One of the primary factors affecting the amount of worldwide energy consumption and
greenhouse gas emissions is cooking. Solar cooking is an appropriate solution because it is …

In the present work, the thermal performance of a low-cost solar box cooker (SBC) has been
improved through the concept of extended fins and heat storage medium. To achieve the …

Abstract Globally, 2.8 billion people cook with biomass fuels, resulting in devastating health
and environmental consequences. Efforts to transition households to cooking with clean …

9 Billion people lack access to secure and affordable clean cooking fuels and technologies.
Numerous studies and initiatives have attempted to design and implement more efficient …

The comprehensive utilization of photovoltaic and solar-thermal (PVT) is an important
approach to achieve the carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals, and can realize the …

The successful use of solar energy for cooking requires the systems adopted not only to
have technical attributes that conveniently address specific cooking requirements but also …

Energy poverty in developing regions is a major global concern, with the rural areas of
South Asia, South-East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa being the most affected. The major …

Despite generally having significant renewable energy potential, islands tend to depend on
imported fossil fuels with volatile prices. This paper aims to provide technical inputs for …

This paper aims to identify and understand the challenges that may confront the scaling up
of a proposed battery electric cooking concept (Batchelor 2013), eCook, which offers the …

Here, we propose an approach for supporting the design and performance evaluation phase
of solar cooking technologies, to assess their eventual appropriateness for remote rural …