Solar cooker with energy storage in Madagascar

HSLU students Julian Zölly ( left ) and Patrick Estermann ( right ) in front of the functional model of their solar stove with thermal energy storage. ©HSLU - Solar stoves with thermal energy storage for families in Madagascar are intended to prevent even more forest from being lost in Madagascar. The solar stoves are being developed in a cooperation between the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and the NGO ADES from Mettmenstetten. Madagascar, a natural paradise, faces many challenges. It is one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world. More than 90 percent of the population lives in poverty and already more than 90 percent of the original forest area has been lost. Since 2001, the Swiss NGO ADES has been working to combat forest loss and poverty in Madagascar.