Jorge Rafael Guachagmira Fuel, 36 years old, is the president of the Association for the Production of Renewable Energy Aguagrun River. Self-taught, the son of a big family, he is a well-known craftsman who runs a workshop devoted to industrial mechanics in the rural community of Nangulví, which is in the center of the Intag Valley.
In 2020, he won a prize at the Exhibition of Energy Transition of the Peoples of Latin America (Censat, Colombia). The prize was for his invention of small turbines for the generation of electricity made out of aluminum recycled from discarded motorcycle parts.
Jorge believes in the circular economy, the talents of the people, and community solidarity. He is passionate about the idea of living in harmony with the environment.
As he likes to say, “We are not the owners of nature. We are merely part of nature.”