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2009 UNEP Sasakawa Prize Videos

Midnight Sun- Sunlabob Rural Energy

Sunlabob Rural Energy is bringing energy to remote rural communities in Lao PDR, a country where just 48 per cent of the population has access to grid electricity, mostly in cities and town. Through Sunlabob, over 1,800 solar-home-systems (SHS) and 500 solar lanterns are being rented to families in 73 different villages across Lao PDR. In an area where most people rely on highly polluting kerosene lamps, the initiative rents out solar lighting at a lower price than kerosene.

Power To The People- Practical Action

Practical Action is working in Peru’s eastern Andes where 68 percent of the population- around 5million people- do not have access to electricity.The project makes use of the region’s vast potential for hydroelectricity: to date, 47 micro-hydro schemes have been installed in the area through practical Action, bringing clean power to about 30,000 people.

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