| A Ganganagar-based biomass power project has got certified emission reductions (CERs) from a UN body.
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| Kalpataru Energy Venture, a Ganganagar-based biomass power Project, has become one of the first three projects in the world and the first in India to which the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has approved issuance of such reductions.
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| The certified emission reductions (CERs) issued by the UNFCCC, part of the clean development mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol, to a green project can be acquired by an investing company (from the developed nation) to meet its emission reduction commitments at home.
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| India acceded to the Kyoto Protocol in August 2002, thereby opening up CDM project financing opportunities.
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| The firm is Rajasthan's first biomass-based independent power producer with a 7.8 Mw power plant in Padampur, Ganganagar, generating power using mustard crop residue.
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| It is the biomass division of Ahmedabad-based Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd.
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| The company set up the plant in Padampur in September 2003, manufacturing power using renewable resources such as mustard crop residue and cotton sticks. The project has been in association with SenterNovem, Netherlands.
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| The company has put logistics in place, enabling it to collect over 40,000 tonnes of renewable resources last year.
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| It has entered into a power purchase agreement (PPA) and a power wheeling agreement with the Rajasthan Vidyut Prasaran Nigam (RVPN) and three distribution companies of Jaipur, Jodhpur and Ajmer based on the Rajasthan state policy of non-conventional energy. The plant sold over 25 million units (kw/hour) to the Rajasthan grid in 2004-05.
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| In October 2005, the project was issued 48,230 CERs for the period August 1, 2003, to June 30, 2005, giving it the distinction of being one of the first three projects across the world and the first in India, wherein the UNFCCC has approved the issuance of certified emission reductions (CERs).
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| The company now plans to set up another 7 MW project in Uniara, in the Tonk district of Rajasthan. The project is slated for commissioning by March at Rs 30 crore.
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| Biomass is a renewable energy resource derived from the carbonaceous waste of various human and natural activities. It is derived from numerous sources, including by-products of timber, crops, raw material from the forest, major parts of household waste and wood.
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| Biomass does not add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere as it absorbs the same amount of carbon in growing as it releases when consumed as a fuel. |
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