Click to play videoLondon: The world's leading green energy awards, the Ashden Awards for this year were given out in London on Thursday evening by His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales. Three Indian initiatives have won the Ashden Awards for sustainable energy for their work in providing renewable energy solutions to local communities.
The winners, who bagged £20,000 each, include Saran Renewable Energy of Bihar, which provides electricity using biomass and Geres, a French NGO constructing greenhouses in Ladakh.
Saran Renewable Energy’s Vivek Gupta said, “It’s really great to be recognised like this. This will help us go a long way.
Treadle pump manufacturer International Development Enterprises India or IDEI, was given the outstanding achievement award with a cash prize of £15,000. Its founder Amitabha Sadangi, had won an Ashden Award in 2006 as well.
IDEI Amitabha Sadangi said, “This proves that we have done something good. Something to scale up our project. It feels great to be back here."
The Prince of Wales, a green campaigner himself, presented the awards in London. He reiterated the need to look for sustainable, simple solutions to counter climate change.
His Royal Highness Prince of Wales, Prince Charles said, “It’s convinced me once again that in looking for solutions, we don’t need complex technical solutions, but working with nature and rediscovering abandoned techniques.
The Ashden Awards, in their 9th year, help small projects scale up and provide more funding opportunities. This year a total of £200,000 was given in cash prizes to 7 international projects from around the world.
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