SOLAR COOKERS OFFER HIGHER LIVING STANDARDS FOR THE POOR AND MAJOR EMISSION REDUCTIONS

SOLAR power of course draws on a free renewable energy to create electricity, but a burgeoning sector is enabling the harnessing of heat for cooking, which can promote energy efficiency in all manner of climates – solar cookers. Indian solar cooker innovator Deepak Gadhia and Julie Greene, executive director, Solar Cookers International (SCI), co-chaired a 6th SCI World Conference held in Gujarat, India, this January, that demonstrated how these technologies are entering the mainstream. Gadhia adapted box type solar cookers to generate high temperatures for ...


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