Solar cooking news archive 2021

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*USA news: Solar on La Crosse Wisconsin Schools, donates solar oven learning tools to district classrooms
*India news: Couple Cooks Homegrown Veggies in Solar Cooker; Cuts Costs by Rs 20,000/Year 
*Heat storage: Sun Buckets CFO, Joe Bradley, video interviewed by Luther Krueger, relates the history of the company as they the Sun Bucket
*France news: Low-tech-Lab is a non-profit profiling sustainable and affordable technologies
*China news: 49,000 solar cookers distributed in Zhangye, China through the Heqing Solar Cooker Project!
*Hybrid solar cooker: The GoSun Fusion offers a low-wattage heating element for nighttime use 
*Solar food drying: 
*Haiti news: Eliesheriff Joseph continues his steady stream of projects, this time constructing Copenhagen solar panel cookers for the Hinche community
*Canada news: Sustainable agriculture and solar cooking at the Mattawa Eco Farm and Discovery Centre - baytoday.ca
*Rwanda news: The government announced subsidies for lower income citizens to help purchase clean cooking technologies - MININFRA
*Yemen news: Women in Taizz learn to fabricate solar cookers to sell at the local market - reliefweb
*Heat storage: New Transparent Aerogel For Better Solar Power Plants - Green Earth Moon 
*Suryakumbh news: The first to take place since 2019 is held in Mokhada, India
*Greenhouse design: Matteo Muccioli has designed a cook pot/greenhouse 'bowl-in-bowl' combination for his Kimono Solar Cooker
*Solar cooking at COP26: Solar Cookers International presented advancements made in solar cooking at this year's COP26 
*Nepal news: Foundation for Sustainable Technologies continues to provide meals and services in rural Nepal on a regular basis
*Reducing LPG consumption: Pallavi Patil of Pune, India, describes the many ways she has reduced her LPG consumption with the help of solar cooking - The Better India
*India news: Indore: Students marvel at varied uses of solar power at Janak McGilligan's centre - The Free Press Journal
*Solar food processing news: Jamie O'Shea and Bjorn Quenemoen provide a video update of their solar food roasting business in N.Y., USA
*Uganda news: Esther Nattabi continues to build her social enterprise, UGwal Clean Energy Ltd.
*Household air pollution: Cooking with polluting fuels is a silent killer - here’s what can be done - World Economic Forum
*Haiti news: Eliesheriff Joseph continues hosting regular solar cooking workshops in the Hinche area, this time at the Maison Fortuna orphanage 
*Heat retention cooking: 18 November 2021 (9:00am-10:00am PST, 17:00-18:00GMT): The Solar Education Project, Sacramento City College's Global Studies Program and Makerspace, and several solar cooking colleagues around the world, sponsor a free online workshop on building and using a heat retention cooker
*Solar food processing news: Roasting coffee with the rays of the sun - AP News
*Italy news: Italian engineers are roasting coffee with the rays of the sun- TechXplore
*Researcher profile: Francisco Laranjo spends time with Celestino Ruivo on a hot July afternoon, and experiences the delight of solar cooking
*Cooking tips: Ajay Chandak offers a suggestion to provide even heating with a parabolic solar cooker
*India news: A young entrepreneur from Indore MP, Suneel Chauhan, has begun testing a prototype system he calls the Solar Tea Stall on Cycle
*SCI at COP26: 1-11 November 2021 - Solar Cookers International is participating in a number of news conferences and side events at this year's COP26 taking place in Glasgow, Scotland. See the Events page
*Mexico news: Cooking with the sun: Entrepreneurs help launch Mexico’s solar revolution - Mongabay
*Brazil news: Elmo Dutra video explaining solar cooking benefits for lower income communities (in Portuguese, use CC and subtitles to translate to other languages on YouTube)
*Recognizing solar cooking: - 'Whole forests will be saved': Is solar cooking more than just a flash in the pan? - CNN
*Webinar: Thursday, 11 November 2021, 1:00pm UTC- Solar Cookers International will present a webinar showing how solar cooking helps to improve public health, and the health of the environment around the globe. As part of this year's COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, it will take place as a side event at the World Health Organization pavilion. There is limited space available for those interested in participating in this free event. Register early. 
*Stove design: Yash Solar Stove
*Haiti news: Eliesheriff Joseph continues his solar cooking demonstrations around Hinche
*Kenya news: Farmers with a Vision are currently producing insulated wooden solar box ovens for sale at their facility in Kenya
*Conference: 18-22 October 2021: Week of Clean Cooking - The Clean Cooking Alliance announces this first ever event, leading up to the UN Climate Summit (COP26) in early November. It will feature a wide range of virtual engagements, events, announcements, content releases, and networking opportunities with CCA and partners from across the clean cooking ecosystem.
*Testing: See the latest solar cookers tested with the Performance Evaluation Process (PEP)
*Conference: 22-24 June 2022 (Marabá-PA), Brazil: ENSUS 2022 - A national event, with international coverage and participation, which aims to promote knowledge aimed at sustainability applied in engineering, architecture and urbanism, design and related areas. It will include online events as as well as in-person participation. The conference will be in Portuguese.
*Webinar: Monday, 27 September 2021, 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT, 19:00 - 20:00 GMT, Building a Solar Oven: A Real-World, Interdisciplinary Project for K-12 Students with Jennifer Gasser and Mary Buchenic
*Chile news: EntreCordillera Restobar joins the community of restaurants offering solar cooked meals in Villaseca
* Online classroom: . Friday, 17 September 2021 (10:30am CDT, 15:30 GMT): The Syracuse-Turkey Creek Township Public Library, offers online programs for homeschool students. This program is described as learning to build and use a solar cooker
* Conference: 5-7 April 2022: The 2nd International Sustainable Energy Conference 2022 will be taking place in Graz, Austria. Abstract submissions for presentation due by 24 October 2021
*India news: Cooking gas in India getting costlier every fortnight, solar-powered stoves in Bancha provide one alternative - The CSR Journal
* Conference: 15-17 September 2021: Climate Chance Summit Africa 2021. Participation is free in this virtual event, but registration is required
*Kenya news: Solar cooking demonstration in Mwandogo
*Mexico Facebook group: Red Mexicana de Secado y Cocción Solar
*Hybrid gas/solar stove: See Clement Musonda News for more detail on the hybrid stove he created in Zambia 
*Keeling Curve Prize: Mongabay.com describes the impact Solar Cookers International has had with the promotion of solar cooking, leading to their award in the Social and Cultural Pathways category
*Report: Performance of solar funnel cookers using intermediate temperature test load under low sun elevation - Xabier Apaolaza-Pagoaga, Atul A. Sagade, Celestino Rodrigues Ruivo, Antonio Carrillo-Andrés, Solar Energy 2021, 225, 978-1000
*U.N. Sustainability Development Goals: Video interview with Wyldon Fishman, SCI Board member, on how solar cooking meets the United Nations' Seventeen Sustainable Development Goals
*Document: 
*American made solar competition: The U.S. Dept. of Energy is sponsoring a a multi-part competition to spur solar manufacturing, develop innovative solar solutions and products. The final phase is still open for submittals until 5 October 2021
*Photovoltaic cooking: Residents of This Village in India Do Not Need Wood or LPG to Cook, How Solar Power Changed Lives - News 18
*France news: Solar-baked bread? Recycled loaves? Bakers try something new in France - The Christian Science Monitor
* Conference: 22-26 November 2021: 2nd Mexican National Congress for Solar Drying and Cooking Food (Spanish)
*Heat storage: Sun Buckets presentation compares use with LPG
*Design: SUNGOOD solar panel cooker
*Mexico news: La Sazón del Sol prepares solar processed foods for sale near Oaxaca
*India bakery: Maharashtra: Jalna-based dentist makes sugar-free cookies using solar energy
*Webinar: Solar Cookers International and Public-Private Alliance Foundation members and advisors discuss how solar cooking can help meet the 2030 Agenda of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
*India manufacturer and vendor: Solar India
*Webinar: CONSOLFOOD presents the results of their solar bread baking short video request
*Hybrid solar oven: Steven Harrigan explains his hybrid rocket/solar cooker 
*Webinar: Friday, 9 July 2021 10am-11:30am PDT, 1pm - 2:30pm EDT, 17:00 - 6:30 GMT: Solar Cookers International will be host a Side Event at the United Nation's High-level Political Forum 2021. Participation is free, but registration is required
*Online conversation: Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 10am EST, 14:00 GMT: The Clean Cooking Alliance has scheduled a conversation with Hillary Clinton. This a free event, but registration is required
*Institutional cooking: Joel Goodman's Thru-Reflector-Wall (TRW) concept sketches 
*Solar tracking: Video of Alec Billroth's dual-axis tracker for a Sun Oven
*Solar drying: Video showing solar dryer manufactured by Rudra Solar Energy
*India news: Electrification of 19 Siachen villages to help Ladakh achieve carbon-neutrality target: Officials encourage solar cooking - The Hindu
*Chad news: Solar Cooking for Refugee Families in Chad - Gold Standard
*NGO news: AfriShiner's webpage to close, but solar cooking entrepreneurship continues to flourish
*Kenya news: Taxes help and hinder solar cooker sales in Kenya
*Solar tracking: Stan Wells shows a time-lapse video of his trackers responding to the morning sun
*France news: Low-tech sustainability video by Lytefire, incorporates cooking at scale with a solar array oven (in French w/captions)
* Webinar: Saturday 26 June 2021 1 pm CDMX, 13:00 GMT: La Sazón del Sol, located near Oaxaca, Mexico, has organized a facebook gathering to discuss solar cooking and solar food processing (Spanish)
*Kenya report: - Solar Household Energy
*Annual report: 
*Research papers: Research studies of the HotPot
*Germany news: Solar Zentrum provides an online presentation from noted solar cooking advocates, available on YouTube 
*Mexico news: 71-Year-Old Mexican Man Builds Solar Stoves Out Of Reused Materials - Intelligent Living
*Insulated solar electric cooking: Pete Schwartz presents a video of his team's latest findings
*Nepal news: Solar Cookers International assists in distributing solar cooking and related equipment to vulnerable groups within Nepal
* Webinar: Sunday, 4 July 2021, 13:30 - 15:30 GMT: CONSOLFOOD sponsors a solar bread baking webinar, with videos from over fifteen contributors (with Q & A). See event notice to register by 2 July. 
*Refugee camp news: OPIN Offsets 100 Tonnes of Carbon CO2 - EinPressWire
*Interviews: Luther Krueger's cross-country USA video series of interviews with solar cooking advocates and inventors
*Glazing news article: Insulating Glass Keeps Getting Better - Fine Homebuilding
*Report: Opportunities in overcoming extreme poverty through cooperation on climate protection (, ) - Dieter Seifert
* Webinar: Wednesday, 30 June 2021, TBD: How Behavioral Science Can Help Increase Uptake and Sustained Use of Clean Energy in Developing Countries sponsored by the World Health Organization
* Webinar: Wednesday, 16 June 2021, 14:30-16:00 CET, 12:30-14:00 GMT: Clean Cooking Data and Pathways to Achieving Progress sponsored by the World Health Organization
* Webinar: Tuesday, 15 June 2021, 2:55-3:55pm CEST, 12:55-1:55 GMT: European Development Days sponsors a discussion with sector leaders on increasing the momentum of health and energy sector cooperation to support political prioritization and investments in sustainable energy.
*Solar cooker lending: Hubbard Public Library in Ohio offers solar cookers for lending
*NGO news: Solar Household Energy has adopted the 100 Families Project that provides groceries, cooking devices, and other support for 100 families locked down in the Kariobangi slum in Nairobi Kenya.
*Open EWB meeting: Tuesday, 8 June 2021, 6pm CEST, 16:00 GMT: Taxes, technology, and solar cooking future with Engineers without Borders-Sweden, a Google discussion
*Insulated electric solar cooking: Thursday, 10 June 2021, 6pm CEST, 16:00 GMT: A Google meet conversation, hosted by Engineers without Borders-Sweden, to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the technology
*Household air pollution: How is Gas Harming Our Health? What You Need to Know - climatecouncil.au
*Kenya news: Millicent Anyango and Penia Nzioka organize workshops for clean-cooking products and food processing methods 
*Uganda news: Esther Nattabi is building a manufacturing and retail business for clean-cooking products in Kampala
* Webinar: Wednesday, 26 May 2021, (9:00am-10:00am EST, 10:00-12:00 GMT): Examine results of VAT on improved combustion cookstoves sponsored by the Clean Cooking Association
* Webinar: Wednesday, 26 May 2021, (2:00pm - 2:50pm EST, 1:00-1:50 GMT): Clean Cooking A - Developing an Impact Bond Market to Finance Climate, Health, & Gender Co-Benefits from the Clean Cooking Association
*Unique cooking: SCWNET Zoom discussion on unique ways to solar cook - Pat McArdle
*Food drying: How Devang Joshi is helping farmers in becoming Atmanirbhar using the income generation model through Solar Dryers - Startup Times
*Improved-combustion woodstoves: How to make a brick Rocket Stove - Pinterest
*Solar data: Interactive global solar insolation map - Global Solar Atlas
*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: [[Media:ALONSO-DISSERTATION-2018-compressed.pdf|The development of a portable vessel for the collection, storage, and utilization of solar thermal energy for household use] - Matthew Paul Alonso]]
*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: - 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: 
*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
* Webinar: Saturday, 24 April 2021 (6am-7:30am PST, 13:00 -14:30 GMT), Adventures with Solar and Haybox Cooking - SF Innovation LTD, with Seggy Segaran, will discuss experiences with solar and haybox cooking, and also the improved combustion cook stoves they use. This Zoom event is free but registration is required
*New Zealand vendor: Taste of Sun
*NGO CSW 65 Forum video: SCI at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Virtual Event, dedicated in memory of Dar Curtis, devoted solar cooking advocate 
*Manufactured solar cooker: The HotPot solar cooker is again available for purchase
*Carbon Offsets: New information on carbon offset mechanisms - Carbon Market Watch
* rescheduled: 30 September - 2 October 2021 (Jakarta): 7th SOLARTECH Indonesia
*Solar cooker design: ETE ETMATE evacuated tube solar cooker
* Webinar: Sunday, 21 March 2021 (16:45-17:50 GMT), CONSOLFOOD, The Lightoven - how solar cooking changes the cook - Dr. Hartmut Ehmler
*Solar cooker design: Stockton Solar Oven evacuated tube construction videos: Parts 1 & 2
*Kenya news: Kenya recognised globally for promotion of clean cooking - The Star 
*Report: Solar Dryers - A Basic Compendium - Bernhard Müller 
* Webinar: Saturday, 13 March 2021 (2am-3:30am PST, 10:00-11:30 GMT), Adventures with Solar and Haybox Cooking - SF Innovation LTD, with Seggy Segaran, will discuss experiences with solar and haybox cooking, also the range of fuel efficient cook stoves available. Event is free but registration is equired
*Report: - Dieter Seifert
*Manufacturer news: TinyTech Plants in Gujarat, India, is liquidating 1.2 mt parabolic cooker framework stock 
*India news: New, larger Scheffler reflector replacement at the Green Campus, Vankuva School
*Kenya news: The Republic of Kenya has been awarded the Solar Cookers International Order of Excellence for progress in achieving Sustainable Development Goals for 2020
*Photovoltaic cooking: Developments by Alexis Ziegler on high output direct PV cooking
*EPA Study: Final Report: Designing a Low Cost Solar Oven for Rural Native American Communities
*Testing: Testing of the Burns-Millwaukie's Sun Oven, March 1997
*Household air pollution: PCIA Bulletin - Solar Cooking, Jan. 2010
* NGO CSW 65 Forum: 14-26 March 2021, SCI's Executive Director, Caitlyn Hughes, will speak, along with other solar cooking leaders, on Thursday, March 25. Registration is full, but the program will be broadcast simultaneously on the SCI facebook page
*Mexico project evaluation: - Solar Household Energy
*Photovoltaic cooking: PV panels connected directly to insulated cooker
*Design: ULOG 1.0
*France news: NeoLoco is a bakery in Normandy offering local solar roasted seeds and baked goods
* Webinar: Wednesday, 24 February 2021 (8:00am-9:30am MST, 3:00-4:30 GMT) ASHES will discuss experimental interventions to facilitate clean cookstove adoption
*Vietnam news: Green Impact supports the victims of flooding and landslides in Central Vietnam
* Webinar: Wednesday, 24 February 2021 (5:00pm-6:30pm WAT, 4:00-5:30 GMT) ReEnegy Africa presents Corporate Governance and Access to Finance in Africa - How to Narrow the gap?
*NGO news: Solar Oven Partners leaders discuss their latest oven fabrication and training program in video interview
*Photovoltaic cooking: Combining PV panels with retained heat cooking strategies to achieve low cost results
*Canada news: Green entrepreneur donates solar cookers to northern communities - NNSL Media
*Funding resource: GrantWatch - a subscription service providing information on available grants
*Climate innovation: Bill Gates on how to invest in climate innovation by eliminating emissions, all the way to zero - TIME
*Article in the media: The TIME 2030 Committee Offers 8 Solutions for a More Equitable and Sustainable Future (featuring noted chef José Andrés speaking on clean cookstove cooking) - TIME
*Photovoltaic cooking: Insulated Solar Electric Cooker- Progress for ETHOS 2021, Pete Schwartz, Cal Poly Physics (video)
*ETHOS Virtual Conference: 24-29 January 2021, 15:00-17:30 GMT each day. The conference unites the cookstove and clean cooking community 
*Paint news: A new paint that is billed as the flattest black acrylic paint now available 
*Refugee camp news: The solar cooking project project in the Iridimi Refugee Camp in Kenya has been taken over by the Dutch NGO Fair Climate Fund
*Technical video: DARE to Solar Cook - The Physics of Cooking with Sunshine (hosted by Carnegie Science Center
*Individual: Craig Bergland
*Testing report: - Paul Arveson
*Testing report: - Paul Arveson
*Testing report: - Paul Arveson
*Testing report: - Paul Arveson
* Webinar: Sunday, 24 January 2021 (14:30-16:50 EU, GMT) Spreading our passion for solar cooking with CONSOLFOOD
* Webinar: Thursday, 14 January 2021 (8:00-9:00am PST, 11:00-12:00pm EST, 16:00-17:00 GMT) Opportunities and Challenges of Carbon Credits for Solar Cooking
*Spain news: Andalusian Government seminar on energy poverty addresses solar cooking
*India news: Madhya Pradesh: Indore’s Janak Palta McGilligan gets international recognition for pioneering solar cooking - The Free Press Journal
*USA news: Grant for solar cooker lending program at public library in Ohio
*Innovation award: The Keeling Curve Prize is accepting applications for innovative climate change solutions (apply by February 10th)
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