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April 2021

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GEF Small Grants Programme provided integrated cooking technology to El Salvador after Tropical Storm Stan

The OPEC Fund Annual Award for Development (AAD) celebrates outstanding contributions to sustainable development, Nominations by 1 June 2021

Solar Cookers International has been named as finalist in the Keeling Curve Prize for sustainable planet solutions

Participants of the inaugural Women in Clean Cooking Mentorship Program

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Creating Entrepreneurs with Solar Energy - GoSol.org

The Hidden Side of Energy Access: Understanding Clean Cooking - a four module e-course

March 2021

SCI at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Virtual Event, dedicated in memory of the devoted solar cooking advocate Dar Curtis

February 2021

NASA believes solar cooking will work well on the moon

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Artisans create solar bakery in Normandy, France

Events

21-22 May 2021: Food quality, solar cooking, drying, farming, gardening online conference - Sponsored by The Solar Centre Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany. Speakers will be—among others—Deepak Gadhia, Seggy Segaran, Dave Oxford, Stewart Maclachlan, Ivan Yaholnitsky, Celestino Ruivo and Juana María Hernández Jarquín. The presentations on the 21st will be in English, and on the 22nd auf Deutsch. Program and Registration information...
Webinar: 4 July 2021, 13:00 GMT: CONSOLFOOD: Baking bread in your solar cooker - Cooks are invited to send a 90 second maximum, video showing how to bake bread using the sun. Selected videos will be compiled in a YouTube playlist for ease of presentation during the webinar. Submission period has been extended! Video requirements
23-30 June 2021, 17-23 December 2021: Solar Cooking Awareness Week - A loosely organized bid to acknowledge the fun and benefits of solar cooking. Show someone how to solar cook and share a meal.

Australia

6-10 February 2022 (Perth): World Renewable Energy Congress XXI - Hosted by Murdoch University, The conference will focus on finding 'A Pathway to Economic Recovery and Climate Mitigation'. With a broad agenda, conference organizers are requesting proposals for presentation, and have acknowledged solar cooking to be a viable technology to help achieve the stated objectives. They encourage solar cooking organizations to submit proposals. More information...

Indonesia

30 September - 2 October 2021 (Jakarta): 7th SOLARTECH Indonesia - (Rescheduled from 30 March-2 April 2021) to be held at JIExpo Kemayoran Jakarta. More information...

Portugal

24-26 January 2022 (Faro): Fourth International Conference: Advances in Solar Thermal Food Processing - CONSOLFOOD Chairman, Celestino Ruivo, has announced the first call for abstracts for the upcoming conference in Portugal in January 2022. Advances in solar cooking as well as solar food processing will be considered for presentation. The deadline for abstract submissions is 15 July 2021. The event schedule and submission requirements are in CONSOLFOOD 2022 conference information.

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See also

New content

May 2021:

Video: New solar box cooker - Rudra Solar Energy
Kenya NGO: Athel Technology Limited
Glazing types: Dave Oxford of SLiCK explains which type of heat trap for your solar cooker works the best
Online conference: 21-22 May 2021 - Food quality, solar cooking, drying, farming, gardening: Sponsored by The Solar Centre Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany. 21st in English, 22nd auf Deutsch
Solar cooking smoker: Head Chef Joshua Murray at the Conrad Hotel in Washington, D.C. has discovered a way to turn a solar box cooker into a meat smoker
Kenya news: Innovative Solar Cooker, Transforming Households - Kenya Climate Innovation Center
Wiki article: PEP tested solar cookers
Report: The development of a portable vessel for the collection, storage, and utilization of solar thermal energy for household use] - Matthew Paul Alonso

April 2021:

El Salvador news: GEF Small Grants Programme provided integrated cooking technology after Tropical Storm Stan
Conference: 6-10 February 2022 - The World Renewable Energy Congress XXI, will hosted by Murdoch University in Perth, Australia. They request proposals for presentation
Evacuated tube cooker design: GoSun's latest solar cooker has electrical back-up capabilities
Portugal news: Tamera, based in Reliquias, addresses global problems with low-tech solutions, which include solar energy storage concepts
Heat storage: Jürgen Kleinwächter explains creating a low-tech solution for heat storage and electricity production.
Journal article: Phase change thermal storage: Cooking with more power and versatility - Pete Schwartz, et al
Conference papers: Encuentro Solar 2004
Conference papers: Encuentro Solar 2003
Conference papers: Encuentro Solar 2002
Keeling Curve Prize: Solar Cookers International has been named as a finalist for the Keeling Curve Prize for sustainable planet solutions
Haiti news: Young solar cooking advocate brings STEM workshops to primary schools in Haiti
Benin news: Youth network partners with Inti to create solar food drying venture
Clean Cooking Alliance:Participants of the inaugural Women in Clean Cooking Mentorship Program
Webinar: 22 April 2012 (TBD): Clean Cooking Alliance - Transitioning to Clean Cooking will focus on conducting national health and energy assessments
Business opportunities: Creating Solar Entrepreneurs with Solar Energy - GoSol.org
Carbon credit mechanisms: Aligning with Paris, The voluntary market in transition - Carbon Mechanisms Review
India news: Indore: People share their journey of solar cooking as an environment-friendly option, Jimmy McGilligan Memorial Week - The Free Press Journal
NGO news: Zenaga Foundation promotes access to clean energy and environmental sustainability
Photovoltaic cooking: Craig Bergland experiments using nichrome wire as a 12v heating element to assist cooking with a solar box cooker
Box cooker resource: Calculator for the angles of four-sided reflectors
Webinar: (TBD) - CONSOLFOOD is requesting videos of solar cooks baking bread for use in a future webinar
Conference: 24-26 January 2022 - The 4th CONSOLFOOD 2022 international solar thermal food processing conference will be held in Faro, Portugal, abstracts for presentation are being accepted
Democratic Republic of the Congo NGO: Nabahya Food Institute is a community based commune promoting energy efficient cooking strategies
Webinar: Thursday, 29 April 2021 (2:00pm - 3:30am CEST, 12:00 - 1:30 GMT):Understanding the multilateral climate funds - This will be the last webinar of The Women and Gender Constituency three-part series. This Zoom event is free but registration is required
Webinar: Thursday, 15 April 2021 (2:00pm - 3:30am CEST, 12:00 - 1:30 GMT):Improving capacities to access funding - The Women and Gender Constituency invites you to the second of their three-part webinar series. This Zoom event is free but registration is required
Webinar: Thursday, 1 April 2021 (2:00pm - 3:30am CEST, 12:00 - 1:30 GMT):, Exploring the Funding Landscape - The Women and Gender Constituency invites you to the first of their three-part webinar series. This Zoom event is free but registration is required

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.