Tajikistan
suffers blackouts during winter due to the declining capacity of its domestic
energy infrastructure, yet hosts strong potential for renewable energy with
over 200 sunny days during the average year and significant hydro resources. In
December 2014, the village of Roshorv, located
at an altitude of more than 3000m in the Bartang Valley of Tajikistan was presented
with a solar cooker by Tajik environmental organization Little Earth.
Tests on
the parabolic collector dishes that power the solar cooker demonstrated, that during mild winter conditions the dishes were able to bring a 3-liter
aluminum kettle to boil in 20-25 minutes, and cook a soup with rice and
potatoes in an aluminum pressure cooker in around 20 minutes. Use of solar cooker by family allows to cut consumption of bush wood by 70-80%, or about
15-20 kilos of wood per day. Read more at http://www.evwind.es/
