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Wind farm, Mandvi Beach, India. Photo: Daniel O'Leary/Panos Pictures
credit: © Daniel O'Leary/Panos Pictures
Wind farming - on the beach
This woman on the beach near the port city of Mandvi, on India's west coast, is lucky to benefit from the electricity provided by this Danish-built wind farm. For in many in India's 600,000 villages people are still reliant on traditional sources of energy such as kerosene lamps, hurricane lanterns, candles or batteries. read more 
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