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Twenty-four green energy organisations and programmes from over 60 countries have been shortlisted for the annual Ashden Awards.

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Shortlist announced for 2013 Ashden Awards

Shortlists have today been announced for the 2013 Ashden Awards, which uncover and champion low-carbon trailblazers across the globe. Prizes of up to £40,000 will be made at a prestigious cerem

ony in London in June 2013.

24 green energy organisations and programmes from over 60 countries have been shortlisted for the International Awards and for the newly launched Awards for Small Island Developing States, run in partnership with the World Bank and SIDS DOCK.

Shortlist for the International Awards

Azuri Technologies Pay-as-you-go solar products in Africa

Biomasse Mali: Selling charcoal and briquettes produced from agricultural waste

Cookswell Jikos Selling improved cookstoves, ovens and kilns in Africa

Dreamlight Solid Waste Management: A waste management company producing biogas and briquettes in Ethiopia

Friends of Women's World Banking Selling and financing solar lanterns in India

Impact Carbon Supporting stove distributers with carbon finance in Africa

MicroEnergy Credits Micro finance and carbon credits for energy products in Mongolia and elsewhere

Natural Balance Selling heat-retaining cooking bags in South Africa

OMC Power Micropower plants for villages and telecoms in rural India

Re:char Inc. Selling biochar kilns in Kenya

The Paradigm Project Selling improved cookstoves in Africa

SolarAid: Selling solar lanterns in East Africa

Vortex Engineering Providing low-power ATMs in rural India

WWF-DRC Improving charcoal stoves in Africa

Shortlist for Small Island Developing States Awards

Cabeólica Providing wind energy to Cape Verde’s national grid

Centro Alternativo Rural El Limon Supporting the development of micro-hydro projects in the Dominican Republic

D&E Green Enterprises Selling improved charcoal cookstoves in Haiti

Green Power Solar lanterns for people in Vanuatu living off the grid

Innogen Technologies Selling grid-connected solar PV systems for houses in Barbados
Island Economic and Environmental Co. Selling solar products for people living off the grid
National Development Bank of Palau: Loans for renewable energy and energy-efficiency schemes for houses

Omnicane A Mauritian sugar company using bagasse to run a co-generation power plant

Paradise Technologies Selling efficient lights and cooling systems in Fiji
Seychelles Islands Foundation Renewable energy and energy efficiency for a heritage island

Ashden Founder Director Sarah Butler-Sloss said: “To make progress towards our vision of a low-carbon future for all we need to find champions who are making a real difference in how we use and generate energy, and who can inspire change. This is what we do with the Ashden Awards.”

The Ashden Awards judging panel includes Professor Paul Ekins, Professor of Energy and Environment Policy of the UCL Energy Institute at University College, London; Andrew Simms of the New Economics Foundation; Dominic Brain of Christian Aid and Habiba Gitay, climate adaption expert at the World Bank.

Shortlists for the UK Ashden Awards and Eurostar Ashden Awards for Sustainable Travel were also published today.