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

该项目提议更详细地研究在非洲使用太阳能电烹饪的可行性，其主张是，如果目前太阳能光电技术成本和能源储存成本的下降趋势能够得到缓解，（特别是磷酸铁锂电池）继续，那么到2020年，一个用于烹饪的系统的每月成本将与每月用于生物质的成本相当，（主要是木炭）由生物质用户的可利用比例。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一个促成因素，是造成当地森林砍伐的一个原因，影响更广。城市人口的增加导致木炭价格上涨;目前全球约有3亿家庭每月在生物质燃料上的花费超过10美元。可持续发展目标7呼吁到2030年“人人获得负担得起、可靠、可持续的现代能源”。战略性地使用太阳能光伏发电和电池做饭将是一个门户，使家庭能够将其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.