What is a Solar Baking in Humanitarian context?
Baking with the sun allow to produce tasty breads and pastries with direct solar heat. No electricity, no pollution, and lots of satisfaction!
Wherever a Lytefire Oven is installed in a sunny country, the energy bills, pollution, deforestation expenses can be significantly reduced for most of the year. On top of this impact, the bread production capacity is real: from 10 kg to 110 kg per day. For the bread, it depends on the recipe. And it can also bake delicious pizza, biscuits, buns, cookies, cakes, croissants, etc.
We focused on bread because in many countries bread is on so many tables every day. Bread is such a powerful symbol of conviviality and sharing. But Lytefire can also be used with even better results for roasting, cooking and sterilizing big quantities of water.
When we work with NGOs, we offer a comprehensive training to support vulnerable people in the creation of their own solar bakery in order to create more local wealth and stability. It is now also possible to be trained at distance with one of our trainers, with support of pedagogical documentation and tutorials.
Yes, it requires a sunny day to work and that’s the case 8-10 months a year in so many countries, right? Many solar bakeries in Europe and Africa are already using Lytefire and they learn how to adapt their production to a clean, intermittent energy source. Check the FAQ if you have more questions. Or contact us right now to discuss your project!
Associations, NGO’s and Government Agencies can include this approach to their livelihood programs. Check the Projects page to see the previous projects with NGOs.
We can’t wait to see how we can contribute to a better world together!
Nebbi Solar Bakery trainees in Uganda (c) Lytefire
Proud solar bakers in Uganda (c) Lytefire
Solar baked production in Uganda (c) Lytefire
Trainee in Uganda (c) Lytefire
Nebbi solar bakery’s fellows during the demo day organized at the end of their training (c) Lytefire
Solar buns production for Mwanza’s school in Tanzania (c) Lytefire
Trainee in Tanzania (c) Lytefire
Buns solar production in Tanzania (c) Lytefire
Solar bakery in Jinja (c) Lytefire
Martin Pouabidjie, trainer, in Burkina Faso (c) Lytefire
Nebbi Micro Solar Bakery
- Revenue: 110 € / month
- Solar baking days: 12 / month
- Production: 120 kg / month
“Give someone bread, and they will eat for a day.
Give someone a Lytefire and there is free energy to bake
for the rest of their lives.“
— Lucas Prieur
Featured Implemented NGO Projects
Smart Up Solar Bakery Nebbi, Uganda
After a training organized by Plan International and our team, Prudence Yoo Acel Ladegi, Benedict Bithola and friends were so passionate about baking with the Lytefire that they kept going with learning and marketing their recipes. They bake 4 times a week. People like the products and sometimes come from miles away to buy their bread or order occasion’s cakes to Smart Up Solar Bakery Nebbi.
Lougsi’s rural bakery, Burkina-Faso
The 105 women of Lougsi village, situated 30km away from Ouagadougou, have been supported by the local association SOS Energie, our team and Jansen Primesteps Foundation to get a solar oven. After 2 years, 15 of them that have been trained to solar baking and are using their Lytefire in order to produce bread 5 days a week and sell it all around. They no longer buy wood and coal and the solar oven allows them to save 750 to 1000 CFA per day (entre 1 et 2 Euros), which is significant in this tough rural context.
CLASS, Uganda
Their full name is "Change Lead Agency for Social Support". And this very dynamic group of young bakers has been part of the solar baking and bakery setting up training given with Plan International and Smart Up Factory in Uganda in 2021-2022. Since then, thanks to their hard work and their Lytefire Oven the solar bakers sell delicious doughnuts, cookies and cakes to clients in different markets on Mondays and Thursdays. The sales range goes from 12000ugsh to 60000ugsh. They are based in Alebtong.
A Montessori school in Tanzania
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A school goes solar in Embu, Kenya
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11 solar ovens in Uganda
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Watch solar bakeries in action
Lytefire used Globally
Lytefire 5 Bakery Trainings in Uganda (2019)
Lytefire 5 Bakery in Tanzania (2018)
Lytefire 5 Bakery Trainings in Uganda (2019)
“The Lytefire5 Oven is giving us 275 KSh (€2,70) per day, but with the charcoal oven it’s only 75 KSh (€0,70). That’s a big difference.” -
Afros Otieno, Solar baker at Misire, Kenya.
