Shirdi Saibaba temple gets award for its solar kitchen

Sai Prasadalaya is a community kitchen of Shri Saibaba Sansthan Shirdi and it has bagged the coveted Concentrated Solar Thermal (CST) and Solar Cooker Excellence Awards - 2016 by the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE). This setup is saving 1 lakh kg of LPG (estimated to cost Rs 20,00,000 every year) through this project.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 21 May 2016.

Shirdi Sai temple attracts thousands of devotees every day and it has one of world's largest Solar System Projects for community cooking. It was installed in 2014 and, with 73 solar dishes each of 16 sq meter size, the total steam generation capacity of this project is 4200 kg/day. Food consisting of more than 2 tonnes of rice is cooked for more than 25000 individuals every day in the Kitchen. The saving of cooking gas is of the order of Rs 20,000 every day and, till date, it has saved Rs 60 lakh for the trust.
Incidentally, community cooking by using solar energy has become a popular application in both educational and religious organizations. The process is also being adopted to meet the requirements in dairying, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, textiles and other industrial sectors.


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