TBB.2021 Photo Contest Photos Anzalcollar Solar People enjoy on jetty next to floating solar panels The future in La Paz is literally in the air. In the administrative capital of Bolivia, that was one of the most polluted city in the world, since less then two years the 'Teleferico' system with its eight lines, is the highest, longest urban cable car system in the world, for this La Paz’s “subway in the sky” was guaranteed a mention in the Guinness World Records book. With solar panels on each cable car to power the doors, lights and Wi-Fi, the new system is undoubtedly more environmentally friendly than any of its rivals. This urban mobility system, whose cables are intertwined in the clear sky cutting the profile of Mount Illimani, connects the different neighborhoods of the city and has replaced in a few years the diesel buses that climbed the impervious streets of the highest capital in the world making the traffic impossible and the air unbreathable. The Les Mées solar farm, alpes de Haute Provence, France. The plant covers an area of 200 hectares with a total of 112,000 solar module. The solar farm, which was build by Siemens Energy, generates 100MW of clean energy, enough to power 12,000 typical households. Sadhupur, West Bengala, India. The guardian of the solar mini-grid system walking among the batteries. This is one of the 5 mini-grids systems on the island: 4 in DC and 1 in AC, with different tariff schemes and reliability factors. Household PV systems are visible in most houses also. In late 2018 the national grid arrived, some connected to the new service, some did not. Nowadays there is an overlapping technology. No rules are in place to integrate the existing services, so many families has joined all options: the new grid, the old DC network and a family panel. Annette, Sanivation Project in Naivasha, Kenya Annette is currently one of two women working at the Sanivation enterprise. The small plant is situated on Lake Naivasha, home to an array of wildlife that dominates the area, including zebra, antelope, giraffe and hippos. This innovative program started by two students from Georgetown University, partners with local governments to create a profit by transforming human feces into solid fuel charcoal balls. Worldwide, less than 10% of human waste is properly treated before it is dumped into the environment. The Sanivation project services household-container based portable toilets in people’s homes and collects the fecal sludge. This waste is brought back to the plant where it is treated and decontaminated with solar thermal heat treatment. Annette mixes this coal with water and molasses as a hardening agent to make the briquettes. The finished briquettes are packaged and discounted to local vendors to be sold as cost efficient fuel to their customers. It sells for cheaper and burns for longer than regular charcoal briquettes. The fuel they produce saves 88 trees per ton, helping to curb deforestation. Light and books. Ngarenanyuki, Tanzania. A 3 kW hydroelectric system on an irrigation canal and a 3 kW photovoltaic system on the roof power the school's classrooms, library, dormitories and the teachers' houses. For generations, great efforts have been put into getting children to register for secondary school. This effort may be in vain if the school has no access to electricity. Everyone expects electricity to be available for professional education, a school without electricity is a missed opportunity for the development of an entire generation of students. A hydroelectric plant on an irrigation canal and a photovoltaic system on the roof of the school feed classrooms, library, dormitories and masters' houses. The efforts of generations to get their children to secondary school are thwarted if your school does not have the light, but that of the neighboring village does. Expectations at work, on the level of education, are increasingly calibrated to those who have the light. "Having the light - says the principal - does not mean having books but the possibility of reading them". 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