Solar Cooking
Solar Cooking
Solar Cooking Wiki
1,783
pages

Home

Edit
146 Countries · 287 NGOs · 181 Individuals
143 Manufacturers · 449 Designs · 117 Plans		Sponsor: Solar Cookers International   

        
       
The Solar Cooking Wiki

Solar cooking basics

See all...

Teaching and promotion

Solar cooking in depth

Related technologies

Solar cooking around the world[]

Top News

 
April 2025
Designer creatively experiments with dual-axis solar tracking and explores reflector finishes
Solar cooker training and distribution in El Doctor, in Cadereytas, Qro., Mexico
PV-T hybrid solar kitchen receives best local innovation award in Adrar, Algeria
Carolyn Olang initiates a solar cooking movement within her village in Migori, Kenya
Inexpensively build the excellent Copenhagen Camouflage Solar Cooker
Group's effort gets 29 boxes with solar cookers, materials to make solar cookers, along with tools to equip an orphanage student workshop in Haiti
 
March 2025
Watch the webinar Solar Cookers International (SCI) hosted highlighting how solar cooking impacts women and girls worldwide at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) Forum
Luther Krueger organizes a Zoom meeting for solar cooker manufacturers and distributors to discuss cultural and manufacturing hurdles they face
SolCook donates 750 kg (1650 lbs) of construction materials to All Season Africa Solar Cooker to encourage in-country production
Simple solar cooker construction plans in different languages
Green energy doesn’t benefit everyone: Kenyan ubuntu ideas can help include more people
 
February 2025
A number of vendors on Ebay are offering an inexpensive parabolic solar cooker from China with free shipping from the US
Brian White's tracking solar cooker project is Autodesk Instructables competition finalist
Deepak Gadhia explains how solar thermal provides energy for cooking, cooling, and heating at the Muni Seva Ashram in India
Organized by Solar Cookers International and implemented by collaborator Eco-Impact Hub CBO, 124 solar box cookers have been manufactured for families at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya
Haines Solar Cookers selected to provide 6,000 solar cookers to Darfur refugees living in Chad at the Touloum Refugee Camp in partnership with FairClimateFund
Located in Madhya Pradesh, India, Raheja Solar Food Processing Pvt. Ltd. (RSFP) is contributing to positive change within the agricultural sector, helping regional farmers avoid food loss by providing solar dyers and guidance
 

Events

Featured international events[]

  • CONSOLFOOD 2025, 5-7 May 2025, (Marseille, France) - Advances in Solar Thermal Food Processing The gathering expects to attract, once again, top experts from all over the world to present and discuss topics related to advances in solar food processing and solar cooking. An exhibition of solar cookers will be available for viewing during the conference at the nearby the solar restaurant Le Présage. The solar restaurant, along with the demonstration cookers, will produce a solar lunch. The whole conference program will be delivered in hybrid format, so those who register, but are not present at Marseille, will be able to participate online. Contact Celestino Ruivo at cruivo@ualg.pt for registration information. The expected conference fee is EUR 200 before 1 April 2025. Interested people facing financial difficulties should contact the organizing committee. Program schedule...

Online[]

  • NEW: 12, 14, 16, 19 May, 2025 (17:00 a 19:00 h|Zoom) (23 May, 2025, (9:00 a 17:00 Presencial IER), Morelos, México - Solar Energy Course at UNAM's IER. Join the Renewable Energy Institute for the course "Harnessing Solar Energy: Food Drying and Cooking," where you'll learn how to use solar technologies sustainably and effectively. Duration: 16 hours | Modality: Hybrid. Registration deadline: May 9, 2025, Contact: uec@ier.unam.mx Click image for more information...


All country events[]

France[]

  • CONSOLFOOD 2025, 5-7 May 2025, (Marseille, France) - Advances in Solar Thermal Food Processing The gathering expects to attract, once again, top experts from all over the world to present and discuss topics related to advances in solar food processing and solar cooking. An exhibition of solar cookers will be available for viewing during the conference at the nearby the solar restaurant Le Présage. The solar restaurant, along with the demonstration cookers, will produce a solar lunch. The whole conference program will be delivered in hybrid format, so those who register, but are not present at Marseille, will be able to participate online. Contact Celestino Ruivo at cruivo@ualg.pt for registration information. The expected conference fee is EUR 200 before 1 April 2025. Interested people facing financial difficulties should contact the organizing committee. Program schedule...

Mexico[]

  • NEW: 12, 14, 16, 19 May, 2025 (17:00 a 19:00 h|Zoom) (23 May, 2025, (9:00 a 17:00 Presencial IER), Morelos, México - Solar Energy Course at UNAM's IER. Join the Renewable Energy Institute for the course "Harnessing Solar Energy: Food Drying and Cooking," where you'll learn how to use solar technologies sustainably and effectively. Duration: 16 hours | Modality: Hybrid. Registration deadline: May 9, 2025, Contact: uec@ier.unam.mx Click image for more information...


  • First Sunday of the month (Cuernavaca, Morelos): Cuernavaca Solar Cooking and Solar Drying Club - The club meets the first Sunday of the month for solar cooking, 11:00am - 2:00pm. You can bring ingredients and utensils to cook with the sun and share sunny food at the end. San Miguel Ecological Park Acapantzingo, Av. Atlacomulco No.14, Acapantzinga, 62448 Cuernavaca, Mor. Mexico. If you like to bring materials to build your solar kitchen or solar dryer, we will send you the plans and list of materials by mail. jm.hernandezjarquin@gmail.com


Awards and grants[]

Several small grant programs without deadlines for application are listed below. For information on how to develop a funding application, with a complete list of other funding sources see: Raising funds through grants and donations. Awards programs will be added as they are announced.

  • Climate Adaptation Challenge Fund: The Mastercard Foundation Fund for Resilience and Prosperity will run competitive challenges or calls for proposals aimed at Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) that show the potential to create work opportunities for young women and men, young people living with disabilities or refugee youth in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Fund will run these challenges across three sectors to establish a robust portfolio of innovative SMEs as they create work opportunities in SSA. The Climate Adaptation Fund will launch in 2025 and be open for nine months. Details of the challenge will be provided at a later stage. More information...
  • Roddenberry Catalyst Fund: Applications accepted anytime (EN) - The Catalyst Fund is geared towards small and/or early-stage ideas and projects that need a capital infusion to launch or prove viability. Catalyst awardees are typically piloting a program, venturing into new territory, on the cusp of launching, or pivoting in a new direction. The Catalyst Fund makes grants between $2,500–$15,000 to anyone, anywhere in the world addressing pressing global challenges. You can have 25 years of experience or be just starting out. You can be working alone, with a team, as part of a non-profit organization, a social enterprise, or a for-profit corporation. See the following link for more information: https://roddenberryfoundation.org/our-work/catalyst-fund/#faq
  • LUSH Charity Pot Grants: Applications accepted anytime (EN/FR/ES) - Charity Pot grants support small, grassroots organizations in North America and around the world that are working on the root cause of issues and creating long-term sustainable change. [They] support organizations working in areas of animal protection, environmental justice, and human rights....Applications are submitted via an online granting system asking about your organization’s purpose, main activities, governance structure and annual revenue. Additionally, a description of the project that you’re seeking funding for is requested along with an itemized budget, timeline and how the project’s success will be measured. Our support ranges from a few thousand dollars to a maximum of $15,000 per project. Applications available in English, French, and Spanish. See the following link for more information: https://www.lushusa.com/stories/article_funding-and-application-guidelines.html
  • GEF Small Grants Programme: Applications accepted anytime (EN) - SGP grants are made directly to community-based organizations (CBOs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in recognition of the key role they play as a resource and constituency for environment and development concerns. The maximum grant amount per project is US$50,000, but averages around US$25,000. In this way, SGP complements the large and medium-sized GEF project funding by providing a window for the direct participation of NGOs, local communities, and other grassroots organizations. How to apply..., and find your national coordinator

See also[]

Have your event added here[]

See also:

New content

 
April 2025
March 2025
February 2025

For older news, events, and new-content log, please see the Solar cooking news archive.

Contact[]

Search the Solar Cooking Wiki

The Solar Cooking Wiki

Solar cooking basics

See all...

Teaching and promotion

Solar cooking in depth

Related technologies


Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.