For someone living in a developed country, a solar cooker may feel like kind of a novelty item. Something you can pull out on camping trips to build up your green street cred and save a little bit of ...

The ACE 1 stove from African Clean Energy combines elements of solar and biomass power to offer an eco-friendly cooking solution that also charges electronic devices. The stove is a cooking/charging ...

Campfires, charcoal grills, and gas-powered camping stoves can definitely make life easier for hungry campers, but they can’t do everything. Sometimes, the only source of heat for cooking is 93 ...

Solar Cooker: Amidst the shortage of LPG, a solar cooker can serve as an excellent alternative. It operates on sunlight, and ...

This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features an interview with Alan Bigelow, science director of Solar Cookers International, a non-profit organization that researches and promotes solar ...

UNHCR is testing a newly-designed solar cooker in two Kenyan refugee camps facing a shortage of firewood. The agency hopes that the stove project can lessen the impact of refugee influxes on the ...

When the governments of wealthy countries talk about emissions, the discussion tends to focus on outdoor air pollution from car exhaust or industrial processes. But for many people in developing ...

Alan Bigelow: a solar cooking advocate and a solar cook himself. (Courtesy: James Dacey) “Concentrate all of your thoughts upon the work at hand. The Sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.” ...