Sri Lanka, May 26 -- Sri Lanka became the first country in South Asia to unveil a solar hybrid bakery oven, designed with both solar and biogas energy sources to ensure uninterrupted operation despite unpredictable weather conditions.

The event, held on 22 May at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo, was hosted by Incitare Sri Lanka and the Global Rethinking Finance Collaborative (GRFC), in strategic collaboration with German Tech Kilinochchi, and was graced by H.E Mr. Olivier Praz, Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Switzerland to Sri Lanka and Maldives, and Mr. Fabio Germano, Representative of GIZ Sri Lanka.

The initiative marks South Asia's first deployment of this European clean technology, replacing fossil-fuel baking with solar and b...