Al-Wissam bakery

The Al-Wissam solar bakery, is located in Remhala, Lebanon, 27km south of Beirut. It uses a roof-mounted solar trough array to heat an oil-filled pipe positioned along the array to . The hot oil is then directed to the kitchen where it heats convection ovens for baking. 
The City of Remhala has a history of intermittent electricity availability from the power utilities. Often, electricity is provided only one hour per day. This has required homes and businesses to rely on using diesel generators to provide back-up power. The solar consultants, Partners with Sun designed and oversaw the installation of the new solar array. The bakery owner, Wissam Shamseddine, has discovered they have been able to cut their diesel usage by 80% with the new system. Toufic Hamdan, Partners with Sun co-founder, explains; "We aim, between now and 2030, to bury the last boiler operating on diesel or electricity in food and beverage production," 
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Al-Wissam roof array, 4-29-23.png|The solar trough roof-top array heats an oil-filled pipe for the baking
Convection oven heated by the solar array, 4-29-23.png|The convection oven used for the production baking
Toufic Hamdan, Partners with Sun co-founder, 4-29-23.png|Toufic Hamdan, co-founder of Partners with Sun design consultants explains how much diesel fuel can be saved 
Al-Wissam bakery sales, 4-29-23.png|Al-Wissam bakery sales
 
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==News==
==Articles in the media==
*April 2023: Solar baking: How the sun is helping to reduce the cost of bread in Lebanon - euronews
*April 2023: Community solar gardens can help close the equity gap - World Economic Forum
*April:2023: Al-Wissam oven details - Partners with Sun
==Audio and video==
*April 2023: Saving traditional petro-fuels using the sun's power - World Economic Forum, Footage:Reuters
==External links==
* https://m.facebook.com/AlWissamBakery
==Contact==
Toufic Hamdan
Partners with Sun
Berytech Mar Roukoz
Lebanon
Tel. +961 70 059 244
Email info@partnerswithsun.com
Web: https://partnerswithsun.com
Category:Solar restaurants and bakeries
Category:Lebanon
Category:Verified active 2024