energy SELF PORTRAITS WINNERS
WE are happy to announce:
The winners of the Energy SELF Portraits contest:
Photo by: Pranab Basak, India
Title: Wonder World
Young learners are sharing the knowledge of transformation of electrical energy to light energy through illuminating globe.
Photo by: Nimai Chandra Ghosh, India
Title: solar boat
All these boats are run by solar energy. People from Kolkata and West Bengal enjoy the boat ride on the river Ganga. The boat men earn money to support their families thanks to the solar energy system.
Photo by: Ruben Salgado Escudero
Title: Make it stand out, United States
Betty Hansborough helps her granddaughter with her homework surrounded by family members in her home in Detroit, Michigan. On July 18, 2013, the Detroit officially entered Chapter 9 bankruptcy, leading to population decline. This decline challenges the communities to provide basic municipal services. Detroit has well above average utility rates and suffers frequent blackouts in low income communities. Betty and her family live in an area that is largely abandoned and has experienced inflated utility rates. Being a recent recipient of solar panels from local non-profit NEWCC and the Honnold Foundation has alleviated both heavy electric bills and economic stress.
Photo by: Rajesh Dhar, Kolkata, India.
Title: green energy
A wind turbine creates reliable, cost-effective and pollution-free energy. It is affordable and sustainable. Wind is a source of energy which is non-polluting and renewable, the turbines create power without using fossil fuels. That is, without producing greenhouse gases, radioactive or toxic waste. Making the future a greener place to live.
Photo by: David Arinze Abuja, Nigeria
Title: Solar Power: A source of livelihood
While the lack of electricity continues to affect over 45% of the 200 million people in Nigeria. The beautiful people of Gwam village in northern state of Niger have a different experience as they can now boast of clean, reliable and affordable electricity. Since most of the residents are agrarian, they can now increase the value of their agricultural produce as a result of the agro processing mills powered by the solar mini grid solution
Photo by: Ruben Salgado Escudero Sango bay, Uganda.
Title: solar hospital
A woman lays with her 8-hour old new born baby at a hospital in Kalagala, Uganda. Do to regular power outages here, solar permits doctors to operate in emergency situations at night.
Photo by: Dimpal Pancholi Vadodara, India.
Title: life & environment
This solar energy for work in medical centre
Photo by: Rajesh Dhar, Kolkata, India
Title: Towards a bright future In India
The larger proportion of houses with access to electricity have higher rates of literacy. There is a positive relationship between power consumption and education in the country. Electricity in houses is a part of basic infrastructure requirements to provide quality education. Electricity helps in teaching the children for their holistic development. The power energy increases their attraction towards learning. And leads them towards a bright future…
Photo by: Nimani Chandra Ghosh Kolkata, India.
Title: solar cooking
Solar Cooking Is Very Much Popular In Our Country
Photo by: Elvis Kadhama Mayuge, Uganda.
Title: Pearl Entrepreneurs clean energyMake it stand out.
For years, my family was exposed to smoke and fumes while lighting using kerosene lamps, unaware of the effects that these dirty fuels would have on our health and wellbeing. In 2018, my grandmother died in a fire outbreak caused by a kerosene lamp and our neighbour suffered a stroke caused by these fuel. I am determined to improve the quality of life for low-income households so that nobody else will have to face the pain and financial and emotional strain caused by pollutive fuels.
Photo by: Ruben Salgado Escudero
Title: Solar mud fishing
In India’s state of Odisha villagers trap fish using cone-shaped baskets and solar lanterns in a mud pond. The fishermen use the lanterns to look for fish in the mud. When they see bubbles coming from the surface, they throw the cone down into the mud and with their hand catch the fish inside of it. Fewer than half of Odisha’s 42 million residents use grid electricity. Roughly 1.1 billion people in the world live without access to electricity, and close to a quarter of them are in India.
Photo by: ZAIDA BOTAO, Mozambique
Title: Hope
First time my father had light since he was Born. Only had kerosene, candles and wood as light source . He saved for 4 months to able to pay the down paymet of 13 USD and the installment of 7 USD for 30 months...to have 4 lamps and mobile charging. He had a chepaer system as option but wanted the 200 lumens/lamp and 4 lamps. He wanted to have the brightest house in the village.
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David Arinze based in Abuja, Nigeria
Title: Possibilities of Rural Electrification
From the East to the West, from the North to the South clean and affordable energy access remains a huge challenge in Nigeria with a population of over 190 million people and with energy access of barely 55%. The residents of Makarfi LGA in Kaduna, Nigeria can leap for joy as children can study and play at night due to efficient lighting, female pepper farmers can solar dry their pepper to reduce moisture and post-harvest losses.
Photo by: DAVID AGBAKOBA
Title: TheatrE lights
Theatre Lights is a story about frugal innovation. My experience as an amateur photographer was parlayed into my mission to empower energy poor off-grid communities. In 2019 I modified a photography soft box lamp holder into a solar powered theatre light for an off-grid Primary Healthcare Center (PHC). The lights run on low voltage Direct Current (DC) and do not require the extra expense of an inverter to work. Without funds to fuel a generator and previously depending on hand held lamps to run the clinic, solar power delivered much needed relief. Young women from this off-grid community were invited to learn the basics of solar power. The picture captures the moment when the switch was turned on for the theatre lights
Photo by: BOGDAN DINKA
Title: Cristina from Romania
Cristina (13) is playing with a dog in the family courtyard, in Holbav,Brasov county, Romania, February 6th, 2019. Cristina lives on the hills of Holbav with her mother and two sisters, in a house which is not connected to electricity. An NGO installed a solar panel 3 years ago, which provides enough power for 3 lightbulbs and a couple of TV hours each day.