Sun in the Amazon
On the banks of a river in Brazil’s largest state, the warmth of the sun is helping to keep local produce fresh, pump river water to homes and light up a soccer field.
The Solar Ice project, developed by the Mamiraua Institute for Sustainable Development and Sao Paulo University, uses solar power to produce ice on the Parana do Amana river in the northwest state of Amazonas.
View of the Vila Nova do Amana community in the Sustainable Development Reserve.
Solar panels power water pumps that supply river water to the Vila Nova do Amana community.
Francisco da Silva Vale (left), 61, and his son Hercules navigate while fishing.
Silva Vale carries his catch.
Eliakin Pereira Vale, 31 cools fish with ice from solar-powered ice machines.
Silva Vale poses with a block of ice.
Lorena Pereira, 4, takes a bath at her house with water pumped from the river.
Residents play soccer at a field illuminated by solar-powered lights.
A man stands on the deck of his house at Vila Nova do Amana.
