Biomass Energy for Rural India Project

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Biomass Energy for Rural India Project
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PROJECT OBJECTIVES (1)

• Global Objective
• To reduce GHG (Carbon dioxide) emission to
  atmosphere through the promotion of bioenergy in
  rural areas leading to sustainable development

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PROJECT OBJECTIVES (2)

• National
• To enhance the share of renewable energy in the
  total energy generated
• To develop decentralised bio-energy technology
  for quality rural energy services
• To remove barriers to large scale adoption and
  commercialization of bioenergy technology
  packages
• Local
• To provide reliable, timely and qualitatively
  superior and affordable energy services to the
  village population to enhance income-earning
  opportunities

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Project Strategy

• Technology package standardization
• Bio-energy system demo and proof of concept
• Capacity building to overcome institutional
  barriers
• Enabling activities to overcome market barriers
• Information dissemination to overcome information
  barriers
• Removal of financial barriers

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Project components

• Biomass gasifier systems
• Community bio-gas systems
• Biomass development
• Information dissemination
• Community organisation
• Capacity building
• Rural livelihood
• Entrepreneurship development

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Project Area
5 Talukas 24 Villages
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Project Implementation Strategy(1)

• Cluster approach
• Community Participation
• Participation of Local Self-Govt. (PRIs)
• Involvement of NGOs
• Cluster NGO
• Functional NGO
• Involvement of Government Depts agencies
• Involvement of power distribution utility

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Project Implementation Strategy (2)

• Institutional Strengthening
• Phased cost recovery
• Bio-energy system management
• Community - based
• Entrepreneur based
• BOO based
• Bio-mass development
• Outsourcing of expertise TAC/Studies
• Equity Issues

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Community Orgn. Strategy (1)

• Cluster NGO Concept
• Involvement of functional NGOs
• Community Involvement both on Supply and Demand
  Side
• Energy Group
• Village Forest Committee
• Water User Group
• Biogas User Group
• Self Help Group
• Synergy with other projects

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Community Orgn. Strategy (2)

• Strengthening and linking of local institutions
• Village Panchayats
• Mahila Mandals, Youth associations
• Milk Producers Society
• SHGs, Literacy Groups
• Village Forest Committees
• Focus on Gender
• Involvement of weaker sections and landless

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Community Orgn. Strategy (3)

• Develop entrepreneurship locally
• Village computerisation
• (Simputer, RTCs, Agricultural prices)
• Awareness Orientation
• Capacity building for communities and
  institutions
• Information dissemination and feedback

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Biomass Development Strategy (1)

• Objectives
• Bio-energy
• Bio-diversity
• Self sustainability in local area
• Joint Forest Management
• Through Village Forest Committees
• Partnership with Forest Department
• Land for planting
• Forest Land
• Community Land
• Govt. Department (Revenue, Horticulture,
  Sericulture)
• Private

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Biomass Development Strategy (2)

• Plantation Models
• Energy forests
• Assisted Natural Regeneration
• High-Yielding Clonal plantation
• Avenue Plantation
• Farm based models
• Bund planting
• Agro-forestry
• Woodlots
• Homestead gardens
• Fruit , Vegetables, Medicinal plants

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Biomass Development Strategy (3)

• Integrated Tree based farming with Watershed
  Development
• Dryland orchards fuel, fruit and incomes
• Water re-charging (bunds, farm ponds)
• Decentralized nursery through womens groups
• Pricing of Planting Material Revolving Forest
  Development Fund VFCs
• Capacity Building

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Biomass Development Strategy (4)

• Use of agro-residues
• Direct use
• Briquetting
• Outsourcing in the initial years
• Farmers, Forest Dept, Bulk suppliers
• Briquettes from agro-residues
• Non-woody biomass (coconut shell etc.)
• MOU with VFC, farmers, Briquetting units on
  long-term supply and its price

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Bio-Energy Systems Strategy (1)

• Technology components
• Gasifier and gas-engine for electricity
• Cow-dung based biogas cooking
• Leaf litter based biogas cooking - for
  households not having cattle
• Gasifier
• Dual fuel mode
• 100 producer gas mode
• Biogas plants
• Large size community based
• Medium size (8-10 households)
• Single household based

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Bio-Energy Systems Strategy (2)

• Technology development
• Pilot villages
• First cluster
• Distribution system
• Independent system
• Use of existing infrastructure
• Feeding to the grid

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Bio-Energy Systems Strategy (3)

• Capacity of gasifiers
• Full requirement of the village
• Only additional requirement
• Lighting, DW supply, Milling and additional
  community irrigation
• Size Single vs modular
• Location
• Single village
• Multi-village
• cluster
• Private Sector development
• Construction
• Construction OM
• BOO
• Management
• Community Local entrepreneur Fabricator
  professional group

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PROJECT COST RECOVERY

• Gasifiers Bio-gas plants
• Full O M Cost recovery
• Recovery of capital costs Phased
• Equity issues
• Plantations
• Revolving Village Forest Fund
• User Contribution for Watershed and Forestry
  Development .

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GENDER ISSUES

• Reducing drudgery for village women
• Cooking ( fuel wood collection , smoke)
• Drinking water , Childrens study, Sanitation ,
• Additional income from kitchen garden and
  decentralized nurseries,
• Improvement in nutrition
• Fodder extra income nutrition from milk
• Empowerment
• Self-help groups, Additional income
• 30 representation in committees
• Developing leadership
• Employment for women,

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Equity Issues

• Cooking gas for each house
• Drinking Water tap for each house
• Additional irrigation at half an acre per
  household
• Water right for all including land less
• Community plantation
• Employment opportunities

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Major Activities taken up
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Project Progress Community organisation

• Cluster NGOs selected for all five clusters
• VBEMC formed 4
• VFCs
• Formed 6
• Strengthened 2
• WUA formed 36
• Agreements signed with 21 Water User Associations
  in 3 villages
• Biogas User Groups identified 18
• Women SHGs
• Formed 11
• Strengthened 12

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Capacity Building Trainings Visits

• Technical training
• Nursery 140 women
• Vermicomposting 13 women
• Exposure visit
• 63 persons, incl. 23 women of 3 villages of 2nd
  cluster

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Capacity BuildingTechnical workshops

• Outcome and Output indicators finalised in State
  level and District level Results Based
  Management workshop
• Technical workshop for Biomass Development
  Strategy, Models and Mechanisms held

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Biomass Development - 1

• 1.24 lakh seedlings raised in Hybrid DCNs
• 4.8 lakh seedlings raised in departmental
  nurseries
• 15 Women SHGs, 123 households earned an average
  of Rs. 1008 per hh, in 5 months

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Biomass Development 2

• Microplans for tree based farming prepared
• Hasiruhabba (Green festival) celebrated on 4th
  Aug, planting 48000 seedlings on a single day on
  private lands

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Biomass Development 3

• 104 farmers, 40.65 ha of Agro-Hortiforetry and
  Agroforestry completed

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Biomass Development 4

• High productivity farm wood lots 4 farmers 4.4
  hectares

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Biomass Development 5 Farm Pond

• 5 farm ponds completed

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Biomass Development 6 Forest and Community
lands

• 371 hectares of plantations raised
• 142.5 ha of energy forests,
• 193.5 ha of Assisted Natural regeneration model,
• 28 km of avenue plantations and
• 7 ha of high productivity clonal plantations
• 656 hectares of land identified for planting
  during 2004 rains

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Biomass Development Forest and Community lands
Energy forests Avenue plantations
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Biogas systems

• 5 Community Biogas plants for cooking gas 28
  households
• Deenabandhu 1 x 6 cmtrs, KVIC - 2 x 8 cmtrs
• KVIC - 1 x 10 cmtrs, KVIC - 1 x 20 cmtrs

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Energy End use systems Gasifiers in the first
cluster

• 2 Acres land purchased
• Tendering process for installation of 500 KW
  gasifier systems completed
• Civil works tender received
• Geo-technical survey for building completed

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Energy End use systems Community irrigation
systems

• 36 borewells drilled in 3 villages of first
  cluster

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ABOUT US MISSION OBJECTIVES LOCATION PROJECT
DETAILS IMP. ARRANGEMENTS STAKEHOLDERS PROJECT
BENEFITS GASIFICATION TECH ANNOUNCEMENTS ADVERTISE
MENTS CONTACTS FEEDBACK
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ICT for project monitoring
Simputers used for monitoring crop and land use
changes in 5 project villages
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GRAMATHANA MAP OF AJJANAHALLI
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GRAMATHANA MAP OF AJJANAHALLI
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CADASTRAL PARCELS WITH GRAMATHANA LOCATIONS
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Synergy with Other Programmes

• Natural Resource Management
• Forest Department Capacity building biomass
  development
• World Bank projects
• Water shed development
• Tank Development Project
• Energy Utility Infrastructure sharing
  developing revenue models
• Rural Development
• Swajaladhara - Drinking Water project
• Nirmal grama Sanitation
• Women Child Welfare
• Swashakthi Streeshakthi SHG linkages

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Potential Risks Mitigation
SL RISK FACTORS MITIGATION MEASURES
1 Non participation or non-sustainable participation of local community. Empowerment, community participation, - Sustainable Orgn- Coop or company (Professional mgt.) Assured supply of BE and quality services . Involvement of Entrepreneurs
2 Technology Barrier Technology not proven at high capacity 100 KW. Dual mode as stand by. Technical backup by CGPL
3 Govt. Policy. - low participation pricing / tariff structure Excess power Phased cost recovery and Involvement of power utility/govt Package deal / service package to farmers. Power purchase feed to grid
4 Unforeseen - drought Grey Area Water Harvesting and recharging models being tried.
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Potential Risks Mitigation
SL RISK FACTORS MITIGATION MEASURES
5 Low demand for lighting -Project villages already electrified. High demand for irrigation , Farming package with high income cropping system approach. Additional demand by existing borewells.
6 Institutional Barriers -financial risk cost effectiveness. Venture capital funding, Fin. Institns would be promoted. Promoting only pure gas engine
7 Lack of land availability for Bio mass production. Non-avaibility of biomass Biomass price risk Out sourcing of Bio mass along with captive production , Commercial farm forestry based models, Energy forests, Briquetting of Agro. Bio mass.
8 Biogas risk - leaf litter Pilot testing



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Guiding principles of the project

• Sustainability
• Replicability