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Solar cooking

Mutinondo enjoys the use of various alternative sources of energy to power the lodge's lights, radios, computers, various jewellery and kitchen equipment, water supply and heating systems. These include:

-  Solar panels (1 x 150, 1 x 120 and 2 x 20 watt panels)
-  A wind generator (Air 403 400 watt)
-  110 amp hour batteries
-  Logic lanterns and panels
-  Solatek Glowstar
-  Parabolic solar cooker
-  Sunstoves (www.sungravity.com)
-  Shurflo 9300 series solar water pump
-  Solar water heaters x 4
-  Treadle Singer sewing machine converted into a stone cutting machine
-  Water wheel stone tumbler (still in the making!)

Most of the above were bought from Suntech Appropriate Technology Lusaka, Zambia suntech@zamnet.zm

Please remember to take your lamps to the reception in the morning to be "plugged into the sun" and recharged.

Wind & Solar powered lodge

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