Zaoyuan Solar Cooker Project

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Nanyang City, Henan Province, People’s Republic of China

Zaoyuan Solar Cooker Project

The project involves the distribution of 50,000 solar cookers to rural households in Zhenping County, Henan Province. The majority of the rural households in Zhenping use coal-fired stoves for water boiling and cooking. Using core-fired stoves not only leads to significant greenhouse gas emissions but also air pollution which represents a high risk for the health of the residents. In addition, the use of core-fired stoves needs families to spend money on purchasing coal. The project activity will enable the rural households to efficiently substitute solar energy for the fossil fuel (coal) used in daily cooking and water boiling, avoiding CO2 emission that would be generated by fossil fuel consumption.

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