911-10905 - In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows solar powered lamps in a refugee camp near Chikwawa.
911-10498 - A WWF project to supply electricity to a remote island in the Sunderbans, a low lying area of the Ganges Delta in Eastern India, that is very vulnerable to sea level rise. Prior to this project the subsistence farmers had no access to electricity. The project involves charging large batteries from solar panels. Each villager collects a battery to run household lighting, and returns to the recharging station once a week to recharge their battery. This shot shows women carrying the heavy batteries (20Kg) from the charging station.
911-10494 - Workers washing the dust off solar panels at a 1 MW solar power station run by Tata power on the roof of an electricity company in Delhi, India, to make them more efficient.
911-10497 - A WWF project to supply electricity to a remote island in the Sunderbans, a low lying area of the Ganges Delta in Eastern India, that is very vulnerable to sea level rise. Prior to this project the subsistence farmers had no access to electricity. The project involves charging large batteries from solar panels. Each villager collects a battery to run household lighting, and returns to the recharging station once a week to recharge their battery. This shot shows women carrying the heavy batteries (20Kg) from the charging station.
911-10505 - Asia's largest solar popwer station, the Gujarat Solar Park, in Gujarat, India. It has an installed capacity of 1000 MW. Here workers wash dust off the panels to increase their efficiency.
911-10800 - Solar panels on a college car park in Bakersfield, California, USA. following the four year long drought, Bakersfield is now the driest city in the USA.
911-10774 - Technicians work on Wymeswold Solar Farm the largest solar farm in the UK at 34 MWp, based on an old disused second world war airfield, Leicestershire, UK. It contains 130,000 panels and covers 150 acres.
911-10773 - Wymeswold Solar Farm the largest solar farm in the UK at 34 MWp, based on an old disused second world war airfield, Leicestershire, UK. It contains 130,000 panels and covers 150 acres.
911-10772 - Wymeswold Solar Farm the largest solar farm in the UK at 34 MWp, based on an old disused second world war airfield, Leicestershire, UK. It contains 130,000 panels and covers 150 acres.
911-10672 - Solar thermal and solar PV panels on the roof of the Crystal building which is the first building in the world to be awarded an outstanding BREEAM (BRE Environmental Assessment Method) rating and a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) platinum rating. London, UK.
911-10675 - Solar thermal and solar PV panels on the roof of the Crystal building which is the first building in the world to be awarded an outstanding BREEAM (BRE Environmental Assessment Method) rating and a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) platinum rating. London, UK.
911-10673 - Solar thermal and solar PV panels on the roof of the Crystal building which is the first building in the world to be awarded an outstanding BREEAM (BRE Environmental Assessment Method) rating and a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) platinum rating. London, UK.
911-10642 - A solar park at Wheal Jane an old abandoned Cornish tin mine near Redruth, UK, that is rediscovering itself as a renewable energy hub, with the old mine buildings in the background.
911-10197 - Solar panels on a visitor centre in the Vallon de la Lex Blanche below Mont Blanc, Italy, on the Tour de Mont Blanc long distance footpath.
911-10042 - Solar panelsproviding electricity at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people.
911-9388 - Solar thermal panels for heating water with solar photo voltaic panels on the rooftops of a tea house in the Himalayan foothills, Nepal, Asia
911-9400 - Solar photo voltaic panels being used to power a mobile phone mast at Ghandruk with Annapurna South in the background, Himalayas, Nepal, Asia
911-9389 - Solar thermal panels for heating water with solar photo voltaic panels on the rooftops of a tea house in the Himalayan foothills, Nepal, Asia
911-8926 - Solar photo voltaic panels and solar thermal panels providing electricity and hot water for a farm house on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe
911-8927 - Solar photo voltaic panels and solar thermal panels providing electricity and hot water for a 16th century farm house on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe
911-7906 - Solar panels in a field behind a farm house powered by them on the edge of Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe
911-8225 - Blackfriars Bridge undergoing a transformation in which the whole parapet is being covered in solar panels, making it the largest solar bridge in the world, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
911-8226 - Blackfriars Bridge undergoing a transformation in which the whole parapet is being covered in solar panels, making it the largest solar bridge in the world, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
911-7907 - Solar panels in a field behind a farm house powered by them on the edge of Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe
911-7908 - Solar panels in a field behind a farm house powered by them on the edge of Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe