Photovoltaic based Power Generation

The project activity consists of a 5 MW solar power plant at Bap Village of Phalodi Tehsil, Jodhpur District in Rajasthan. The project is developed by Sembcorp is one of the leading Renewable energy players in India.

Annual power generation from the project is expected to be 8,583 MWh/year average of the fixed crediting period (10 years), which will avoid GHG emission reduction from emission intensive power plants connected to the NEWNE grid (Integrated Northern, Eastern, Western and North Eastern Grid) by 8,177 tCO2e per year average of the fixed crediting period (10 years). The Project has also been approved under Gold Standard Mechanism.

Link - https://registry.goldstandard.org/projects/details/2637

Contribution of the project activity to sustainable development:

Social well being

• The project activity generates clean power, without emitting any GHGs during its operations. Hence, it leads to a cleaner environment, reducing the adverse impacts of GHG emissions on the people. It also reduces a part of the energy deficit being faced by the country.

Economic well-being

• The project activity generates additional employment with hirings during the construction phase and existing operations. The project activity generates additional business for equipment suppliers, O&M local contractors, civil work contractors etc. It also generates additional investment for the development of infrastructure in the region like roads; communication facilities etc and the same could be utilized by the local population.

Environmental well being

• The electricity generated shall replace an equivalent amount of electricity from the respective state grids, which are mainly supplied by fossil fuel fired power plants. Generation of electricity by WTGs does not result in any type of GHG emissions, leading to a cleaner environment.

 Technological well being

• The generation of electricity by the project activity will improve availability of electricity to the state grid and also it will provide more opportunities for industries to invest in such cleaner technologies.

Biomass Energy Conservation Programme

A recent study in Malawi showed that switching from a three-stone fire to a Chitetezo Mbaula stove reduces the amount of particles emitted by 46% and carbon monoxide by 44%. A well-tuned stove can reduce firewood consumption by up to 80%, knowing that Malawi suffered 57% deforestation between 1972 and 1992. The Chitetezo Mbaula stove also reduces each family's emissions by about 2 tCO2e each year.

Malawi is one of the World's poorest, most vulnerable countries.  It is a Landlocked Least Developed Country.

The vast majority of Malawians do not have access to electricity.  The only way they can soften their carbohydrates in order to avoid starvation is by burning wood to boil water.

Globally, more than 50% of premature deaths among children under 5 are due to pneumonia caused by particulate matter (soot) inhaled from household air pollution (i.e. cooking with wood). Besides from contributing to the death of 2 million infants each year due to wood-smoke inhalation, inefficient stove technologies contribute to deforestation, unsafe conditions in the home and soil erosion.

The Chitetezo Mbaula stove is hand made using local materials, fostering local ingenuity and self-reliance. Implementation is sub-contracted to locally owned businesses and social enterprises (many seeded by Hestian) resulting in skills diversification and job creation. The stove project provides income to over 2,000 people (mostly women in rural areas) to manufacture and promote smoke reducing cookstoves. These businesses are established and growing on a for-profit basis and projects are growing rapidly. Expansion funding comes from CO2 credit sales to buyers from wealthy countries who offset their emissions.

Salkhit Wind Farm

The Salkhit Wind Farm is the first grid connected wind farm in Mongolia. The project generates renewable electricity using wind power resources and supplies it to the Mongolian central electricity system grid to meet the growing electricity demand.

The project reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by avoiding CO2 emissions from electricity generation from fossil fuel power plants that supplied to the Grid. Clean Energy (CE) is the Project developer and operator. The expected total annual net electricity generation of the Salkhit Wind Farm is 168.5 GWh with an annual emission reduction of 178,778 tonnes of CO2 equivalent (tCO2e).

The specific goals of the Project are to:

- Generate clean electricity, reduce GHG emissions and contribute to reduction of air pollutants by saving coal and water consumption compared to business-as-usual scenario.

- Introduce wind power in Mongolia and help to stimulate the implementation of the other renewable energy sources being the first grid-connected renewable energy source.

- Introduce private sector investment in renewable energy sector and pave the path for future projects being the first independent power producer with private sector investment in the country.

- Create local employment opportunity during project development, construction and operation phases and create local expertise for future projects.