MinErgy Pvt. Ltd. Wins “Best Innovative Clean Energy Program”

MinErgy Pvt. Ltd. from Nepal won the “Best Innovative Clean Energy Program” award in the Clean Energy Marketplace 2010, a global competition organized jointly by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) at ADB headquarter Manila during Asia Clean Energy Forum on June 24th 2010.

MinErgy Pvt. Ltd. presented a poster on the project concept “Better Air Quality: Closing Skill Gaps of Automotive Mechanics in Nepal” at the Clean Energy Marketplace. The project concept designed by Mr. Shyam S Shrestha from MinErgy was deemed to be one of the most promising clean energy ideas and was selected for the “Best Innovative Clean Energy Program” in the competition. There were in total 11 finalists at the competition, selected out of many applicants from all over the globe. Mr. Suyesh Prajapati, energy and environmental expert presented and received the award on behalf of MinErgy Pvt. Ltd.

Last year as well MinErgy won the award for “Best Innovative Clean Energy Technology” in Clean Energy Marketplace competition in 2009 for its project concept designed by Mr. Prajapati on “Application of renewable biomass solid fuel generated from forest waste as an alternative to the coal for firing bricks in Vertical Shaft Brick Kilns”. Winning award at the Clean Energy Marketplace for two consecutive years is a big achievement for MinErgy Pvt. Ltd., a relatively new company run by a bunch of young people with innovative ideas and a passion for their work.

MinErgy Pvt. Ltd. is a Service Company based in Nepal and network member of Clean Air Network Nepal. It is formed as an offspring of a clean building technology project. MinErgy inherits the competency, skills, know-how and expertise of the Vertical Shaft Brick Kiln (VSBK) Project Nepal , which is being implemented by Skat, Switzerland with financial support of Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) since 2003.