blueEnergy is a non-profit organization building
sustainable energy
Energy is sustainable if it "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs". Most definitions of sustainable energy include considerations of environmental aspects such as greenh ...
and
water systems on the Caribbean coast of
Nicaragua. The organization began in October 2002 with an award-winning class project by co-founder
Mathias Craig while he was a graduate student at
MIT. The organization's main administrative office is located in
San Francisco, while project work is centered on their shop in
Bluefields, run by Guillaume Craig.
[ Michèle Grégoire runs their office in Paris.
]
Overview
blueEnergy's early projects involved in the installation of wind turbines in remote communities, building eight small power stations in remote Rama and Miskito villages.solar panels
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for power generation and broadened its activities to include water filtration and sanitation services, which are often more urgently needed than energy in the communities it serves. The organization drills wells, manufactures biosand filters, constructs latrines, and teaches safe sanitation practices, often with the beneficiaries themselves providing labor. blueEnergy's Global Leadership Program provides training and first-hand experience to prospective social entrepreneurs.
Mathias Craig and blueEnergy have been honored with several awards including the 2007 economic development Tech Award
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and 2007 CNN Heroes
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finalist. In 2008, he was elected an Ashoka fellow, and in 2012 was awarded a Fulbright NEXUS scholarship.
References
External links
blueEnergy web site
blueEnergy France web site
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Non-profit organizations based in San Francisco
Wind energy organizations
Organizations established in 2002
2002 establishments in Nicaragua
Ashoka USA Fellows