Photos: the 2004 UK Finalists
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AKRSP, Pakistan
Micro-hydro power for remote mountain villages
The head of the channel supplying the micro-hydro plant at Garam Chasma, in Pakistan's Hindu Kush, a few miles from the Afghan border. (Photo credit: Martin Wright)
A house in the village of Rumbur, Chitral, lit by electricity from a local micro-hydro plant. (Photo credit: Martin Wright)
Aurore, India
Solar provides water, lighting and jobs
Solar panels powering a rural cultural and drama centre, near Auroreville, Pondicherri. (Photo credit: Martin Wright)
Solar lantern lights a market stall in Chennai. (Photo credit: Martin Wright)
Escorts Foundation, Pakistan
Fuel-efficient wood stoves
Lighting an improved cooking stove. (Photo credit: Martin Wright)
Stoves are often painted and decorated by their users. (Photo credit: Martin Wright)
HELPS International, Guatemala
Factory production of fuel-efficient stoves
The Onil stove has a hotplate that can be used to cook tortillas, and a chimney to take smoke out of the kitchen
The whole family benefits from the smoke-free home, and the cat sleeps in comfort by the stove, without getting burned!
ITDG-EA, Kenya
Pico-scale hydropower
Clearing the canal for a pico-hydro plant (photo: Martin Wright/Ashden Awards)
Power house for a pico-hydro plant (photo: Martin Wright/Ashden Awards)
ITPI, India
Upgrading water mills to increase productivity
Shaping a new grindstone for an updated water mill in the Himalayan state of Uttar Ranchal. (Photo credit: Martin Wright)
The inlet of an upgraded mill, designed to generate electricity. (Photo credit: Martin Wright)
Prakratik Society, India
Biogas cooking stoves
Biogas plant in the village of Padli, near Ranthambhore. (Photo credit: Martin Wright).
Cooking using biogas in a home in the village of Chauhanas Vas, near Ranthambhore. (Photo credit: Martin Wright).
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