Asdhen, the world's leading green energy prize announced last week that eight sustainable energy pioneers from the African continent, India and Pakistan have been selected as finalists for the prestigious Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy 2011.
Ugastove Ltd. Uganda, AJDR Cooperative, Rwanda and Nuru East Africa Ltd, Rwanda, are the East African Community (EAC) companies vying for the award. The finalists will compete for over £120,000 prize money, and the winners will be announced at a ceremony hosted in London on June 16, 2011.
"Our dream is a world where access to clean, affordable electricity and fuel can be enjoyed by the poor, transforming living standards, reducing carbondioxide emissions and easing the pressure on our dwindling forests," says Sarah Butler-Sloss, Founder Director of the Ashden Awards in a statement on May 17.
"Access to affordable clean energy is fundamental to daily life and should be a basic right yet almost a quarter of the world's population - over 1.4 billion people - live without access to electricity".
Ugastove Ltd Uganda was selected for making fuel-efficient charcoal and wood stoves for homes, schools and businesses, which sell for as little as $7 and for making the stoves accessible to the poor through a scheme which allows customers to pay back the price of the stove through the cash they save on charcoal. About 80,000 stoves have been sold since 2006.
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