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*Environment: Alongside global experts, SCI representatives discuss how solar cooking combats climate change, reduces emissions, and strengthens community resilience at COP29
*Advocacy: African Development Bank pledges at COP29 to allocate USD 2 billion over 10 years from the bank’s energy sector financing to clean cooking initiatives - African Business
*Testing: Solar boiling in Ethiopia: experimental testing and performance evaluation of solar boiler SK14 -EG-Solar
*Uganda: The Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF), along with the Rape Hurts Foundation, open two bakeries in Uganda to help participants learn skills in solar cooking, as well as marketing and accounting
*India: EKI Secures Grant from the Gates Foundation to Expand IOCL’s Solar Cooking Technology Rollout for Tribal, Underprivileged Regions - PV Magazine
*Morocco Facebook: SunPower Coop
*COP29: Climate Wisdom COP29: Innovating for a Greener Tomorrow - Brahma Kumaris invites Maureen Goodman and Keith Wingeard from SCI to speak about technology and compassion
*Sudan: Solar Foods reopens after their facility was destroyed in the civil conflict
*Solar food processing: Revolutionising the Food Processing Industry - Woman This Month
*PV cooking: Cooking with PV solar by directly plugging panels into your stove
*Design: 
*Design: Assembling and orienting your SUNplicity parabolic solar cooker
*COP29: Solar Cookers International will be representing the solar cooking sector at COP29, see their schedule of times and places 
*Advocacy: Solar Cookers International included in Global Warming Mitigation Project Impact Stories
*Visionary: Meet Janak Palta McGilligan: The Indore Environmentalist Living A Zero-Waste Life - The Logical Indian
*Design: Sharon Clausson shares photos of the solar cookers she has made over many years
*Kenya: The Kakamega Solar Oven Project was initiated by the Lions Club of Helsinki Pohjois-Haaga in Finland. They trained users and distributed 1,500 solar box ovens between 2017 and 2021
*Testing: Kurt Neubek: Testing Devices for Solar Cooker Components - Interview with Luther Krueger
*Kenya: Haines Pop Open Solar Cooker evaluation studies at Kakuma Refugee Camp, 100% of the solar cookers were still in use after 11 months
*USA: Tuesday, 15 October, 12:30pm -1:30pm PT, (Tucson, Arizona): Engineering students to test their designs at Solar Oven Throw Down 
*Design: The Haines POP Open Solar Cooker tested for cooking power, see it and others at SCI PEP results
*USA: Bright Futures Grants Awarded to Nonprofit Organizations, includes the Girl Scouts of Orange County able to earn an OCPA badge with solar cooking knowledge - Fullerton Observer
*Solar tracking: Stan Wells has created a YouTube playlist of his solar tracking and solar cooking experiences
*New Zealand: Solar Ovens New Zealand is a new solar cooking retailer in Auckland
*Kenya: SHE’S 11-Person Focus Group In Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya - Solar Household Energy
*Kenya: - Solar Education Project, Solar Household Energy, Haines Solar Cookers
*Kenya: Integrated solar cooking demonstration in South Coast Mombasa
*Research: Life cycle assessment of a parabolic solar cooker and comparison with conventional cooking appliances - Science Direct
*Gardening: The solar soil sterilization article has been updated with information on how to improve your gardening results
*USA: Solar Cookers International Published New Research on Testing Efficiency of Solar Cookers, pg. 12 - INFORSE Sustainable Energy News
*Germany: 11-14 November 2024 (Altötting): Solar cooker construction course sponsored by EG Solar e.V.. Participants learn how to assemble their own SK14 parabolic solar cooker
*Advocacy: SCI's Program and Science Director, Alan Bigelow, PhD, addresses ENERGYNOW SDG7 Action Forum 2024
*Portugal: Solar oven designer creates a caramelized onion & red pepper quiche
*Italy: Associazione Italiana Cucina Solare is a group of solar cooking enthusiasts invested in sharing their experiences with newcomers
*Italy: Davide Milani reports the Centro Cottura Solare CFV solar cooking center continues its activities, with 375 solar cookers assembled by class participants
*USA: Desert Sky Montessori educator’s ‘Off-the-Grid Cooking’ project wins Voya’s $2,000 ‘Unsung Heroes’ grant for solar cooking project
*India: Amid rising temperatures, will India embrace solar cooking once again? - The Times of India
*Azerbaijan: 11-22 November 2024 (Baku, Azerbaijan ): COP29 - The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly known as COP29, will take place at Baku Stadium 
*Gaza: Local engineer creates solar devices to combat fuel, water shortages - REUTERS video
*Promotion: Saturday, 21 September 2024 (2:00pm PT, 10pm CET, 11:00pm in South Africa) Sustaining Solar Cooking in Africa, with Jim La Joie: Sponsored by The Free and Open University of Eco-Sustainability on their facebook page
*Design: Designer, Scott Rundle demonstrates assembly of the SOLA Panel Cooker to Luther Krueger
*USA: Saturday, 12 October 2024, 10am - 2pm PT, (Pocatello, Idaho): 3rd Annual Preparedness Fair - Teaching skills that will be helpful in any emergency, including a solar cooking demonstration
*Household air pollution: Improved combustion stoves used indoors need flue venting to safeguard health -Aprovecho Research Center
*Design: Alain Bivas, designer of the SUNplicity parabolic solar cooker, showcases the upcoming larger version
*Hybrid design: Solar Clutch demonstrates their solar box oven fuelwood stove combination
*Nepal: Sanu Kaji Shrestha, founder of Foundation for Sustainable Technologies in Nepal, leads a classroom training for young students eager to learn about green energy
*Solar Tracking: Build a Stan Wells solar tracker for box ovens
*France: Saturday, 7 September 2024: Le Comptoir du Soleil 38 - A solar cooking workshop will be held at 38260 Pommier-de-Beaurepaire in southeastern France. A number of solar cookers will be in use to compare cooking capabilities. Cost is EUR 85. 
*Advocacy: Haines Solar Cookers is promoting in-country manufacturing in Haiti, Mexico, Kenya, and Uganda
*South Africa: UPSKILL Barrydale teaches practical skills, including solar cooking, to young students in South Africa
*PV assisted solar cooking: Stan Wells tests adding PV powered direct resistance heating elements to his solar box cooker design 
*Kenya: The Dadaab refugee camp — Africa's biggest refugee camp — is about to get even bigger
*Global Makers: Monday, 9 September 2024 (12:15pm EDT, 9:15am PDT, 4:15pm UTC) Global Makers Virtual Event with Ivan Yaholnitsky, Director of the Bethel Business and Community Development Centre in Lesotho. Zoom discussion of construction of an evacuated tube box cooker 
*Household air pollution webinar: Thursday, 29 August 2024 (4:00pm - 5:30pm CEST, 10am - 11:30am EST) The W.H.O. presents: The research landscape of household air pollution, clean energy access, and health in Rwanda
*Wall oven: Ron Whitehurst shares with Luther Krueger the construction, and his experiences with the wall oven/food dryer he built into his house in 2012 
*Chad: 9,000 CooKit solar cookers distributed to refugee camps in Chad
*Glazing: "Plastic vessels allow only 50% transmission of light while glass vessels allow about 90% transmission" Read more in the discussion section of this report...
*Water distillation: The SOURCE drinking water system pulls water vapor from the air and uses sunlight to convert it to a pure liquid state
*Australia: Winter solar cooking in southern Australia video
*USA: Saturday, 10 August 2024, 10am-2pm PT, (Corvallis, Oregon): Lorraine Anderson will be demonstrating baking bread, answering all of your questions about solar cooking, and signing copies of her book, Slow Cook Solar, at Grass Roots Books & Music, 251 Southwest Madison Avenue, Corvallis 
*France: 9-11 August 2024, (Chamborigaud, France): La Belle R festival - A rich and diverse program is planned to inspire joy, connection, and solidarity, with solar cooking demonstrations on Saturday
*Research: Improving the efficiency of water distillation devices
*Burundi: Introducing solar cooking technology at vocational schools in Gitega
*China: The Hequing Solar Cooker Project provided over 49,000 parabolic solar cookers to low income residents in Zhangye in 2020
*USA Facebook group: Haines Solar Cooker Users
*Design: Setting up the Haines Pop Open Solar Cooker
*Bolivia Facebook Group: Cecam Bolivia
*Kenya: The Tonembee Association reports that more than 4,500 CooKit solar cookers have been distributed to families there
*Retained heat cooking: Making a fireless cooker with AfriShiners
*Food processing: Stephen Thomas from Wheaton Labs explains the workings of their solar-hybrid food dryer to Luther Krueger
*India: ‘Haven’t Bought an LPG Cylinder in 4 Years’: How To Use Solar Cooking to Save Money & Time, - the better india
*Advocacy: SCI Webinar at the United Nations High-level Political Forum 2024 Side Event, watch on-demand
*Aprovecho Research Center: Understanding combustion stove emissions
*Tracking: Simple PV solar tracker variations for DIY
*Monaco: Guillaume Aubry has designed the Regulus park pavillion, featuring a parabolic solar oven, at the gardens of Villa Paloma
*France: Solar Brother, manufacturer of solar cooking appliances, inaugurates the country's first solar center in Carnoules, France
*United Kingdom: 1-4 August 2024 (Chepstow): Join Dave Oxford, from SLiCK solar cookers, at the annual Green Gathering to be held at Piercefield Park. He mentions they have one or perhaps two cheap festival tickets available, in return for some help at the SLiCK pitch
*Haiti: Solar Cookers for Haiti provides an introductory workshop for the orphanage in Lefort
*UN forum: Wednesday, 10 July 2024, (9:00am -10:30am PT, 12:00pm-1:30pm ET, 4:00pm-5:30pm UT) - Join Solar Cookers International (SCI) at the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, a free Zoom event
*Research: Comparing white surface panel cooker reflectors - Matteo Muccioli
*South Africa: Crosby Menzies interviewed by Luther Krueger: A Solar Journey Becomes Solar Caravan
*Design: David Chalker looks back on developing hybrid solar cookers with Luther Krueger
*Sustainable Development Goals: Seeking Synergy Solutions: Four Thematic Reports -United Nations 
*India: Government gives the gift of free PV solar stove to women from low-income families, no need to pay for gas cylinder - Timesbull
*India: GST Council Recommends 12% GST Solar Cookers - TaxScan
*Haiti: Solar cooking advocate in Haiti sees more young people seeking careers in sustainable development
*Research: Aprovecho Research Center issues caveat on lab testing improved combustion stoves
*Montenegro: The sun also comes in handy when you need to prepare food - Vijesti
*Nepal: Saving the Vajra Academy in Bajrabarahi, Lalitbur from the ravages of the 2015 earthquake and predatory lending
*Northern hemisphere: David Chalker reminds us the 4th Annual Solar Cooking Awareness Week is 23 - 30 June, solar cook for a friend...
*Kenya & USA: Grace Chepkemei & Shirlynn LaChapelle- Solar Sisters from Sister Cities are interviewd by Luther Krueger
*France: Le Présage, the first permanent solar restaurant in Europe is set to open 20 June 2024!
*USA: Stan Wells in Calfornia, demonstrates his highly effcient evacuated tube solar cooker and tracker 
*History: Solar cooking researcher, Dr. Shyam Nandwani, recounts his many projects exploring solar cooking developments during his career in applied physics
*Solar drying: How Solar Dryers Transformed Lives in Vempalli by Empowering Farmers Community - Hans India
*India: Tree Planting and Solar Cooking Demonstration on World Environment Day - Pressnote.in
*USA: Lorraine Anderson's latest book, Slow Cook Solar, is a 2024 Silver Winner in the Nautilus Book Awards program
*India: Amid rising temperatures, will India embrace solar cooking once again? The Economic Times
*Facebook Group: Fireless Cookers/Baskets
*Kenya: Eco-Impact Hub CBO has over 300 ULOG solar box ovens in use at the Kakuma Refugee Camp 
*Mexico: Students learn physics while solar cooking in Temixco, Morelos, Mexico
*Advocacy: Solar Cookers International participates in landmark Clean Cooking in Africa Summit in Paris
*France: Le Présage founder, Pierre-Andre Aubert, is interviewed by Luther Krueger when construction was beginning on the new permanent restaurtant, scheduled to open in June, 2024
*Report: - Dieter Seifert
*Solar tracking: Stan Wells, the prolific solar tracking inventor, employs a trio of solar cookers with dual-axis tracking to prepare a solar feast
*Barbados: Rescheduled for early 2025 (Bridgetown, Barbados): Sustainable Energy for All Global Forum will address the challenge of how we can mobilize sufficient finance on the right terms to meet global goals, especially for the most underserved communities, countries and regions
*Advocacy: ISES Solar World Congress 2023: Poster Presentation by Dr. Alan Bigelow, Science Director for Solar Cookers International
*Haiti: Solar Cookers for Haiti members introduce solar cooking to foreign visitors
*Tanzania: 3-8 June 2024 (Dar es Salaam) The Tanzania Renewable Energy Association (TAREA) sponsors Renewable Energy Week (REW) for 2024 
*USA: Greg Lynch shares his many solar and retained-heat cooking experiences with Luther Krueger
*Haiti: Solar Cookers for Haiti members introduce solar cooking to capital city Port-au-Prince residents
*Conference: CONSOLFOOD 2025, to be held in Marseille France, is requesting presentation abstract proposals. The deadline for submittal is 15 December 2024
*Mexico: Chapingo celebrates 3rd International Symposium "Agriculture for Good Living in Coffee Regions"
*South Africa: SunGenius founder, Johan van Wyk is interviewed by Luther Krueger discussing his latest hybrid solar-electric cooker, and possible approaches moving forward promoting solar cooking in South Africa
*Heat storage: New technology uses sand to store renewable energy - MINING.COM
*Afghanistan: The German NGO EG-Solar successfully delivers 200 parabolic solar cookers from 2021-2022
*Brazil: Fundo Abraço is an organization devoted to producing heat-retention cooking baskets for local communities in São Paulo
*Online: Thursday, 2 May 2024 (10am PDT, 1pm EDT, 19:00 CET, 20:00 East Africa Time): GLOBAL MAKERS Virtual Event: Interviewing solar cooking advocates Bernhard Müller and Elva Rebecca Ondiek
*Advocacy: Podcaster Nate Hagens is joined by solar oven collector and educator, Luther Krueger, to discuss the ins and outs of solar cooking
*Design: Haines Pop Open Solar Cooker
*Online: Thursday, 18 April 2024 (2:30pm-3:15pm EDT), (Washington, D.C.): ESMAP Spring Meetings Knowledge Café: Clean Cooking at the Heart of Energy Access
*USA: Saturday, 13 April 2024 (Bowie, Maryland) (12-4pm EDT): Bowie Green Expo - Solar Household Energy will be demonstrating solar cookers 
*Nicaragua: Cultivating a Revolutionary Spirit: Stories of Solidarity, Solar Cooking, and Women’s Leadership in Central America. New book by Laura Snyder Brown & William Fleet Lankford
*Annual Report: 
*Algeria: Thursday, 18 April 2024: Development of Solar Cooking in Algeria - Information Day at the Center for Renewable Energies Development, CDER at 9am 
*Mexico: Sunday, 7 April 2024 (Cuernavaca, Morelos): Fourth Meeting of the Cuernavaca Solar Cooking and Solar Drying Club - It takes place every first Sunday of the month, 11:00am - 2:00pm.
*United Kingdom: Sunstore Technologies, located in Edinburgh, manufacture a solar electric hybrid cooker 
*Advocacy: SCI Executive Director, Caitlyn Hughes, was invited to the Sheryl's Good Deeds radio show on Mix96Sac, underscoring SCI's dedication to empowering women and girls worldwide through clean cooking solutions
*Haiti: Solar Cookers for Haiti organizes a solar cooked meal for the kids at several orphanages near Hinche
*Patent: Long-Term Heat Storage Device and Method for Long-Term Heat Storage of Solar Energy and Other Types of Energy with Changing Availability - Vladan Petrovic
*Advocacy: Solar Lights the Path Out of Poverty: SCI Vice President Ruth Holton-Hodson speaks at the UN CSW68 event hosted by ICUUW
*USA: LISD Tech Center students, Tecumseh Rotary Club partner on water pasteurization project (making WAPIS) - Daily Telegram
*France: 6 April through 20 July 2024 (various locations in France): The French organization Inti is offering solar oven construction workshops in a number of communities this spring and summer
*USA: Gene Bethke gives Luther Kreuger a tour of the Solar Oven Partners production facility in South Dakota
*Design: Jim La Joie discusses the features of the All Season Solar Cooker in this video
*Kenya: Kithuia Integrated Solar Cookers demonstrate cooking techniques at the primary school games, attended by over 1,000 people in Kithuia Village, Kenya
*Tanzania: 
*Advocacy: Watch on-demand, Solar Cookers International's CSW68 Virtual Parallel Event - Empowering women and girls through solar cooking
*India: From sun to plate: India yet to embrace solar cooking benefits - Mongabay
*Zambia: Empowering Zambian Communities with Solar Cookers (PV) - LABOPEN 
*United Kingdom: Luther Krueger interviews Stewart MacLachian from SLiCK 
*Design: Experimental Analysis of Solar Parabolic Trough Collector for Novel Solar Cooking System
*Promotion: Solar Cookers International recognized in Solar Today for article on the value of solar cooking
*Afghanistan: After the October 2023 earthquake, they are rebuilding in Herat with with transitional housing, community-cooked meals, and solar cookers from the UNDP
*France: The opening date for the Le Présage solar restaurant in Marseilles, France is 11 June 2024
*Nepal: Little Stars e.V. teams with Foundation for Sustainable Technologies to provide parabolic solar cookers, briquette presses, and heat-retention baskets to 10 families in Nepal
*India: The men cooked and served a solar lunch for the women to celebrate International Women Day March 8, 2024 at the Jimmy McGilligan Centre for Sustainable Development
*Parabolic cooking: - Imma Seifert
*International Women's Day: A message of appreciation from a founder of Lytefire
*Kenya: Farmers with a Vision continue a successful production run of Funnel solar panel cookers
*South Africa: The African Solar Caravan introduces a hybrid solar oven with charcoal back-up, designed for community kitchens and small organizations serving meals
*Solar Potluck: Saturday, 27 April 2024: 39th Annual Solar Potluck at Catalina State Park in Tucson, Arizona, USA 
*Design: Mark Shook describes the features of the new Villager Sun Oven to Luther Kreuger
*Online: United Nations NGO Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Forum addresses the potential for solar power to empower women, while alleviating climate change, 12 March 2024, Session One 
*India: Over 70% of rural households use firewood for cooking in Nagaland - The Morung Express
*Mexico: Cocineros Solares invited Bank de Alimentos Querétaros members to join them for a solar cooked meal to celebrate the bank's food donation program
*Research: Solar Cookers International Performance Evaluation Process published by the scientific organization ELSEVIER
*Online: United Nations NGO Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Forum addresses solar cooking's potential to empower women while alleviating climate change, 14 March 2024, Session Two 
*Kenya: COMPE is a new organization promoting sustainable cooking and farming techniques to community members in Kisumu
*Haiti: The Donne Orphanage receives additional solar panel cookers donated by Tom Hallquist
*Italy: Matteo Muccioli conducts a solar cooker construction workshop at the Flaminio Balestra
*Research: Experimental characterization of a foldable solar cooker with a trapezoidal cooking chamber and adjustable reflectors - Tariku Negash Demissie a, Sebastiano Tomassetti a, Claudia Paciarotti a, Matteo Muccioli b, Giovanni Di Nicola a c, Celestino Rodrigues Ruivo d e - ScienceDirect
*United Kingdom: Luther Krueger video interviews Dave Oxford and friends about their solar cooking experiences
*France: 13-14 April 2024: Solar cooking gathering in Sorède, at the site of the historical solar furnace. Workshop on Saturday led by Celestino Ruivo
*Kenya: Preparing mandazi in a parabolic solar cooker at the Asulma Centre in Nairobi
*Kenya: Haines solar cookers to be constructed and distributed at the Kakuma Refugee Camp 
*Education: Ivan Yaholnitsky assembles an evacuated tube box oven as part of the Global Makers series
*Haiti: Eliesheriff Joseph organizes a solar cooking demonstration and meal for 565 people in Hinche
*Education: Sharon Clausson demonstrates the assembly of the Copenhagen solar cooker as part of the Global Makers series
*India: Successful Launch of ‘Suryotsava: Nutan Aarambh’ Pilot Project Marks a Milestone in Clean & Sustainable Cooking in India - Solarquarter
*CONSOLFOOD webinars: A number of past CONSOLFOOD webinars are now available
*France: NeoLoco Solar Bakery, adapting a business to solar energy, 9th Webinar CONSOLFOOD - Arnaud Crétot
*Scheffler community kitchen: A video has resurfaced profiling the Scheffler array solar cooking system installed at the Shirdi temple in India
*Book: Cooking with Cardboard, by Jed Wubben, describes ways to inexpensively create a solar cooker with recycled materials
*Wall oven: Luther Krueger interviews the 'Frugal Green Girl' about her experiences installing a simple window solar cooker 
*Solar tracking: Stan Wells demonstrates his latest dual axis parabolic solar cooker tracker
*Solar cooking history: The poor woman’s energy: Low-modernist solar technologies and international development in India and Mexico, 1878–1966 - Elizabeth Chatterjee
*Solar cooking advocate: Luther Krueger interviews Michael Bonke, the oral solar cooking historian, at CONSOLFOOD2023 in Spain, July 2023
*Facebook group: The Solar Panel Cooking Club
*COP28 UAE: SCI Executive Director Caitlyn Hughes and SCI Strategic Partnerships Manager Keith Wingeard discuss the importance of solar cooking and its impact on mitigating climate change
*COP28 UAE: Keith Wingeard, SCI's strategic partnership associate, interviews Fred Onduri, the Vice Chair of the CTCN Advisory Board. Mr. Onduri explains the role of the CTCN, and talks about new opportunities he sees for developing countries in Africa to adopt solar cooking 
*COP28 UAE: Special Message from SCI Executive Director Caitlyn Hughes from COP28
*Nepal: FoST founder, Sanu Kaji Shrestha, leads a student solar energy workshop in Bhaktapur 
*India: 29 February & 1 March 2024 (Vatsalya Campus, Jaipur, India): International Workshop on Pucca solar cooker with Prof. Celestino Ruivo
*India: 3 March 2024 (Muni SEVA ASHRAM-GORAJ, Vadodara, India) 8:30 - 17:20: Symposium on Solar Food Thermal Processing with a number of solar food processing experts
*Hybrid solar cooking: 
*Peru: Fresh pink trout from Lake Titicaca is baked in an ULOG style solar box oven on the Capachica Peninsula in Puna by Tara Edna Miller
*India: Scheffler Community Kitchen solar cookers were installed high in the Himalayan Mountains for the two-month festival Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra 2023
*Yemen: Solar Cookers International, alongside the Nahda Makers Organization, worked with the Yemenis government to find solar cooking solutions to benefit families living along the arid west coast of Yemen
*Afghanistan: Resourceful individuals create businesses to fabricate parabolic solar cookers, providing a way to generate income and train local youth
*COP28 UAE: Solar Cookers International Program and Science Director, Alan Bigelow,Ph.D, speaks at the ‘Care, Share, Inspire - Climate Wisdom from COP28' panel discussion
*COP28 UAE: Solar Cookers International shared a booth with the International Solar Energy Society, allowing visitors to get a first hand look at a PEP tested solar cooker and learn how these devices are helping those most affected by climate change
*Updated books: Combining Climate Protection and Poverty Reduction - Opportunities Through Open Source Appropriate Technologies (, ) - Dieter Seifert, Manolo Vilchez
*USA: David Chalker, founder of the Sun BD Corporation, has announced the company will be closing operations as of 31 December 2023
*Design: The NJUBA Solar Stove is a thoughtfully constructed solar box oven mounted on a wheeled base for easy transporting
*Uganda: The NJUBA Children Relief 2022-2023 solar cooking introductory project took place within the Mpigi and Zombo districts
*Lesotho: Global Maker Ivan Yaholnitsky, of the 
Bethel Business and Community Development Centre, shows the construction of their evacuated tube/box oven combination 
*Solar tracking: Not a technologically new approach, but a simple, effective single-axis PV tracking design from Andy Lenss
*India: The Earthshot Prize in the 'Build a Waste-Free World' category goes to S4S Technologies for their work in solar food processing, aimed at saving more of the agricultural crops grown at small farms
*Zimbabwe: ZDDT Community Garden Helping Children in The Classroom - Tafadzwa Masviba
*Video playlist: Assembled by Luther Krueger, videos made by solar cooking enthusiasts around the world. "curated" as much as possible, to show best practices, unique designs, and committed promoters
*USA: Solar Today, published by the American Solar Energy Society, is seeking op-ed articles on the theme “clean energy jobs in the United States.” The pitch due date is 12/12/23. See Request for proposals
*Spain: Usually the interviewer, Luther Krueger is audio interviewed by Michael Bonke at CONSOLFOOD 2023 this past July
*USA: Solar Cookers International receives the Patron of the Planet award at this year’s NYC Green School Conference
*Environmental award: The application cycle is now open for the 2024 Keeling Curve Prize, the flagship program of the Global Warming Mitigation Project
*India: Janak McGilligan addresses the Solar Energy Conference 2023, in New Delhi, India
*Design: Craig Bergland has fashioned a 'tin hat' reflector for small cooking jobs
*Kenya: Faustine Odaba 'Solar Mama' celebrates her birthday with friends, and demonstrates her fireless cooker
*Mexico: Solar cooking promoter, Lorena Harp, delivers solar cookers to women from San Marcos Tlapazola, interested in improving their living conditions and the environment
*Kenya: A celebration at the completion of a successful integrated solar cooking workshop in the Kwale District, led by the engineer Penina Nzioka
*Mauritius: Vikram Dookna, at the Brahma Kumaris Global Peace House in Khoyratty, successfully integrates solar cooking into the daily routine at the center
*Zambia: Rosa Solar Stoves have designed their own fan-driven updraft solar food dryer
*Zimbabwe: The solar array, 100 Suns, is being planned for use in the first solar barbecue restaurant in the country
*Mexico: Friday, 3 November 2023, 8 am (Cuernavaca, Mor. Mexico): 1st Solar Cooking and Drying Meeting, Cuernavaca 2023. Attendance is free, but registration is required
*USA: First-year engineering students at the University of Arizona try their hand at solar cooking
*Institutional cooking: Convection solar oven for group and production baking
*India: IIT Bhubaneswar organizes ‘Suryakumbh’ workshop to educate children on solar energy and sustainability in Odisha
*Heat storage: Ajay Chandak has received Patent #458401 for 'Composite Structure for Heat Storage' to enable indoor cooking
*CONSOLFOOD 2023: Video of CONSOLFOOD 2023 by Hugo Nascimento captures the fellowship of the hundreds of solar cooks who attended
*Austria: Planting the seeds of solar cooking and sustainability in schools
*India: Computer science students are introduced to solar cooking at the Jimmy McGilligan Centre for Sustainable Development in Madhya Pradesh
*Education: Solar Education founders, Mary Buchenic and Jennifer Gasser, explain how solar cooking provides an excellent platform for STEM education
*Morocco: The SunPower Co-op, located in Tétouan, is empowering local women through solar cooking and solar food processing
*Design: The designer and manufacturer of the Copenhagen Solar Cooker, Sharon Clausson, has developed a simple snap system for adjusting the reflectors for best positioning at different times of the day
*Education: Solar cooking as a higher education gateway towards global engagement, multi-disciplinary collaborators discuss approaches to better understand solar cooking introduction
*Barbados: 4-6 June 2024, (Bridgetown Barbados): Sustainable Energy for All Global Forum, co-hosted by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) and the government of Barbados
*Uganda: PV-powered ECOCA pilot stove program at the Bidibidi Refugee Camp 
*Report: - Dieter Seifert
*Portugal: Promoting solar cooking tourism in Portugal
*Solar drying: Technical-Economical Analysis of the Mexican Thermosolar Plant Drying of Different Agricultural Products 
*Haiti: Eliesheriff Joseph organizes a large solar cooking training and gathering for members of the Association des Paysans pour de Dévelopement de Couime in Haiti
*Solar drying: Controlled experimentation with mixing outside air in a solar dryer compared to a solar dryer using a closed loop of air
*Mexico: Solar Cooker Ambassador Program in Oaxaca, Mexico, 5-year evaluation - Solar Household Energy
*India: General social attitude towards solar thermal food processing in northern India - CONSOLFOOD2023
*Brazil: Comparing solar with other commercial cooking techniques 
*Solar food processing: Sunrise CSP's evolution from small dish to Big Dish for Cooking and Food Processing - Deepak Ghadia
*Solar Drying: Thermofuilds' issues of modeling a flat plate solar heating collector (SHAC) with sensible thermal energy storage (TES) for drying in an energy-vulnerable environment 
*Manufacturer: USA Sun BD Corporation founder, Dave Chalker, video interviewed about his approach to solar hybrid cooker design
*Solar Drying: Design and construction of a solar dryer with hybridization of solar technologies for drying fish
*Nigeria: 2023 Summit: Kano ACReSAL Project Coordinator Joins Other Experts At Africa Climate Summit In Nairobi in building solar cooking resilience - Solace Base
*Kenya: Camily Wedende of Sun Cookers International provided a solar cooking demonstration to locals in West Pokot County
*France: Microbrasserie Hélie is a new microbrewery located in Dampierre-les-Bois with a Lytefire solar array
*Design: The Southwest Stainless Large Solar Cooker is manufactured in Arizona, USA
*CONSOLFOOD 2023: Link to numerous Facebook CONSOLFOOD 2023 photos
*Solar Drying: Thermal evaluation of a mixed tunnel-type solar dehydrator under different operating conditions - CONSOLFOOD2023
*Mexico: Solar cooking in the rural areas of Mexico - CONSOLFOOD 2023
*Design: Developing a linear Fresnel and evacuated tube solar cooker
*Design: What reflector shape is most efficient for the Funnel cooker?
*Testing: Standardized power values of some tested solar cookers following the linear regression of ASAE S580.1. Standard protocol and the linear regression associated with the Hottel-Whillier-Bliss formulation
*Cooking pots: Are shiny stainless steel pots actually suitable for solar cooking?
*Portugal: Close to 70 people participated at the solar cooking celebration held at Lavoura da Bouça
*Haiti: Eliesheriff Joseph organized and led a solar cooker construction workshop on building the large Copenhagen Solar Cooker Beast at a rural community orphanage
*Mexico: Juana María Hernández Jarquín, of Red Mujeres en Energía Renovable y Eficiencia Energética, conducted a demonstration for children at a summer science school in Mexico
*Heat storage: Ashmore Mawire et al. from South Africa present the concept of using a internally finned wall oil storage container to increase heat transfer to the cooking vessel
*Heat storage: An extensive review of latent and sensible methods of heat storage presented at CONSOLFOOD 2023 by Ole Jorgen Nydal from Norway 
*United Kingdom: Stewart Maclachlan, of SLiCK, repurposes fluorescent light reflectors for his evacuated tube cooker 
*PV solar cooking: Jean Boubour's video describing PV solar cooking without batteries and controllers at CONSOLFOOD 2023
*Luther Krueger: Luther shares his perspective on the state of solar cooking shared communication and collaboration
*2050 Paris: Empowering communities with solar cookstoves - 2050 Paris
*Design: The Table-Type Solar Cooker, designed by Hideo Oguri, incorporates a dual-axis tracking system for its parabolic reflector
*United Kingdom: Dave Oxford makes the annual SLiCK trip to the Green Gathering festival in Wales, to show and talk solar cooking for four days
*Request for proposal: Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments (ScienceDirect) is requesting guest-author submissions for a special issue devoted to innovative designs and design interventions in solar thermal and bio-energy for decentralized energy systems
*China: Qingdao Huama Metal Manufacturing Co. Ltd., manufactures solar cooking appliances in China
*Portugal: Thursday, 17 August 2023, starting at 9am, (Corgo 4890-182 Celorico de Basto, Portugal) Solar cooking celebration at Lavoura da Bouca
*Technology: Performance evaluation research of Scheffler reflectors at CONSOLFOOD 2023
*Portugal: Hannah Larndorfer explains how solar cookers feed 30-50 people a day at the Tamera Community
*Zambia: Rosa Solar Stoves are experimenting with a hybrid solar and ethanol cook top
*India: The SunVenture is a popular solar box oven sold primarily in India
*Kenya: Solar Cookers International and Ecomandate updates at the Kakuma refugee camp
*India: Deepak Gadhia speaks with Luther Krueger about his solar cooking life
*Conference: CONSOLFOOD 2023 video presentations
*United Nations: UN Solar Cookers International Side Event 2023 video: Meeting the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals with Solar Cooking
*Italy: 
*United Kingdom: 
*Kenya: Farmers with a Vision are constructing solar cookers and heat-retention baskets
*Book: Combining Climate Protection and Poverty Reduction - Opportunities through Open Source Appropriate Technologies (, ) - Dieter Seifert, Manolo Vilchez
*France: Sunday, 13 August 2023: (Lodève (34) France), Inti is sponsoring a solar cooker construction and use workshop
*Webinar: Thursday, 13 July 2023, 7pm PDT: Staying Cool This Summer: Part Two: Cooking with a Sun Oven - Eco-author and editor Lorraine Anderson explains the advantages of cooking outside (Free event)
*India: The daily solar-prepared meal is served at the Shirdi Sai Baba temple for 30,000 pilgrims
*Afghanistan: Ghulam Abbas from Kabul demonstrates his parabolic solar cooker manufacturing operation in video
*Media attention: Tips for Taking Your Camper, RV or Bus Off-Grid includes a solar cooking option - Intelligent Living
*Haiti: A day of solar cooking with Eliesheriff Joseph and Tig at the Ravine Labour children's center, about an hour from Hinche in Haiti
*Australia: Bush Edge homesteading demonstrates the Suntaste solar cooker's ability with cooking ribs 
*Haiti: Eliesheriff Joseph is recognized for his leadership, promoting solar cooking at Hinche orphanages
*Sudan: During the recent hostilities in Sudan, the Solar Foods factory was tragically looted and burned to the ground
*USA: The U.S. Senate has introduce the Clean Cooking Support Act to help people in low and middle-income countries gain access to cleaner-burning fuels and stoves for cooking
*USA: Winston Cone Optics based in Merced, CA, USA, uses solar thermal to reduce groundwater depletion
*Cookbook: 
*Canada: Canadian company, SolarSteam, has designed a solar thermal steam production system to work in cold climates
*Italy: Matteo Muccioli demonstrates his latest Kimono Solar Cooker setup, configured to make coffee
*Haiti: Elie Joseph visits another orphanage to solar cook, and is met with an appreciative audience
*3rd Annual Worldwide Solar Cooking Awareness Week: 23-30 June 2023: David Chalker of Sun BD Corporation reminds us to create awareness for solar cooking during this recognized period (Northern Hemisphere)
*At sea: An on-board meal of chicken wings solar cooked while sailing
*France: Construction begins on the permanent Le Présage solar restaurant in Marseilles, France
*Interview: Video of the recent interview of Prof. BK Chakravarthy discussing the SOLA Solar Cooker with Luther Krueger
*Interview: Lorraine Anderson, noted solar cooking author, is interviewed. The Cooking with Sunshine article begins on page 14 - Desert Report
*Awards program: The Women & Gender Constituency (WGC) and WECF are calling for applications to the 2023 Gender Just Climate Solutions Awards, conducted with the support of the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN), the French Development Agency (AFD), the Scottish Government, and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). Deadline for submissions is Sunday, 30 July 2023 
*Design: The SOLA Solar Cooker 1 is designed as a window-mounted or freestanding solar cooker
*Interview: Zoom Forum: Earth-Wide Solar Cooking Forum Online Saturday 10 June 2023, 10am Central Daylight Time (CDT): Cooking with the new window-mounted, SOLA Solar Cooker 1. Prof. BK Chakravarthy has a conversation with Luther Krueger 
*Brazil: Professor Elmo Dutra participates at ENSUS 2023 to represent the solar cooking sector
*Kenya: Saturday, 3 June 2023 PDT-Facebook live: Solar Cooking & Organic Agriculture at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in northern Kenya. Information to join the presentation... 
*Design: Jakub Grygier has designed a parabolic style solar cooker, created with separate mirrored strips laced together to form the reflector
*India: Not with LPG, but with solar-powered cooking, India can achieve net zero! - Ground Report
*Ethiopia: The Kimono Solar Cooker, designed by Matteo Muccioli, is used for an introductory project in Ethiopia
*Design: Davide Milani has added the Elisa solar oven to his collection of solar cookers
*France: Saturday, 10 June 2023, 10am to 4:30pm (Guipel): Solar box cooker construction workshop - To be held at Salle du Presbytère 35440, and sponsored by Inti
*Solar insolation: See detailed maps showing solar gain in areas around the globe 
*France: Sunday, 20 August 2023: FOUR SOLAIRE Solar cooker demonstration in Sorède
*Interview: Zoom Forum: Earth-Wide Solar Cooking Forum Online Saturday 20 May 2023, 10am Central time USA (CST): Marco Bernardo, environmentalist and solar cooker maker, has a conversation with Luther Krueger 
*Design: Partners with Sun, headquartered in Lebanon, design and manage commercial solar thermal systems for the food and beverage industry 
*Tanzania: 9-11 August 2023 (Arusha, Tanzania): 1st ECHO East Africa Symposium on Appropriate Technology Innovations and Renewable Energy
*Afghanistan: Harvesting the sun: Afghan man builds parabolic solar stoves by hand - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
*Cyprus: Saturday, 24 June 2023, 9:30 EEST - 12:30 EEST (Paphos, Cyprus): Vegan solar cooking gathering - Andreas Fasoulides of Re-newcy, has organized an event featuring a demonstration of vegan solar cooking with the Diamond Solar Cooker
*USA: Solar cooking featured during Earth Day celebration at the 5th Annual Mount Vernon Environment Expo 2023 in Fairfax County, Virginia
*Publication: 
*Design: The capable Haines 2.0 panel cooker receives recognition and recommendations
*Cloud cover: Global cloud cover composite image for 2018
*Lebanon: 28 August-2 September 2023: International Climate Justice Camp - Call for applications, which must be submitted by 15 May 2023
*Haiti: Elie Joseph mentions the solar ovens at Center Hope orphanage serve double duty
*Individual: Luther Krueger relates his solar cooking background
*Solar bakery: The Al-Wissam solar bakery located in Remhala, Lebanon, uses a roof-mounted solar trough array to heat oil, sending it to the convection ovens in the kitchen for baking
*Safety: Repurposing a satellite dish as a solar cooker
*Cook pots: The classic 3 qt. Granite Ware cook pot is available on Amazon again
*Business development: Here's What Happened to the Solar-Powered Grill From 'Shark Tank' That Was Going to Rival Elon Musk - Green Matters
*Webinars: See the complete list of past on-demand CONSOLFOOD webinars
*Design: Clear or black cook pot top for your solar panel cooker? 
*Design: ULOG Solar Box Cooker construction manual update for tropical areas (in English)
*Kenya: 
*Distiller design: Turn any solar panel cooker into a solar distiller - Craig Bergland
*Interview: Seasoned solar cooking author, Lorraine Anderson, is interviewed by Luther Krueger prior to the publication of her new book, Slow Cook Solar
*Interview: California professor Pete Schwarz is interviewed about recent developments in the field of solar cookers powered by a single 100 watt photovoltaic panel
*Design: Video of the Solar Z, the solar kitchen cooking appliance in operation
*Cookbook: Recently released Slow Cook Solar by Lorraine Anderson 
*Interview: Zoom Forum: Saturday, 15 April 2023 9am CDT, and Sunday April 16 19:00pm CDT. Tune in for another Earth-Wide Online Solar Cooking Forum - Luther Krueger will be talking with solar cooking author Lorraine Anderson
*Design: The SoLAAR Flower is a solar box cooker, designed and built by Matteo Magnani living in Italy
*Safety: PET is a common plastic used for single-use liquid bottles, becoming toxic when exposed to high heat 
*Design: Milind Kulkarni is interviewed by Luther Krueger about the process of developing the Sundish balcony solar cooker requiring no sun tracking adjustments
*Heat retention: 
*Individual: "The Sun Queen" Spotlights Solar Energy Pioneer and MIT Researcher Mária Telkes - ARCHITECT
*Kenya: The Tonembee Association conducts an integrated cooking method demonstration at Kithuia Village in Kenya
*India: The Muni Seva Ashram in Vadodara, India, builds the world's largest solar thermal concentrator to be used for cooking 2,000 meals a day
*Individual: Sara Rosen joins Solar Cookers International as Program and Operations Manager
*Individual: 4 April 2023 (9pm EDT): PBS American Experience - PBS presents a retrospective on the life of Mária Telkes, noted engineer and innovator in the field of solar sustainable design during the 1950s
*Individual: 
*France: 17-18 June 2023 (Lodève, France): Solar cooking at Les Moulinages: Join the community at Lodève for the 5th annual solar gathering. Eco-habitat artisans demonstrate their creativity with various materials. Solar cooker exhibitions, conferences, and solar food tasting.
*Document: 
*Kenya: Solar Cookers International, in partnership with the Ecomandate Foundation, provides solar cookers and ongoing support at the Kakuma refugee camp
*Heat storage: Heat-Transfer Mechanisms in a Solar Cooking Pot with Thermal Energy Storage, Maarten Vanierschot and Ashmore Mawire - energies
*Haiti: Elie Joseph continues his efforts with Solar Ovens for Orphanages. He organized a workshop teaching at the rural Donne Orphanage, and delivered nine new solar cookers provided by Tom Hallquist
*Nepal: Maarten Olthof, chairman of the Vajra Foundation Holland, is video interviewed by Luther Krueger about his history promoting solar cooking in Nepal
*Design: Solar Coffee Roaster designed by Craig Bergland
*Zoom Forum: Tune in Saturday, 25 March 2023 9am CST (GMT-5) for the newly-launchedEarth-Wide Online Solar Cooking Forum. In this second episode, Luther Krueger will be talking with Maarten Olthof, chairman of the Vajra Foundation Holland.
*Design: The PRISMA hybrid solar food dryer is commercially available from Italy
*Design: Pocket Solar Cooker
*Interview: Tom Sponheim, solar cooking advocate and founder of the SCI Solar Cooking Wiki, is video interviewed by Luther Krueger of the Big Blue Sun solar cooking museum
*Sudan: 100 Suns begins production of 4,000 solar stoves in Sudan with support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and manufactured wholly by indigenous communities
*International Women's Day: "Empowering Women and Girls Through Solar Cooking" - Solar Cookers International hosts a webinar highlighting how solar cooking impacts women and girls around the world
*Volunteering: Former US diplomat, Patricia McArdle, speaks to the American Foreign Service Association about volunteering to promote solar cooking
*USA: EnergyTeachers.org is a charitable network for educators interested in energy production and use
*Haiti: Elie Joseph shares some photos of a recent solar cooking demonstration at a local Hinche orphanage school led by Aline Innocent
*Haiti: Tom Hallquist continues to work with Elie Joseph distributing solar cookers to additional orphanages
*Kenya: Farmers with a Vision organize an Integrated Cooking demonstration to recognize International Women's Day
*Sudan: Solar Foods has actively been building their solar food processing company to help local farmers better utilize their harvests
*Glazing: A revisit to an informative video by Dave Oxford of SLiCK explaining the benefits of glass as a heat trap for your solar cooker
*Webinar: Monday, 3 April 2023 14:45 - 17:00 (Lisbon time, GMT) 6:45 am -9 am (PST): 9th CONSOLFOOD Webinar: Solar Baking with Arnaud Crétot, founder of NeoLoco solar bakery in Normandy, France (English)
*Cooker design: Alain Bivas, SUNplicity founder, has announced they have designed a larger version of their SUNplicity Solar Cooker, which will be better suited to preparing meals for families
*Webinar: Monday, 8 March 2023 9am – 10:30am (PST) 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm (EST) 17:00 – 18:30 (UTC): Solar Cookers International representatives along with other solar cooking advocates will speak at the United Nations NGO Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) free webinar
*Individual: Rosemary Olive Mbone Enie is assuming the leadership role of AfriShiners in March 2023, following the retirement of Bernhard Müller
*Finland: Solar Fire operates under the umbrella of GoSol.org, providing training and sustainable solar cooking employment in rural African communities
*United Kingdom: 3-6 August 2023 (Chepstow, Wales): Green Gathering Festival 2023 takes place in Piercefield Park, NP16 6BE outside of Chepstow. Dave Oxford from SLiCK will be there representing the solar cooking community
*USA: Saturday, 1 April 2023 (Tucson, Arizona): Citizens for Solar 38th Annual Potluck will be happening once again at Catalina State Park
*Spain: 
*Haiti: Tireless solar cooking advocate, Elie Joseph, chosen Island Innovation Ambassador representing Haiti
*Italy: Matteo Muccioli presents a demonstration/construction workshop of his Kimono Solar Cooker at the Planetarium of Ravenna in Italy 
*Algeria: A research team at Centre de Développement des Energies Renouvelables (CDER) develop a solar trough wall hybrid cooker
*Haiti: Elie Joseph leads a solar cooking demonstration to an enthusiastic group at the local orphanage in Hinche, Haiti with Sundome Solar Cookers provided by Solar Oven Reflectors
*USA: Solar cooking advocate, Jackie Harsha, is video-interviewed by Luther Krueger from her home in Mesa, Arizona
*Kenya: Kenyan solar parabolic stove may cut cancer risks caused by burning wood - africanews
*Tracking: Luther Krueger interviews Al Nichols about his approach to simplify the popular PV imbalance cooker tracking system
*Kenya: A multi-day solar cooker construction and use workshop takes place in Eldoret Kenya through the efforts of supporting individuals, non-profit organizations, and manufacturers
*South Africa: Long-time solar cooking advocate, Crosby Menzies, restarts the Solar Caravan, traveling to visit the Rastas in South Africa
*Italy: Matteo Muccioli has his Kimono Solar Cooker tested alongside three other solar panel cookers in a 'time to boil water' comparison
*Ethopia: Matteo Muccioli reports his Kimono Solar Cooker is being used to introduce solar cooking to the Amhara region of Ethiopia 
*Technology: Low-tech Lab video includes an interview with Dr. Alan Bigelow about solar cooking technology, and then Low-tech Lab members explain how to construct a well-insulated solar box cooker
*India: Sonam Wangchuk promotes carbon-neutral approaches for the Ladakh region, which includes solar cooking applications 
*Haiti: REPAS-S joins UNDH Hinche to promote solar cookers in Haiti for a sustainable future
*Research: Cellius, a new company with a lo-tech decentralized latent heat storage approach, recently won an Energy Explorer Grant funded by the Gates Foundation, to continue their product development 
*India: Celebrating SuryaKumbh joy of solar cooking with 1000 children from the Boisar metro area
*Uganda: Kawesa Mukasa provides observed results for the conical solar cookers they sell at the Solar Connect Association retail location in Mbarara
*India: 30 October-4 November 2023 (New Delhi, India): The ISES Solar World Congress will provide a forum to present work, meet researchers, developers and industry and government representatives
*Design: Ivan Yaholnitsky has combined aspects of evacuated tube cookers with trough reflector cookers 
*India: Janak McGilligan describes her zero-waste and zero-electricity lifestyle 
*Spain: 20-23 February 2023 (Madrid, Spain): SPIREC 2023 International Renewable Energy Conference - Focus on renewable energy supply chains, integration in end uses, social participation and positive impacts of renewable energy deployment
*USA: The first international solar cooking conference was held in Stockton, California in 1992. Solar cooking advocate, Luther Krueger, has found video footage of the event
*Mali: Togo Tilé is a successful solar cooking appliance manufacturer operating in Togo, Mali, helping to fight deforestation 
*Solar pioneer: Bev Blum- founder and grower of Solar Cookers International at home and abroad, is interviewed last June by Luther Krueger. Now deceased, she literally put Solar Cookers International on the map
*Heat-retention cooking: The Economical Cooking Method Italians Favored During WWII
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