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Biodigester Programme of Activity in India
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| Project Name | Biodigester Programme of Activity in India | ||||
| Project Location | India, entire country | ||||
| Project Standard | Gold Standard CDM | ||||
| Emission Reductions | 369,545 t CO2eq (over 7 years) | ||||
| Situation without project | Using firewood and kerosene for cooking | ||||
| Project Status | Implementation | ||||
| Project Validation | TÜV Nord | ||||
| Project Start | September 2012 | ||||
| Documentations | Gold Standard Project Documentation GS1127
Gold Standard Project Documentation GS1128 |
The overall objective of the programme of activity is the installation of domestic biodigesters as a clean, sustainable energy source throughout India. The biogas generated from cow dung will replace fuels that are currently used for domestic energy needs such as fire wood, kerosene and liquefied petroleum gas.
The first project (CPA) that will be implemented under the programme will take place in Gulbarga, Yadgir and Bidar District in Karnataka State and encompasses to install biodigesters in 8,180 households.
The biogas installations are fed with animal dung and kitchen wastewater. The generated gas is used for cooking. In addition, the slurry of the remaining manure serves as high quality fertilizer replacing chemical products. Traditionally, domestic energy needs for cooking in the project area are met with firewood and kerosene. The inefficient cook stoves that people traditionally use have a thermal efficiency of only eight to ten percent. Low family incomes make it impossible for local people to substitute this traditional fuel. This led already to a degradation of the forest cover in the districts. Moreover, domestic biogas installations have positive sustainable development effects such as alleviating the workload for women and children and easing health problems caused by indoor pollution. The biogas unit will be of either two or three cubic metre capacity depending on the number and type of cattle owned by the household and the number of people in the household.
The programme will result in greenhouse gas (GHG) emission savings in the following ways: The biogas will displace GHG emissions from kerosene and fuel wood that are currently used for cooking. The biogas produced from cattle manure is a renewable source of energy. The biogas will displace GHG emissions from cattle manure that is currently dumped in pits near the household. The cattle manure is dumped along with other waste such as straw from the cow shed, some kitchen waste, crop residues and other organic matter and liquids in the pit. This organic waste is never dry and does not get mixed therefore animal waste is decaying anaerobically and emitting methane.
SKG Sangha will be the Project Implementing Partner (PIP) coordinating the programme throughout India and installing the systems with the help of people from the households. SKG Sangha is a very experienced Indian non-governmental organisation working already over 20 years in this field of activity. They biogas technology is already tried and tested in rural India and they constantly improve and enhance the technology according to new needs and habits.
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