Скачать или смотреть MECS Talk Series: Cooking to Grid 21.08.2025

A new Talk Series, led by the MECS programme through its in-country partner Finovista, focuses on different topics relating to transitioning to modern energy cooking services. Catch up on the webinar held on 21 August 2025 entitled 'Cooking-to-Grid (C2G)'.

Affordability of electricity and lack of liquidity are said to be key barriers to the adoption of electric cooking in many households in India. In many parts of the country, the reliability and quality of household grid electricity supplies are also not adequate. However, recent increases in generating capacity are changing this. In addition, the integration of renewable sources of energy in grid has added another factor leading to variations in power availability. The power quality will sometimes be too low to run anything other than a light bulb. These possible technical issues underpin the potential use and benefits of supporting electric cooking with batteries. Cooking-to-Grid (C2G) is a transformative concept that reimagines battery-based cooking systems in households not just as electricity consumers, but as decentralised energy assets that can actively support the power grid. As electric cooking appliances gain traction, there is a timely opportunity to integrate energy storage into these systems. Homes equipped with battery-enabled cookstoves or cooking devices could collectively function as a vast network of distributed storage units.

This session spotlighted the role of battery-based eCooking systems in enabling distributed energy storage, delved into the technological and policy enablers of C2G, and explored the synergies between clean cooking, grid resilience, and battery innovation. The panel also examined business models, scalability opportunities, and international examples of distributed energy storage via household appliances.