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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).