Two Indian and one Pakistan firms are the finalists from the Asian region for the world's leading green energy prize-The Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy 2011.
Abellon CleanEnergy Ltd, Gujarat won the prize for fuelling Gujarat's industries with biomass pellets made from crop residues that replace the high carbon, polluting fuels currently used by industry and give 8,500 local farmers a market for their waste product. Abellon currently produces 65,000 tonnes of biomass pellets a year, avoiding around 110,000 tonnes of CO2.
Husk Power Systems, Bihar for connecting remote villages in Bihar to a clean, reliable electricity supply, which provides better light, harnesses a widespread waste product and costs less than alternatives. Husk Power's 65 plants gasify rice husks and other biomass waste to supply electricity to around 180,000 people and, by replacing kerosene, they cut greenhouse emissions by over 8,000 tonnes of CO2 a year.
Access to affordable clean energy is often seen as a fundamental right and yet almost a quarter of the world's population - over 1.4 billion people - live without access to electricity, and worldwide around 2.5 billion people still rely on wood and charcoal for cooking. The Ashden finalists go to prove that it is possible to meet the energy needs of the poor in a way that improves lives, without affecting economic growth adversely, cuts CO2 emissions and saves trees.
There are numerous solutions. Often it is simply lethargy that sees us sticking to the beaten track!
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