Photos: the 2008 UK Finalists
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Aryavart Gramin Bank, India
Bank helps customers to buy solar home systems
PV array on the roof of a branch of the AG Bank, providing backup in case of power cuts
Medical shop with solar lighting finance by the AG Bank
Crowd at a credit camp, where AG Bank staff explain their solar loan programme
CRERAL, Brazil
Cooperative uses mini hydro to increase electricity supply on local grid
Antonio and Tereza Ascoli, CRERAL member, Novo Gramado with feed maker
Milking machine - Novo Gramado
Terezinha Ascoli, CRERAL member, Novo Gramado, sewing machine
Fruits of the Nile, Uganda
Solar drying links small farmers with export markets
Sorting dried fruit in the FoN factory
A fruit producer with a solar drier filled with banana slices
Some producers have ten driers and employ several people in their business
Gaia Association, Ethiopia
Ethanol stoves for refugee homes
Hasna explaining how the ethanol stove keeps her home and utensils clean
Kebribeyah camp is home to 17,000 people, so pressures on fuelwood were enormous
Making stove components in a workshop
Grameen Shakti, Bangladesh
Rapidly growing solar installer also provides clean cooking
Charts in the Grameen Shakti head office show its rapid growth
Grameen Shakti solar technician completing an installation
Making PV system components in the Grameen Shakti workshop
Kisangani Smith Group, Tanzania
Blacksmiths develop wood-saving stoves
A blacksmith using hand-operated bellows to get the charcoal furnace up to temperature
Furaha Haule and son using sawdust stove
KSG machine work
REDP, China
Bringing affordable, high-quality solar lighting to rural China
Boys stand in front of the solar modules that power their school (Caoduo school, Rongbo, Yu Shu)
Portable solar systems are particular useful for nomadic herders
Solar-home-systems provide light and radio for the tent of a nomadic family
TIDE, India
Wood-saving stoves for small businesses
Cooking dhosas on an improved stove
New areca boiler
TIDE hot water boiler for a lodge
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