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Energy-efficient biomass cookers for communal kitchens in 11 regions of India
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| Project Name | Energy-efficient biomass cook stoves and biomass fuel pellets for communal kitchens in India | ||||
| Project Location | India, 11 regions | ||||
| Project Standard | Gold Standard CDM | ||||
| Emission Reductions | 697’309 t CO2e (over 10 years) | ||||
| Situation without project | Use of fossil fuels (LPG cookstoves) | ||||
| Project Status | Implementation | ||||
| Project Validation | Pending | ||||
| Project Start | August 2011 | ||||
| Documentations | Gold Standard Project Documentation |
The efficient cookers project replaces polluting LPG cookers with climate-friendly biomass cookers. Within two years, 7’500 biomass cookers will be sold to communal kitchens, such as restaurants, canteens and schools, and save an average of 69’000 tonnes of CO2 per year.
The biomass cookers are subsidised by carbon credits and can be sold to the communal kitchens with a 30 per cent price reduction. The biomass cooker users also benefit from the cheaper prices of biomass pellets compared to LPG.
An important component of the project is the involvement of the 150 green entrepreneurs. These are local agents who resell the biomass cookers in their district to the communal kitchens and are subsequently responsible for their maintenance. The main task of the green entrepreneurs is in the production and supply of their customers with biomass pellets. They buy the biomass remaining on the fields from farmers and process it to biomass pellets. This generates supplemental income for farmers, and allows a large-scale biomass pellet supply chain to be created, which secures the use of efficient biomass cookers in the long term. A lack of access to biomass pellets was previously the main obstacle to switching to the technology of clean biomass cookers. 70 per cent of carbon credit funds is invested in the development and training of green entrepreneurs. This enables the promotion of local enterprise and the creation of 600 to 750 jobs.
The project partner is Nishant Bioenergy, an efficient biomass cooker manufacturer. Nishant Bioenergy is an Indian pioneering company, leading in the production of efficient cookers, which has already developed and patented various models. The company is hugely committed to a sustainable development and won the prestigious Ashden Award in 2005 for its technology.
The project is implemented in 11 regions: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamilnadu, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and Haryana. Thanks to its scale and crossregional implementation, the project makes a significant contribution to technology transfer in India.
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