Helping the rural community in Ecuador by producing clean energy from agricultural waste

This project uses locally available bagasse in Equador to create green renewable electricity. The project involves the installation of a small cogeneration unit which values the available agricultural waste from the traditional cultural activities in the region. Bagasse is the remaining unused fibrous residue of the sugar cane plant once it has been passed through a mill and the sugar content has been extracted. By supplying the local electricity network with renewable energy this project avoids fossil fuel combustion and the related CO2 emissions and pollution. This project is situated in the pastoral area of Marcelino Maridueña, in the East of the province of the Guayas.

This project has many sustainable development attributes. For example it shows the local agricultural population in developing countries the possibilities of producing electricity from their waste products as an additional utilization of their farm land to their current business. This project also contributed to the transfer of technologies to Ecuador.

This project creates employment, wealth and new skills in Latin America. The project was developed by Ingenio San Carlos, an organization which has notably established and looked after the local San Carlos hospital since the 1950 which has the mission of caring freely for the local agricultural farmers and their families.

UNFCCC certification code: 210