Two Indian Firms Win Green Energy Awards

A cash prize of 20,000 pounds each were also given to them at a ceremony held here on Thursday night.

Pankaj Patel, chief of the Abellon CleanEnergy, Gujarat received the International Award and cash prize of 20,000 pounds on behalf of the company for producing biomass pellets from crop waste to fuel Gujarat's industries and for giving farmers a market for their waste products.

Sarah Butler-Sloss, founder director of the Ashden Awards and chair of the judging panel said: "Abellon has devised a system that relies on a local clean source of energy to reduce Co2, by replacing dirty industrial fuels, drive economic growth, improve crops yields and support farmers." Read the full report here.

Source: Times of India, London.