eCook - a transformational household solar battery-electric cooker for poverty alleviation

该项目建议更详细地研究在非洲使用太阳能电烹饪(ECook)的可行性。建议是，如果目前太阳能光伏技术成本和储能成本(特别是磷酸铁锂电池)的下降趋势继续下去，那么到2020年，一个适合烹饪的系统的终身月成本将与相当比例的生物质用户每月在生物质(主要是木炭)上的支出相当。生物质烹饪是急性呼吸道感染的根本原因，每年导致数百万人死亡。它也是气候变化排放的贡献者，也是影响更广泛的当地森林砍伐的原因。城市人口的增加导致了木炭价格的上涨；目前全球约有3亿家庭每月在生物质燃料上的支出超过10美元。可持续发展目标7要求到2030年让所有人都能获得负担得起、可靠、可持续的现代能源。战略性地将太阳能光伏和电池用于烹饪将是一个门户，使家庭能够将目前的生物质支出转化为分散的电力基础设施。

The project proposes examining in greater detail the feasibility of using solar electric cooking (eCook) in Africa.The proposition is that if the current downward trends in solar photovoltaic technology costs and in energystorage costs (specifically lithium iron phosphate batteries) continue, then by 2020 a system sized for cookingwould have a lifetime monthly cost comparable to the monthly spend on biomass (mainly charcoal) made by asizeable proportion of biomass users. Biomass based cooking is a root cause of acute respiratory infectionswhich leads to millions of deaths per year. It is also a contributor to climate change emissions, and a cause oflocal deforestation with wider impacts. Increases in urban populations are leading to increases in charcoalprices; globally some 300 million households currently spend more than $10 a month on biomass fuel.Sustainable Development Goal 7 calls for 'access to affordable, reliable, sustainable modern energy for all' by2030. The strategic use of solar photovoltaics and batteries for cooking would be a gateway enablinghouseholds to convert their current biomass expenditure into decentralised electrical infrastructure.