eCook - a transformational household solar battery-electric cooker for poverty alleviation
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The project proposes examining in greater detail the feasibility of using solar electric cooking (eCook) in Africa.
The proposition is that if the current downward trends in solar photovoltaic technology costs and in energy
storage costs (specifically lithium iron phosphate batteries) continue, then by 2020 a system sized for cooking
would have a lifetime monthly cost comparable to the monthly spend on biomass (mainly charcoal) made by a
sizeable proportion of biomass users. Biomass based cooking is a root cause of acute respiratory infections
which leads to millions of deaths per year. It is also a contributor to climate change emissions, and a cause of
local deforestation with wider impacts. Increases in urban populations are leading to increases in charcoal
prices; globally some 300 million households currently spend more than $10 a month on biomass fuel.
Sustainable Development Goal 7 calls for 'access to affordable, reliable, sustainable modern energy for all' by
2030. The strategic use of solar photovoltaics and batteries for cooking would be a gateway enabling
households to convert their current biomass expenditure into decentralised electrical infrastructure.
| GAMOS LIMITED | LEAD_ORG |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF SURREY | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| GAMOS LIMITED | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| Simon Batchelor | PM_PER |
Subjects by relevance
- Biomass (industry)
- Solar energy
- Costs
- Households (organisations)
- Renewable energy sources
- Bioenergy
- Charcoal
- Biofuels
Extracted key phrases
- Transformational household solar battery
- Solar electric cooking
- Solar photovoltaic technology cost
- Lithium iron phosphate battery
- ECook
- Electric cooker
- Lifetime monthly cost comparable
- Current biomass expenditure
- Biomass user
- Poverty alleviation
- Biomass fuel
- Current downward trend
- Storage cost
- Strategic use
- Monthly spend