2004: IT Power (ITPI), of India, works with the Watermillers Association of Chamoli (WMA-C) to upgrade 70 traditional watermills in the Himalayas. Mill upgrades involve the replacement of the wooden shaft and blades with one of cast steel. The program won a 2004 Ashden Award. The Ashden Awards promote local sustainable energy solutions in the UK and the developing world (Ashden Awards, 2004).
Reference: Ashden Awards. 2004. http://www.ashdenawards.org/winners/itpi
Image Description: Watermiller Hari Mrishna, 76, inspecting the inlet of an upgraded mill, designed to generate electricity. The photo is credited to Martin Wright. Image Location: Ashden Awards. http://www.ashdenawards.org/winners/itpi Image Permission: This work is copyrighted and unlicensed. However, it is believed that the use of this work to illustrate the subject in question, Where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information, on Interlinked Challenges, hosted on servers in the United States by Michigan State University, qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law.
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