"Avec son four révolutionnaire, Lydiane Tirel met du soleil dans vos apéritifs" (print)
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Time to check on our journey! Step one was to test and try our ideas about a direct solar economy, meaning how can the use of direct sunshine impact the economy positively. It’s a multi-factorial impact: Environment preservation (no more wood burning) Health protection (no more breathing in (…)
"Dans ce village des Côtes-d’Armor, le boulanger cuit son pain à l’énergie solaire Le boulanger Denis Roisil, installé à Le Faouët, dans les Côtes-d’Armor, cuit des kilos de pain par jour, sans dépenser un centime d’électricité. "
"Et oui, cela parait improbable mais c’est vrai . Denis est un Boulanger qui cuit son pain dans un four solaire en Bretagne ! Il nous raconte , lui qui a eu des boulangeries " traditionnelles" comment il en est arrivé a produire ses fournées cuite avec l’element qui semble le plus manquer à (…)
"Près de Rennes, Manon Robert et Quentin Feutren ont fondé la micro-conserverie Fourmi. Depuis son ouverture officielle en juillet, l’entreprise valorise les surplus de légumes issus de maraîchers biologiques locaux, en élaborant diverses recettes végétales telles que des tartinades, pickles, (…)
"Depuis bientôt deux ans, au Faouët, Denis Roisil est installé comme boulanger. Rien de conventionnel chez cet artisan qui pétrit son pain à la main dans un ancien fourgon de pompier et le fait cuire dans un four solaire."
"Bread, cakes and biscuits are baked in a solar-powered oven. The oven was developed by the Finnish company Lytefire." (Finnish)
" Pour trouver un meilleur équilibre de vie, elles ouvrent une boulangerie pas comme les autres à Nantes"
Another solar baking oven installed by STEM Synergy partner and licensee in Ethiopia! Congratulations. Empowering Communities Through Solar Technology is one of the motivations of STEM Synergy. In collaboration with a dedicated group from Wolaita now living in the U.S., their team has (…)
For more than a decade Lytefire has tackled the energy, climate and poverty crisis by spreading sustainable solar tech and training. We’ve been able to create jobs where resources are few, reduce emissions while growing the local economy, and for us this has also brought new hope that yes, (…)
All units have safely arrived in Senegal for this project led by Association Adscal, the training with our friend Michel was short but great, Isma and Abou provided fantastic guidance and now the first solar and charcoal tests are starting. The bakers are working very well with their solar (…)
La boulangerie solaire Solar Fire Bakery au Kenya s’est vue attribuer le deuxième Prix Afrique Excellence. Joan Ogwang Arwa et son équipe sont primés ainsi que nous à Lytefire qui l’avons beaucoup soutenue depuis la création il y a 5 ans (déjà !), notamment Eva Wissenz, Urs Riggenbach et (…)
" Elle cuit son pain au soleil dans cette ferme du Loroux-Bottereau ... "
"Je connais Vincent Brin de Levain depuis quelques années maintenant et l’envie furieuse d’en savoir plus sur sa reconversion mais surtout son amour du travail bien fait ..."
We are happy and honored to start a new project in East Africa with the trust and support of Jansen PrimeSteps Foundation. The foundation is focused on poverty alleviation through entrepreneurship, and with this new project PrimeSteps is going to help us elevate our work and increase our impact (…)
The UNDP (or United Nations Development Program) is one of the major stakeholders when it comes to implementing the energy transition and livelihoods improvement for vulnerable populations. “UNDP works in about 170 countries and territories, helping to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities (…)
It’s been a very long time since we wanted to start a project in Senegal with the right partner. We are very happy to see that this is finally happening. It will all happen in the village of Agnam Lidoubé, where four solar ovens are going to be installed thanks to Adscal Association and (…)
Our cooperation with World Vision has been very important to us because it is while working with them that our model could be refined towards African entrepreneurs in 2016 (here) and in 2017 (here). We met Mrs Joan Arwa back then and she has always been a fantastic colleague. Since 3 years now (…)
By: Right to reply: Arnaud Crétot and SCOP NeoLoco. I would like to respond here to public accusations made against myself, the SCOP NeoLoco and TELED. These statements were published on March 31, 2025, by Eva Wissenz (Managing Director & Board Director of Lytefire) on Lytefire’s (…)
Lytefire in Cacheu, Guinea Bissau, for Swissaid (2025) It’s been 13 years since Lytefire was founded in Finland first by two, then six motivated (very motivated) people who wanted to facilitate access to clean energy for the most vulnerable populations, from the Global South. Vulnerable? (…)
!["[LOW-TECH] Projet d’ingénierie UNDERSOLAR : un four solaire, ancrés dans les spécificités du territoire"](local/cache-gd2/2f/877fe8b8e6e3c4b6ff3a155cf9307c.jpg?1747653304)
!["[LOW-TECH] Projet d’ingénierie UNDERSOLAR : un four solaire, ancrés dans les spécificités du territoire"](local/cache-gd2/c3/aca775a2608cfb7df2279b04586c58.jpg?1747653304)
"[LOW-TECH] Projet d’ingénierie UNDERSOLAR : un four solaire, ancrés dans les spécificités du territoire"
The best reward for a company is a happy customer! Joan Ogwang is not one of them. She’s a woman entrepreneur from Kenya. In Kisumu, she created the "Solar Fire Bakery" in 2022. She trained herself and started with a first Lytefire oven. At that time, she was part of our team of trainers (…)
Lytefire is unique. It is for workers, entrepreneurs, and artisans from the South and made possible with the support of the humanitarian sector and industrial sponsors. Lytefire is not open source and it is not low tech. We do not like labels. We simply do our work and our users create the (…)
On prend toujours un risque à rêver. Celui de créer un rêve si fou que l’on serait tenté de tout quitter pour le suivre. Celui de ne pas arriver à le partager et de le voir moisir. Celui de le partager trop tôt ou de le voir filer trop vite. Celui de le voir évoluer aussi entre d’autres (…)
About a year ago in 2024, we presented the first solar bakery installed by our partner and licensee Stem Synergy in Ethiopia. Since then our partner and licensee STEM Synergy has done A LOT to empower communities through STEM Education and Sustainable Solutions Ras Mekonnen Elementary School (…)
"Succès story : la seule micro-brasserie solaire du Nord Franche-Comté en passe de tripler sa capacité de production"
We just closed down our Twitter/X accounts for Lytefire. Soon we’ll move away from Facebook and Instagram. The best way to follow up is our newsletter: https://lytefire.com/newsletter We also continue to be active on LinkedIn: Login to LinkedIn to keep in touch with people (…)
"A sustainable, powerful and silent wellness experience at 2,000 m above sea level: the Lytefire Sauna heats up with solar energy."
"Territorial solar baking potential: A socio-technical analysis for planning the sustainable energy transition of the bakery world"
"NeoLoco est une boulangerie-torréfaction artisanale normande organisée autour de son four solaire. Rencontre avec son créateur."
"Depuis 2015, le Low-tech Lab s’emploie à documenter les différents visages de la low-tech, offrant au mouvement les outils pour s’approprier cette démarche d’utilité, d’accessibilité et de durabilité."
"Près de Nantes. Cette boulangère cuit son pain grâce aux rayons du soleil "
"New initiative equips women with entrepreneurial skills in clean cooking and business management"
