Valuing Local Rural Waste to Produce Climate Friendly Renewable Electricity, Andhra Pradesh, India

CO2logic’s project in Andhra Pradesh, India produces renewable energy using rural waste which is purchased from local Indian farms. When a plant grows it capture and store energy from the sun through photosynthesis when the plant is burnt it re-emits this stored energy meaning the final result is neutral and without any impact on the environment before the next crop is harvested.

The project helps to avoid the production of electricity from coal and other polluting fossil fuels. It contributes to reducing worldwide carbon emissions and combat global warming. The project mainly sources the agricultural waste from farms within a 25 km radius this creates value for this otherwise unused harvest waste and provides the local farms with a steady income stream.

CO2logic’s project has received the official validation from the United Nations Executive Committee and by the Det Norske Veritas (DNV) to confirm its benefits, these include:

• contribution to sustainable development
• real Additionality
• GHG permanence factor
• calculations and science used for GHG reduction quantification
• GHG monitoring methodology
• local environmental impact
• no GHG leakage of benefits

UNFCCC certification code : 0391