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Biomass briquettes and efficient cookers in Uttarakhand, India
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| Project Name | Biomass Urja Kotdwar | ||||
| Project Location | India, region Uttarakhand | ||||
| Project Standard | Gold Standard VER (Applicant) | ||||
| Emission Reductions | 130'000 t CO2-eq. (over 7 years) | ||||
| Situation without project | Use of fossil fuels (liquified petroleum gas and coal) | ||||
| Project Status | Implementation | ||||
| Project Validation | Pending | ||||
| Project Start | January 2009 |
Previously climate-damaging coal was used in the Indian province Uttarakhand as fuel in the brick and iron production. The carbon offset project by myclimate promotes the use of briquettes made of renewable biomass from forest and agricultural waste. In addition, restaurants, temples, schools, and hospitals are supplied with efficient, smokeless cookers.
In India, many millions of tons of biomass waste accumulate annually from forestry and agriculture as well as from industrial production. Due to ist low density and the high water content, this waste material cannot be directly processed.
The local organization Rural Renewable Urja Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (RRUSPL) now utilizes this waste raw material as fuel. Biomass briquettes are produced, which are then delivered to companies producing brick kiln and rod iron in the states of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh in the north of India. The climate-friendly energy supply is thus replacing coal, a greenhouse gas-intensive fuel, in the kiln and iron production. The briquette machine is already successfully used in many of India and reduces the local population's dependence on fossil fuels.
However, the project not only includes the manufacture of renewable, clean fuel, but also the distribution of an efficient and smokeless cooker (chulha) for restaurants, temple complexes, day schools and hospitals. These rural institutions in India were previously very dependent on liquefied petroleum gas for cooking. The new efficient gas cookers were developed by the Indian Energy and Resource Institute (TERI) and save about 50 percent of fuel in comparison with conventional cookers.