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(EVENT) 2 December 2020 (7 a.m. PST, 10 a.m. EST, 15:00 UTC) (Online):Join SCI for a special event at the United Nations discussing solar cooking's positive impacts on women and the environment Webinar: 4 December 2020 (1:30 p.m. IST, 8:00 GMT)Sustainability through Solar Energy and Entrepreneurship - Hosted by Jagan Nath University, Bahadurgarh, India Chad NGO: Agence de Développement Economique et Social 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. PanjaaKenya news: Ksh.500M released for 14 counties in off-grid solar project - Citizen Digital Wiki article: Solar Oven Tracker developed by Stan WellsUSA 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 sessionSCI'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 SunshineA 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 September 2020:
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Water pasteurization document: Safe Drinking Water For the World - Roger Haines Construction plans: Build a very large version of the Copenhagen Solar Cooker Australia Facebook group: Cooloola Solar Systems France/Bolivia Facebook group: Bolivia Inti-Sud Soleil Argentina Facebook groups: Cocinando con el Sol - Fundación EcoAndina - O'paybo Mexico news: Health Food: Oaxacans Turn to Traditional Healing in a Time of Crisis - Culinary Backstreets (EVENT) 15-19 June 2020 (Manila, Philippines): - Asia Clean Energy Forum Dominican Republic Facebook groups: El Fuego Del Sol - Grupo Jaragua USA Facebook group: World Central Kitchen Research paper: Analysis of the Thermal Behavior of a Tunnel-Type Dryer with Hybridization of Solar Technologies - Margarita Castillo Téllez, Beatríz Castillo Téllez, Luz María Hernández Cruz, José Andrés Alanís Navarro (EVENT) 30 May 2020 (9:30 GMT): 4th Webinar CONSOLFOOD, Spreading the solar cooking "virus" Vendor news: Dr. Solstice Algeria Facebook group: Centre de Développement des Energies Renouvelables (CDER) Afghanistan Facebook groups: German Aid for Afghan Children - Global Hope Network International - The Lady Fatemah Trust Germany Facebook group: EG-Solar Yemen news: Displaced women in Yemen become solar entrepreneurs - themedialine Italy video: Conoscete la cottura solare? In questo video spiego come funziona, con esempi di forni, fornelli e barbecue solari - Andrea Mameli Manufacturer news: GoSun provides 1500 solar ovens to the Red Cross for Super Typhoon Yutu relief Research paper: Field Trial to Determine the Capacity of a Single Person to Manually Maintain Multiple Focussed Beams on a Single Target - Andrew Wilson, BAppSc Research paper: A Field Trial — Using a Heat Trap, Insulation, and Heat Sinks With a 1.5m Parabolic Solar Concentrator to Attempt the Pizza Oven Challenge at Latitude 32S - Andrew Wilson, BAppSc Research paper: Natural Criterion for Defining the 3D Focus of a Parabolic Solar Cooker Composed of Flat Lamellae - Dr. Ilko Petrov Design: SunStore Cooker – A Battery Type Solar Cooker Charged by an Automated Sun Tracking System (Slides ) - Akiko Ishibashi, Jonn Reim, Jakob Jensen Research paper: High Temperature Solar Cooking System With a PCM Energy Storage Unit - Olivia Alves, V. A. F. Costa Research paper: Experimental Evaluation of the Tolokatsin V Solar Oven - Eduardo A. Rincón Mejía, Marco Aurelio Díaz Leal González, Eduardo Vázquez Valdez, Eduardo González Mora Research paper: Lessons Learned from Applied Solar Cooking In Community, Tamera, Portugal - Franziska Klapper, Hannah Larndorfer, Katrin Münch Design: Solar Household Energy Bank - Building the Device | Solar Household Energy Bank - Disinfecting Clothing and Bedding | Solar Household Energy Bank - Grain Drying | Solar Household Energy Bank - Preheating Water Update: Solar Z through-the wall solar cooker Research paper: Overcoming Hurdles to Solar Cooking - Sara Hjalmarsson , Stefan KarnebäckProject evaluation: Evaluation for Jewish World Watch Tchad Solaire Solar Cooker Project Touloum and Iridimi Refugee Camps - Patricia McArdle Research paper: Solar Cooker in Urban Environment as a Complement to Liquified Petroleum Gas Cooking - Case Study in Las Tunas Neighborhood, Buenos Aires - Manuel F. Semedo, Lucio Capalbo, Pamela Scanio Research paper: Hybrid Solar Oven - Limited or Limitless - David Chalker Research paper: The Challenges of Everyday Solar Cooking in Communities - A. Fernándes Torres, C. Karystinos Research paper: Solar Cookers to Complement Traditional Restaurants - Pedro Serrano Article in the media: Well-Tended Fires Outperform Modern Cooking Stoves - Low-Tech Magazine Construction plans: Kimono Solar Cooker Research paper: Design, Realization and Test of a Portable Solar Box Cooker with Booster Mirrors - Giovanni Di Nicola, Gianluca Coccia, Sebastiano Tomassetti, and Mariano Pierantozzi Research paper: Experimental characterization of a solar cooker with thermal energy storage based on solar salt - G Coccia, G Di Nicola, S Tomassetti, G Gabrielli, M Chieruzzi and M Pierantozzi Pakistan Facebook group: Sunny Solutions Project evaluation: Adopción tecnológica sustentable de cocinas solares en comunidades indígenas y rurales de Michoacán - M. González-Avilés Research paper: Exergy applied to the heat conduction analysis in glass covers of a solar cooker box-type with internal and external reflectors - Terres H, et al Research paper: The 250-year saga of solar box cookers - Ashok Kundapur Research paper: Thermal and optical analysis of selective absorber coatings based on soot for applications in solar cookers - H. Servín, et al April 2020:
Research paper: A temperature threshold evaluation for thermocline energy storage in concentrated solar power plants - T. Fasquelle, Q. Falcoz, P. Neveu, and J.-F. Hoffmann Research paper: Analysis strategy for multi-criteria optimization: Application to inter-seasonal solar heat storage for residential building needs - S. Launay, B. Kadoch, O. Le Métayer, C. Parrado Research paper: Experimental investigation of 16 square meter Scheffler concentrator system and its performance assessments for various regions of India - S. Kumar, V. Yadav, U. Sahoo, and S.K. Singh Research paper: State of the art of solar cooking: An overview - N.L. Panwar, S.C. Kaushik, and Surendra Kothari Research paper: A review on energy and exergy analysis of solar drying systems - N.L. Panwar, S.C. Kaushik, and Surendra Kothari Wiki article: Solar crematorium Mali news: Mali Removes VAT and Import Duties for Solar - pv magazine Resource: Impact of COVID-19 on Energy Access - Energypedia Research paper: Experimental determination of the thermal performance of a solar box cooker with a modified cooking pot - Atul Sagade USA news: Sun Power - Evolving practices help bring solar cooking to the world stage - Comstock's Magazine Resources: SCI offers downloadable resources for international, national, and community solar cooking impact all from one location Video: Insulated Solar-Electric Cooking Technology and Uganda - Cal Poly Solar Cooking Research paper: Insulated Solar Electric Cooking – Tomorrow's healthy affordable stoves? - T. Watkins, et al Video: Solar electric cooking in Ghana with phase-change thermal storage - Cal Poly Solar Cooking Solar dryer model: Multipurpose Solar Dryer Book: Solar Cookers: Cooking with the sun, history, theory, construction, and recipes - Nicola Ulivieri India news: Weeklong online lectures from 15 April in memory of great solar techie James McGilligan Newsletter: Solar Cookers International published its Spring 2020 newsletter Afghanistan report: The Potential Impacts of Solar Cooking in Afghanistan USA news: Solar Cooking Startup GoSun Adds Water Filtration To The Product Lineup - THE SPOON Video: Cooking on a balcony with the Sundish solar cooker during the lockdown in India Sierra Leone vendor: Easy Solar France news: Pierre-Andre Aubert is in the process of setting up a solar restaurant in Marseilles Event changes: A number of events have been canceled, rescheduled, or offered online due to COVID-19 Dominican Republic news: Grandmother offers unique opportunity to grandchildren - Daily Leader Extra Italy WhatsApp group: Cuochi Solari Italiani Kenya video: Video of Solar Cookers International's project to deliver solar cookers to 300 people in the Kakuma Refugee Camp March 2020:
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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 January 2020:
SCI news: Solar Cookers International updates Distribution of Solar Cookers Map SCI news: Solar Cookers International featured in Physics World article and podcast (Article... , Podcast... )Kenya news: Kenya learns to cook with solar power - even when the sun doesn't shine - Reuters Zimbabwe news: Amid crippling power cuts, Zimbabwe turns to solar energy - The Washington Post Report: Low-cost solar household energy - Dale Andreatta Report: Adding cold water to boiling water to achieve pasteurization temperatures without a thermometer - Nzoia Water and Services Co Lt China manufacturer: Jet-Flame USA NGO: Florida Renewable Energy Association France video: Des cuiseurs solaires pour lutter contre la précarité énergétique Bolivia news: Création d'un réseau de vendeuses de cuiseurs solaires en Bolivie - (English version ) - Bolivia Inti-Sud Soleil USA news: SCI supporter Darwin Curtis makes solar cooking research possible Photos: CONSOLFOOD 2020 Brazil NGO: Garota Intelligentsia Haiti NGO: Haiti Adolescent Girls Network Handbook: Fabrication de cuiseurs et séchoirs solaires - Cristelle Sourian and David Amelin Heat-retention cooking video: Fireless Cooker Presentation - Faustine Wama South Africa report: The feasibility of introducing solar ovens to rural women in Maphephethe - Merridy Wilson and J Maryann Green Mexico news: SHE works with Lorena Harp on the solar cooker initiative in Oaxaca State - Solar Household Energy Manufacturer news: One Earth Designs, maker of SolSource solar cooker, shuts down after raising $500,000 from Mark Cuban - Tech StartUps USA news: The HotPot solar panel cooker is again for sale in the USA Cookbook: Recetario de Olla Solar Video: Prueba con frijoles en un Haines I Video: Cómo armar un Horno Solar Haines I Video: Tips and tricks for HotPot winter use Kenya Facebook group: Student Solar Cooking Science Projects Eldoret, Kenya Video: Basics of Cooking with the Sun - Sun Ovens International India Facebook group: Solar Cooking Campaign for Grassroots USA article in the media: California school tests its solar ovens Video: New Solar Oven Design - SunTaste Unboxing and Cooking Facebook group: SolarcookingIntroduction (EVENT) 26 February 2020 (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA): Cooking With Sunlight: Learn the history, benefits, and use of solar cooking Parabolic cooker purchase site: Purchase the BS-M1 model in quantity on Alibaba Heat-retention cooking guide: The Fireless Cooker - Faustine Wama UK Facebook group: Solar Cooking UK Mozambique report: Solar cooking in Mozambique – an investigation of end-user’s needs for the design of solar cookers - Pia Otte
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