Solar Cooking
Last edited: 22 March 2022      
Students in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, learn to solar cook in 2015. Photo credit: SuryaKumbh

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SCI forum logo, 7-2-25
  • NEW: Thursday, July 17, 2025 (9:00am-10:30am PT, 4:00pm-5:30pm CUT) Join Solar Cookers International (SCI) at the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development. SCI and guest speakers from around the world will demonstrate solar cooking’s role in reducing air pollution, advancing gender equality, and fostering global partnerships for sustainable development. Zoom registration information...
See also: Global Calendar of Events and past events in United Arab Emirates

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UAE energy initiative image, 3-22-22

Clean cooking initiative for UAE, Photo credit: epitsky@123rf.com

  • March 2022: Clean cooking energy initiative looks Beyond Food - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) have launched Beyond Food, an initiative that aims to provide people in communities in low-resource settings around the world with crucial access to sustainable energy for clean cooking. In collaboration with Nama Women Advancement Establishment, the UAE and IRENA have teamed up to foster cooperation and coordinated action to promote the deployment of clean cooking solutions across the world, in a bid to tackle one of the world’s most pressing human development challenges. The partnership aims to expand and bring in more key actors working on this issue in the coming days. Read more...
Dubai solar concentrator 07-16

Rendering of newly approved solar concentrator. Photo credit: Gizmodo

  • July 2016: A new solar concentrator power plant was recently approved for construction in Dubai and is set to be the largest in the world. The plant will reportedly generate 1,000 megawatts of power by 2020 and 5,000 megawatts by 2030. Read more...
  • July 2016: So far Beacon Energy Solutions has introduced solar cooking to more than 200 students across three different schools in Dubai. Read more... - Khaleej Times
UAE SuryaKumbh 06-15

Students in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, learn to solar cook. Photo credit: Khaleej Times

  • June 2015: Dubai students learn to use solar reflectors to cook in the sun - Inspired by the Guinness World Record setting event held in Mumbai, India, earlier this year, Beacon Energy Solutions partnered with DPS Academy in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to "inspire youngsters to harness ... solar energy." Sixty-seven students from grades 5 - 8 gathered to learn how to use a solar oven to cook several types of local dishes.

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