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Microhydro project wins "Energy Globe 2001"

ITDG South Asia's microhydro project has won the "Energy Globe 2001" award, the world award for sustainable energy for the year 2001, recently.
The project has provided electricity to 2562 households (approximately 12810 individuals) through its 75 schemes by August 2000. The new approach called "Electricity Consumer Societies (ECS)" has enabled a rapid uptake of micro-hydro in Sri Lanka. Consisting of prospective village electricity consumers, including women, the ECS has planned, constructed and maintained the micro-hydro schemes in remote villages. With the funds of ECSs developed through regular tariffs paid monthly to the Society by beneficiaries, ECSs ventured into other village development activities as well, including road construction, loans for income generation and aiding at village funerals in member families.

More information:
Tilak W. Karunaratne
Project Officer Energy & Communication
ITDG South Asia
No 5 Lionel Edirisinghe Mawatha
Kirulapone
Colombo
Sri Lanka
Tel; 94 1 829412
Fax: 94 1 856188

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