Field Experience of Deployment and Adoption of PV based DC Induction Cookstoves in Rural India

Use of biomass cookstoves results in environmental, social and health consequences and it is responsible for 2 million premature deaths and about 30% black carbon emissions globally. This paper explains development of a National level 1st prize winner solar PV(SPV) based induction cookstove designed to serve as clean cooking solution for remote, rural and off-grid areas. Development and deployment of SPV cookstoves in 74 households of an Indian village is described. Various stages such as site survey, material procurement, training, location marking, installation, testing & commissioning are explained along with challenges and preliminary findings from the field about usage pattern.