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Published online 14 May 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070514-1
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Burning wood to power fridges
Project aims to bring high-tech device to developing world.
A consortium of UK universities hopes to bring affordable domestic appliances to rural areas of developing countries by developing a device that acts as a refrigerator, cooker and power generator all in one, powered by locally available biomass fuels such as wood.
The SCORE (Stove for Cooking, Refrigeration and Electricity) project, led by the University of Nottingham in England, has been granted £2 million (US$4 million) to develop the device using a technology called thermoacoustics.
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