Some time ago I was in Pakistan on a solar energy project and I was taken
out to a village where they were using - among other things - a specially
constructed solar reflector, to boil water for tea, which they offered to
me... so it worked really well. This was around 1982.
The people responsible for this and other solar projects in the village,
were, as far as I remember, the World Bank and/or the Canadian
International Development Agency (CIDA).
I've obviously been out of this field for some time, but it could be that
if you somehow get in touch with the World Bank, they may be able to help you.
Hope this helps.
Philip.
At 03:40 PM 5/5/2006 -0700, you wrote:
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Hi all , I head the Physics Dept.in Gov. High School Atiela and run an
N.G.O. for the promotion of basic Edu and Child- centred
Dev.(www.geocities.com/orescameroon).Affordable solar furnaces constructed
if possible using local materials can transform the lives of my people. In
Bamenda where I live energy from petroleum and electricity, being
monopolies (in the hands of one corporation) are used as tools to overtax
the people. The people are getting poorer and poorer by the day and are
resorting more and more to wood for fuel.Deforestation and its
consequencies are already visible . The paradox is sunshine is abondant
.In my own little way I tried to construct a solar cooker which could be
made out of local materials for the cost to be down to the level of the
masses.It was challenging but very interesting.Mine didn't work because I
had difficulties with the mirror. I wanted to try polished steel for the
mirror;I coudn't lay hands on it. I wanted to use pieces of plane
mirrors;I had difficulties mounting them. I tried the silvered side of
parcelling paper. The result was impressive but fell short of being
reliable.(it wrinkles easily). I have not given up yet.We have adopted the
solar cooker as our project for next year in the Physics Dept.Meantime if
it is possible for anyone out there to construct an effective and reliable
solar cooker to cost say, $80 to $100 my organisation can purchase them
and make them available to the masses.Thanks Julius shenga Email:
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Bamenda, North West Cameroon - Friday, May 05, 2006 at 10:26:21 (PDT)
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