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Hugh Whalan, 2011 Anthill 30under30 Honourable Mention
Hugh Whalan is bringing clean energy solutions to the developing world. The problem is not that there aren't enough innovative products to aid the poor, says Whalan. It's that supply and distribution challenges make it difficult for those products to ever arrive. Impact Energies was founded to combat these challenges by pairing microfinance with a new model to coordinate product distribution from factories to villages in West Africa.
Hugh Whalan, 2010 Anthill 30under30 Winner
Expanding the reach of sustainable energy is no easy task. Reducing poverty in developing nations while cutting back the world's carbon footprint is a job of herculean proportions. Meet Hugh Whalan, who has co-founded a nonprofit that is making those things happen.
