Solar cooker offers ray of hope for refugee environment UNHCR is testing a newly-designed solar cooker in two Kenyan refugee camps facing a shortage of firewood. The agency hopes that the stove ...

MESA, Ariz. — A Mesa woman said you can cook a nice hot dinner for your family. Merry Bevill uses several solar stoves in her front yard to use the sun to cook pot roast, peach pie and more. It’s ...

A research group from Ghana has developed a solar PV-powered steam cooker (ISESC) with sand-based thermal energy storage (TES). “The potential of sand, given its thermal stability and low cost, has ...

In addition to solar cooking, use of solar-powered instruments are part of this unique demonstration at the Washington Farmers' Market Saturday July 23. Everyone has seen a cooking demonstration; they ...

Your solar panels power the house all weekend. Then you fire up a gas BBQ. Here’s why electric outdoor cooking makes more ...

Last summer when our power was out for a week, I really thought about how much we depend on electricity. While my family was lucky enough to have a generator and gas grill, the generator wasn't ...

Julie Greene and her small staff are trying to save the world, one sun-baked meal at a time. Greene — a former teacher, actress and stage director — is the executive director of Solar Cooking ...

Dear Jim: I want to use solar energy to cook some foods, such as steaming rice, veggies, etc., because my kitchen gets very hot. Is this feasible? Can I buy a solar cooker or do I have to try to build ...

With sustainability at the forefront, solar cooking is having a resurgence. Eco-conscious individuals are embracing this clean energy method to prepare meals without gas or electricity. Portable solar ...

Solar cookers have been tried out in refugee camps in the past with mixed results. The stoves often took many hours to cook a meal, did not last long in the harsh environmental conditions often found ...