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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A research group led by academics from Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has analyzed the development of PV-powered electric cooking (e-cooking) over the past twenty years.

Cooking with a solar oven requires one key ingredient that I lacked this weekend: sunshine. Experts will share tips on working through this, and other, pesky problems at a solar... Cooking acorn ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The latest design being tested in the two camps, however, is more efficient and cheaper to produce and transport. Valentine Ndibalema, UNHCR's senior technical officer for the environment, estimates ...