2005 WINNERS

The Ashden Awards: Press

OVERSEAS (DEVELOPING COUNTRY) WINNERS

Biogas Sector Partnership, Nepal, wins the award for Health and Welfare (£30,000) for demonstrating how domestic biogas for cooking and sanitation can be implemented on a massive scale.

SELCO, India, wins the award for Enterprise (£30,000) for building a thriving business and financial network to bring quality electricity to those without it.

KIST, Rwanda, wins the Special Africa Award (£30,000)for underlining the vital role which small-scale sustainable energy can play in tackling both climate change and poverty in Africa.

NEST, India, wins the Award for Light (£30,000) for developing a small solar lantern which makes safe, smoke-free light affordable for the poorest people.

Nishant Bioenergy, India: [more details] and Trees, Water and People / AHDESA, Honduras: [more details] both win the Climate Care Award (£30,000)for demonstrating convincing ways of reducing carbon emissions while benefiting local people.

Second prizes:
PSL, Bangladesh receives a second prize (£10,000) in the Enterprise category.

KXN, Nigeria receives a second prize (£10,000) in the Heat category.

SITMO, Philippines receives a second prize (£10,000) in the Light category.