Zaoyuan Solar Cooker Project

Highlights —

• 50,000 cookers distributed
• Replacing coal, giving rural families valuable cost savings
• Significant emission reductions versus coal burning and cutting air pollution with major health benefits to the communities.

Summary —

The project involves the distribution of 50,000 solar cookers to rural households in Zhenping County, Henan Province, China. The majority of the rural households in Zhenping use coal-fired stoves for water boiling and cooking. Using coal-fired stoves not only leads to significant greenhouse gas emis...