2015 Ashden International Award winners

SteamaCo is unlocking one of the key barriers to making micro-grids investable

International Gold Award and Ashden Award for Business Innovation, supported by Citi

Lake Victoria’s fishing villages and other rural communities in Kenya are benefiting from clean light and power for the first time, thanks to renewable energy micro-grids. Using the natural energy of the sun, they work like mini power stations for each village, supplying enough energy to run small businesses, as well as power TVs, radios and bright lights in the home.