Abstract: A solar clothes dryer (1) comprising an outer housing (2); a solar powered air heater (18) in the housing (2), and a drying chamber (6) within the housing (2) to receive heated air from the solar powered air heater (18) wherein the clothes dryer comprises a heat recovery system and/or a solar powered radiator system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a clothes dryer and method of drying clothes. A clothes dryer (10) comprising:—a drying chamber (31), arranged to accommodate clothes, defined by at least one wall,—an air pathway, along which air is arranged to flow from an air inlet to an air outlet, comprising the drying chamber (31), wherein,—the at least one wall comprises a cavity wall comprising a first curved surface (11), a cavity (16) and a second curved surface (15),—the first curved surface (11) of the cavity wall being arranged to define an exterior surface of the dryer and to facilitate a transmission of light energy to the cavity (16) and/or the second curved surface (15),—the cavity (16) being arranged as comprised in the air pathway, and,—the second curved surface (15) of the cavity wall being arranged to define at least a part of the drying chamber (31).