How to make a solar oven for cooking
Q: I like to do things the natural way when cooking. Since my kitchen gets really hot when I cook, I would like to try a solar oven. Is it really possible to cook with solar, and how can I make an...
View ArticlePetroleum Development Oman and GlassPoint Solar to Build One of the World’s...
MUSCAT, Oman--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), the largest producer of oil and gas in Oman, and GlassPoint Solar, the leader in solar enhanced oil recovery (EOR), today announced...
View ArticleOmani engineering students set to
Muscat: What can young engineers do to provide a better life to people? This question will be answered next Sunday during the 7th Engineering Students Gathering at the Sultan Qaboos University , at an...
View ArticleOman to Encourage Household Generation of Solar Power
Reuters MUSCAT, OMAN— Oman will encourage households to generate electricity with solar panels and feed it into the national grid, Qais al-Zakwani, executive...
View ArticleSouth African Company Designs Unique Solar Cooker
Household pollution kills more than 4 million people each year. Most of these fatalities are in the developing world, mostly in Africa. Many people die from inhaling smoke from cooking over wood or...
View ArticlePetroleum Development Oman and GlassPoint Solar to Build One of the World’s...
MUSCAT, Oman--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), the largest producer of oil and gas in Oman, and GlassPoint Solar, the leader in solar enhanced oil recovery (EOR), today announced...
View ArticleThis Solar-Powered Cooker Is Actually Saving People's Lives
A team of scientists and engineers is hoping to prevent millions of deaths and protect the environment with a solar-powered cooker - which is 100% recyclable. SolSource Solar Stove was created by One...
View ArticleScience Fairs Are As Flawed As My Solar-Powered Hot Dog Cooker
By Carl Zimmer Last fall, my daughter Veronica got an idea for the seventh grade science fair at her school. She'd compare different ways to clean a toothbrush. First she'd take a new toothbrush out of...
View ArticleGEDA’s solar cooker initiative wins laurels
Panaji: The Goa energy development agency (GEDA), which promotes new and renewable sources of energy in the state, has bagged the second position in the category of smaller state with highest number of...
View ArticleStudents Building Solar Home (GeorgiaTech - Georgia Institute of Technology)
(Source: GeorgiaTech - Georgia Institute of Technology) Campus and Community Georgia Tech is one of 14 colleges and universities participating in the Department of Education's 2017 Solar Decathlon...
View ArticleGlassPoint Solar has announced that its Oman organisation has achieved 50 per...
Miraah, which means mirror in Arabic, will harness the sun's energy to produce steam used to extract heavy and viscous oil at PDO's Amal field in south Oman. - Supplied picture Muscat: GlassPoint Solar...
View ArticleRefrigeration system using direct sunlight
A group of final-year Mechanical Engineering students of the Sree Chithra Tirunal College of Engineering (SCTCE), Pappanamcode, have developed a prototype of a refrigeration system using direct...
View ArticlePrize-Winning Omani Fitness Model Aims to Inspir
SARAH MACDONALD sarah@timesofoman.com photos, videos: Jun Estrada MUSCAT: Oman's only fitness model hopes to inspire others to try the sport he's so passionate about since it ensures a healthy...
View ArticleOmani developer plans Westfield-inspired mall near Muscat
Oman is set to get its own version of London's Shepherd's Bush. An Omani development company is planning to build a mall on the outskirts of Muscat inspired by the Westfield London shopping centre and...
View ArticleShell awards contracts to two Omani SMEs for Solar into Schools project
Muscat: As part of its 5th Gift to The Nation initiative, Shell Development Oman awarded three contracts to two Omani small and medium enterprises to carry out the installations into schools in the...
View ArticleStudents Build Solar Lights for African Pastors
Share This: Cedarville engineering students design, build, and pay for solar lights used by African pastors. by Michaela Carpenter, Public Relations Writer May 12, 2017 For 10 years, Cedarville...
View ArticleThe $149 SolSource Sport is a powerful portable solar cooker
The latest product from One Earth Designs weighs just 10 pounds and packs down into a small carrying bag, but still delivers high performance fuel-free cooking. One of the most approachable and...
View ArticleMore Omani women than men are initiating divorce
MUSCAT // Farhat Al Haddabi wanted to further her education and gain more qualifications in the United Kingdom, but her husband disapproved. So she divorced him. The 31-year old accountant decided to...
View ArticleTo set a record, 7,438 Mumbai school students cook noodles in solar cookers
With an aim to set a record and spread a message on renewable energy, 7,438 students from 59 private and civic schools participated in a solar cooking class in Bhayander on Saturday afternoon....
View ArticleMt Abu boasts of a solar plant that delivers power on demand!
edited Udaipur: We have all heard about solar power plants that generate power through sun's energy using photovoltaic cells. Going a step further, the Brahmakumaris in Mt Abu have installed an...
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