Development of Solar Community cooking systems in India

Abstract

Cooking is a prime requirement of human civilization. In the developing country like India, the conventional fuels such as LPG, crude oil, coal and biomass are extensively used for cooking. The use of solar energy for cooking application is documented first time in 1767 by Horace de Saussure, a Swiss naturalist. A lot of development in the solar cooking technology has been reported in the literature. The current article highlights a present status of solar community cooking systems in India. Also, the ongoing research activities in the solar community cooking systems have been discussed.