The Solar-Electric Cooking Partnership for Displacement Contexts 

SOLCO is a platform for public-private partnerships to enable solar-electric cooking at scale across a number of refugee-hosting countries through localized market-based implementation that crowds in private sector solutions and climate financing with a target of min. 100 million USD. 

SOLCO is a Climate Action Partnership led by Last Mile Climate as part of the Global eCooking Coalition (GeCCo) initiative, and implemented in collaboration with relevant global, national and local partners.

SOLCO is focused on enabling affordable access to solar electric cooking for displaced families and their host communities.

 

Vision and Impact

SOLCO is an eco-system of partners that will revolutionize cooking in refugee-hosting countries across Africa. Our initial goal is to transition more than 250,000 households to solar-electric cooking by 2027, leveraging a minimum of $100 million in financing. This initiative will not only transform cooking but also champion environmental sustainability and economic development through creation of green jobs in the solar-electric value chain.

 

How SOLCO Works

SOLCO is a platform for public-private partnerships to enable solar-electric cooking at scale across a number of refugee-hosting countries through localized market-based implementation that crowds in private sector solutions and climate financing with a target of min. 100 million USD.

 

Solar-Electric Cooking Partnership (SOLCO) Pledge for the Global Refugee Forum 2023

The Solar-Electric Cooking Partnership (SOLCO), pledges to transition 250.000 households to solar-electric cooking, leveraging 100 million USD in financing across refugee-hosting countries in Africa by 2027. Read the Pledge here

 

Get Involved 

We welcome collaboration with governments, businesses, NGOs, and community groups. Join us to help make solar e-cooking a reality for displaced communities. 

Join the SOLCO Pledge!

Contact info: 

Jakob Øster, Executive Director, Last Mile Climate: jakob@lastmileclimate.org   

Last updated: 12/12/2023