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Article: Alcan to Provide Environmentally-Friendly Solar Cookers to Promote Sustainability in Rural Indonesia.
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- December 21, 2006
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SINGEN, Germany, December 21 /PRNewswire/ --
- Part of Company's Participation in EUR450,000 "Clean Development Mechanism" Project With Klimaschutz E.V.
Alcan is providing innovative solar cookers and pans to 1,000 rural Indonesian families in the country's Banda Aceh region as part of a EUR450,000 contribution with Klimaschutz e.V. to a "Clean Development Mechanism" (CDM) project aimed at preserving the environment. The parabolic solar cooker harnesses renewable solar energy, to boil water, killing bacteria and cooking food. It is intended to reduce developing regions' dependence on traditional sources of energy, such as firewood and fossil fuels.
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