Solar Cooking News

Solar Cooking News

News articles and information from the solar community, with many featuring Solar Household Energy or our partners.

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Women’s Red Clay coop in Oaxaca receives 33 solar cookers

A women’s Red Clay Artisan Co-op received 33 solar cookers thanks to US-Oaxaca Rotary Club partnerships between August and December 2023: With funding from the US-based Cashmere Rotary Club, and solar cooker donations by Haines LLC, Lorena worked… Read More

An example of theoretical carbon credit revenue in Mexico

Carbon credits, also known as carbon offsets, are a way to measure and trade reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Fuel-efficient cookstove projects reduce greenhouse gas emissions from burning coal, charcoal, fuelwood, dung and other biomass fuels. The amount… Read More

SHE Research on the greenhouse effect published by the Washington Academy of Sciences

The research paper “Is a Greenhouse Heated by Radiation Trapping or Convection Blocking?” by Paul Arveson was published in the Spring 2023 issue of the Washington Academy of Sciences. It refutes the conclusion of an often-cited 1909 experiment… Read More

SHE’s 11-person focus group in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya

SHE collaborated with Solar Education Project (SEP) and other partners to carry out an 11-person focus group solar cooker project in Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya in May 2022 and a follow-up evaluation in April 2023, 11 months later…. Read More