganda Gulu Branch
• Mali news: Togo Tilé reports stellar solar product sales in 2018
• Montenegro individual: Bozina Komatina
• Annual report: Rapport d’activités 2018 - Bolivia Inti-Sud Soleil
• Research paper: Ensuring the Completion of Solar Cooking Process under Unexpected Reduction in Solar Irradiance - Atul Sagade, et al
• SolSource news: Available on Amazon.com
• Kenya Facebook group: Solar Cooking Introduction
• Italy Facebook group: SolAAR Lab
• Wiki article: Health benefits of solar cooking
• Heat storage news: Sun Buckets documentary
• Solar cooker design: GoSun Go
• India news: World Earth Day: On Mission to Save Environment, Gujarat Engineer Designs Solar Cooker That Costs Just Rs 100 - News 18
• Funding resource: UNDP Transparency Portal
• USA Facebook group: Secret Solar Institute of North Nevada
• Brazil Facebook group: Garota Intelligentsia