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Indians win two of the four `Green Oscars`
London, June 19: Indians won two of the four prestigious Ashden awards for sustainable energy, globally known as the `Green Oscars`, each carrying a cash prize of 30,000 pounds and a trophy, here last night.
London, June 19: Indians won two of the four prestigious Ashden awards for sustainable energy, globally known as the "Green Oscars", each carrying a cash prize of 30,000 pounds and a trophy, here last night.
Bunker Roy, founder of the Barefoot College, Tilonia in
Rajasthan, who provided lighting using solar panels in over
136 remote and virtually inaccessible Himalayan villages
bagged the Ashden Award for community welfare while S P Gon
Chaudhuri, a leading specialist in renewable energy systems
from West Bengal was chosen for the Ashden Award for
enterprise.
Afworki Tesfazion of Eritrea who invited smokeless and fuel-efficient clay stoves got the award for food security and Moel Moelegan who developed an innovative wind farm received the Ashden Award for the UK.
Lord Whitty, UK minister for farming, food and sustainable energy presented the awards at the Darwin Centre of the Natural History Museum in the presence of a select gathering.
The winners were chosen from a shortlist of nine people drawn from a record number of entries from some 25 countries and four continents.
The awards, now in their third year, recognise and reward inspirational renewable energy projects which provide social and economic benefits for their local communities and protect the environment, Jonathon Porritt, internationally renowned environmentalist and chair of the UK government sustainable development commission said.
Bureau Report
Afworki Tesfazion of Eritrea who invited smokeless and fuel-efficient clay stoves got the award for food security and Moel Moelegan who developed an innovative wind farm received the Ashden Award for the UK.
Lord Whitty, UK minister for farming, food and sustainable energy presented the awards at the Darwin Centre of the Natural History Museum in the presence of a select gathering.
The winners were chosen from a shortlist of nine people drawn from a record number of entries from some 25 countries and four continents.
The awards, now in their third year, recognise and reward inspirational renewable energy projects which provide social and economic benefits for their local communities and protect the environment, Jonathon Porritt, internationally renowned environmentalist and chair of the UK government sustainable development commission said.
Bureau Report