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In 2006 Grameen Shakti won an Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy. At that time it had sold and installed over 65,000 solar home-systems (SHS) in rural Bangladesh, and brought majo...

Added: 6/30/2009

Ashden Awards 2009: ECAMI, Nicaragua

ECAMI's family-owned business has installed thousands of renewable energy systems in rural communities across Nicaragua since 1982. A company with strong social commitment, it prov...

Added: 6/23/2009

Ashden Awards 2009: GERES, India

GERES has worked with local NGOs in Ladakh to design a robust greenhouse that captures and retains the suns heat. It has built 600 greenhouses that enable villagers to grow vegetab...

Added: 6/23/2009

Ashden Awards 2009: Solar Energy Foundation

The Solar Energy Foundation has opened up new horizons for 10,000 villagers in Rema, Ethiopia and nearby. Their homes now have electricity for the first time thanks to 2,000 new so...

Added: 6/22/2009

Shai Agassi Electric Cars

Shai Agassi, talking at the Beyond Oil confernence explains how battery cars are the future

Added: 6/18/2009

Tapping Star Power for Clean Energy

Scientists for decades have been hunting for ways to harness the enormous force of the sun and stars to supply energy here on Earth. The National Ignition Facility (NIF) at the Law...

Added: 6/2/2009

Benefits of a Passive Solar Home

See how the positioning of a home and the windows can heat and help cool your home and save you money and energy via having a passive solar home design.

Added: 5/26/2009

Solar Home in Maine

The Maine Solar House harvests the sun's energy daily by producing electricity and hot water for winter heat and keeping the house cool in the summer months.

Added: 5/22/2009