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Sanction Date: |
29-01-2019 |
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Project Category |
MG |
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Batch Year |
2018-2019 |
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Project Duration |
3 Years |
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BTA : |
Handling of Hazardous Substances |
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Project Site/ State/ Districts/ Villages Covered: |
Almora and Nainital, Uttarakhand |
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Organization/ Implementation Agency: |
AVANI, PO Tripuradevi, via Berinag
District Pithoragarh, Kumaon
Uttarakhand-262531 |
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Project Partners: |
S.No. |
Name |
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Avani Bio Energy Pvt. Ltd, PO Tripuradevi, via Berinag, Dist
Pithoragarh, Kumaon, Uttarakhand, 262531 |
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Lead Proponent: |
Shri. Rajnish Jain
AVANI, PO Tripuradevi, via Berinag District Pithoragarh, Kumaon Uttarakhand-262531
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Project Brief Description: |
This project aims to understand the impact of electricity generation using the destructive
energy of pine needles in the mountains districts of Uttarakhand. This prevents the forest
fires, restores biodiversity thus improving the lives of local people, give them employment,
and produces electricity that is used by the local community after being suppplied to the
grid. This study will help to understand and articulate this impact which can be used to
further replicate and scale up the same intitiative in the diferent regions of Uttarkhand and
other mountain states. |
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Beneficiaries/ Stakeholders: |
The major beneficiaries are the rural communities, primarily women, and generally the villages who have electricity
supply, clean environment, biodiversity, and cleaner fuel in the form of charcoals from the residue of the gasification
process. Another major beneficiary is the community of local youth, who do not need to migrate from the local areas in
order to search for employment. They have livelihoods options near their places. |
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Activity Chart (For 3 years) |
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| Project Objectives |
Quantifiable Deliverables |
Monitoring Indicators |
| To set up a small scale, village based and grid connected power plant (28 kW) at an appropriate site. |
Establishment of 2 power plants of 28 kW in each district to have a 56 kW gross capacity |
Number of power plant established (Nos.)/power produced (KWh) |
| To generate conservation based livelihood opportunities by employing people in the villages to collect pine needles during summer season before they burn. |
Employment generation for 70 people, 10 permanent plant operators, and 60 people for collection. |
Employment generated (Nos.) |
| Build local capacities for plant operations and maintenance by training local youth and employing them. |
Identified and train the 10 local entrepreneurs to independently run the decentralized supply chain system for storing the pine need |
Person trained (Nos.) |
| Oversee regular operations to utilize the destructive pine needle biomass for generation of clean electricity and cooking charcoal, providing affordable energy for rural community households saving fuel wood and deforestation. |
Improved biodiversity in 100 hectares of forest land |
No. of region-specific best practices/ models/ technologies developed (Nos.) |
| Prevent forest fires in pine forests surrounding the plant, enabling biodiversity regeneration, increased soil moisture retention, and restoration of ecosystem services. |
Generate employment and cooking charcoal for 70 families, and reduce 910 units carbon reduction annually |
Number of beneficiaries village/ SC/ST community/ local people (Nos.) |
| Policy/ strategic framework/research article developed (Nos.) |
| To develop systems, identifying potential future sites and entrepreneurs in the area to develop a cluster of plants and understand how these systems can be scaled up for a larger impact |
