Solar Dryer/Cooker - Background

Solar Dryers and Cookers will be distributed to all districts of the country to reduce imported petroleum fuel consumption through maximum use of solar thermal energy for water heating, cooking food, and drying agricultural crops. Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC) will be responsible for matters to implementation activities such as promotion, dissemination, market regulation and quality assurance and monitoring of solar dryer and cookers. AEPC will prepare quality standards and guidelines and will provide technical assistance to solar dryer and cookers manufactures/distributors and provide subsidy to users through the qualified companies to the recognized systems. AEPC will qualify companies for manufacturing, distribution, installation, and after sales service of solar dryer and cookers periodically. AEPC will also ensure that the users gets quality product at reasonable price through competitive market. To ensure this, AEPC will monitor the field installation and conduct surveys, studies etc.