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Solar cookers in India

February 11, 2010

In Western India, a school canteen harnesses the power of the sun to prepare student meals.

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Women standing around a solar reflector dish (Source: DW)
Image: Elisabeth Pongratz

Energy source: Solar
Project size: Solar cooking for 500 students
Investment amount: 2 million rupees (30,000 euros)
CO2 savings: 20 tons per year

Hundreds of children attend the schools of the Muni Seva Ashram in the Western Indian state of Gujarat everyday. Their school meals used to be prepared over wood fires. Now a new project harnesses the power of the sun for the school canteen.

A film by Elisabeth Pongratz

Global 3000 # ideasforacoolerworld # Solarthermie in Indien - Kochen mit der Kraft der Sonne # 22.02.2010