The HotPots of Mme Sissoko Aïssata Diarra

by Najiba Abdellaoui, odemagazine.com, January 2006 Mme Sissoko Aïssata Diarra is making a name for herself in global ecology circles as promoter of the HotPot initiative. HotPots are low-cost, easy-to-use solar ovens developed by Solar Household Energy (SHE),… Read More

The HotPot in Mexico

by Louise Meyer, Solar Household Energy, Inc., DAAD Letter, Sping 2004 Indeed, the general topic of solar energy has already been the subject of the DAAD Letter, which published a cover story, "Projekt Sonne", in March 1999. That… Read More

Donate

Please Donate! Every dollar that you donate will help us expand our footprint to save the world from poverty and environmental harm. $25,000 to $100,000 Will support a pilot project to bring 100 to 250 solar ovens to… Read More

R.I.P. Dar Curtis, SHE co-founder

Dear friend of Solar Household Energy, We are deeply saddened to pass on the news that Darwin O’Ryan Curtis, a co-founder of Solar Household Energy and leading figure in the solar cooking movement, died on Nov. 5 at age… Read More

Mexico: Scaling up Lorena Harp’s Haines solar cooker enterprise

SHE first became engaged in promoting solar cooking in Mexico in 2003 after winning a “Development Marketplace” grant from the World Bank. Fifteen years later, 40,000 HotPotTM solar cookers have been disseminated worldwide, thanks to partnerships instigated by… Read More

SHE’s 2018 Annual Report is here!

Dear friends, The 2018 Annual Report is here! Your financial contributions this year supported solar cooker social enterprises in Haiti, Mexico, Uganda and Kenya, new ventures in The Gambia and Puerto Rico, advances in solar cooker research and… Read More

Solar Cooker Design

TR-29.1 A Preliminary Study of Black Paints This note records some information about black paints that may be used in the construction of solar cookers. Black surfaces absorb solar radiation better than lighter colored surfaces on cooking pots… Read More

Performance data

TR-05 Compilation of solar cooker heating experiments, Summer 2015, Rockville, MD This report includes plots summarize the “raw” data obtained from solar cooker heating experiments in 2015. Each of these experiments was intended to answer a particular question…. Read More

SHE Technical Research Reports

This page lists original research reports by SHE staff, interns and associates. The reports are divided into several broad categories. Together they record ongoing experimental and theoretical investigations into solar cooker design and performance measurement. If these are… Read More