Winners in 2007
Category | Country/region | Organisation | Award-winning work |
---|---|---|---|
Outstanding achievement | India | SELCO | Making solar energy affordable yet commercially viable |
Enterprise | China | Daxu Ltd | New stove designed to burn crop waste transforms the lives of rural users |
Enterprise | Nepal | Centre for Rural Technology, Nepal | Upgraded water mills benefit millers and villagers in the Himalayas |
Food Security | India | BIOTECH | Innovative scheme turns food waste into gas for cooking and electricity |
Food Security | India | SKG Sangha | Innovation in use of biogas slurry allows rural women to make a profit |
African Award | Tanzania | Zara Solar Ltd | Solar energy made affordable to the rural poor |
African Award | Ghana | Deng Ltd | Solar entrepreneurs bring electricity to rural communities |
Light and Power | Lao PDR | Sunlabob | Solar power electrifies rural villages at a price people can afford |
Light and Power | Peru | Practical Action | The power of water electrifies remote Andean village |
Education and Welfare | Bangladesh | Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha | Solar powered boats bring education and sustainable energy supplies to some of Bangladesh's poorest
communities |
Education and Welfare | Philippines | AID Foundation | New improved ram pump technology brings running water to hillside villages |
Renewable Energy | UK | Wood Energy Ltd | Expanding the supply of high quality wood-fuel boilers throughout the UK |
Renewable Energy | UK | Nottinghamshire County Council | Using wood for heating in schools |
Energy Efficiency | UK | Cumbria Energy Efficiency Advice Centre | Improving the efficiency of housing in Cumbria |
Energy Efficiency | UK | ENWORKS | North West businesses make carbon saving pay |
Energy Business | UK | Ecotricity | Local renewable electricity from large wind turbines |
Energy Business | UK | Solarcentury | Innovative design brings solar power to more rooftops |
Schools | UK | Woodheys Primary School | Whole-school commitment to practical energy saving |
Schools | UK | Seaton Primary School | Inspiring pupils and supplying sustainable energy with wind and solar systems |
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