The article below was featured in the May/June 2009 edition of Common Place Magazine and highlights some of the work done by Asofenix in Nicaragua. The article was written by Emily Will and photographed by Melissa Engle.
For her 17 years of married life, Marbellyz Ortíz Espinoza has dreaded one part of each day — rising [...]
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Electricity in Nicaragua – The Power of the Sun
Posted in Nicaragua, solar energy, solar water pumping on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Watch the 2009 Energy Globe World Award Ceremony Below
Posted in Burma, Nicaragua, solar energy, solar water pumping on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The 2009 Energy Globe Awards, which recognizes renewable energy projects worldwide, were held this past spring in Prague. Green Empowerment’s Solar Mobile Clinic project in Burma was selected as the winner in the “Fire” category. The project, implemented by Thai partner Border Green Energy Team (BGET), was also voted overall Grand Prize Winner by the [...]
Installing Solar Panels in the Developing World
Posted in Nicaragua, solar energy, solar water pumping, technologies on June 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In April 2009 Kristen Underwood traveled to Nicaragua with Power to the People and Green Empowerment to install solar panels on a school in rural Nicaragua. Kristen, a solar installer in the United States, found it exciting and interesting to see how solar was (and was not) installed in a developing country as well as [...]

