Sanctioned Projtes:

Implementing Agency:

PRINCE, Jankibai Trust, Shamgiri, Agra Road, Deopur, DHULE: 424 005. Contact Person: Prof. Ajay Chandak. PH/fax: 02562-271795, 271995, MB: +91-9823033344,
email: contact@princeindia.org, chandakvg@sancharnet.in, ,
web: www.princeindia.org

Project Co-ordinators:

Prof. Ajay Chandak, from PRINCE.
Students of Prof. Anuradha Ramaswami from EWB, Colorado University USA.
Ravi from AID India.
Michael Mazgaonkar from Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti, Mozda.

Current Status Of The Project:
Site Selection : Village Trishul, has been selected as the site for proposed project. Trishul is 18 km from Dhadgaon, in Nandurbar District.

Project has been sanctioned by EWB, USA. In the first phase students from EWB and from SSVPS BSD COE Dhule will carry out energy survey in 1st and 2nd week of August.
Site visit done by Michael and the photographs are available at http://pssindia.net/ewb/windmills/photos/page_01.htm

Current Schedule: Students from EWB along with Michael will be in Mozda on 7th and 8th August 2004, (Michael's residence) (Provide link for photograph.).
9th to 13th in Trishul with Prof. Ajay Chandak and his team and in Dhule on 14th to 16th.

Background:

Even after 55 years of independence many rural and tribal villages in India are still do not have assess to electricity, urban fuels like cooking gas, kerosene etc. Most of them depend on firewood for their cooking needs. AID (Association for India Development), Narmada Bachao Andolan, People's School of Energy etc. came together to install one microhydal project at Bilgaon, 18 km from Dhadgaon in Nandurbar district. Around 400 tribal families saw the electricity in their huts for the first time. Success of this project prompted to carryout more such project in the tribal areas for self sustainability in energy. Bilgaon had excellent site where river Udhai has a good waterfall and head of around 12 m can be utilized. For other villages other energy alternatives will be required to fulfill their energy requirement of electricity and cooking.

Site Selection : Ms Medha Patkar of NBA suggested village "Trishul" for the current project. All the project partners finalized the site, considering the accessibility, community participation etc. Trishul is 18 km from Dhadgaon, in Nandurbar District with 12 km motorable road.

Methodology For Implementation:

1. Site Selection.
   
2. Carryout energy survey to establish energy consumption patterns by the community for cooking etc.
   
3. Quantification of use of existing resources by the community.
   
4. Survey for locally available energy resources like biogas, biomass, wind energy potential etc.
   
5. Estimating the energy requirement of the community for cooking as well as ner future requirement of energy like electricity etc.
   
6. Designing renewable energy systems based on the available resources. The systems could be solar cookers, biogas plants, biogas based generators, biomass based generators, wind generators, photovoltaic systems, improved wood stoves etc. depending on the outcome of the project in the first phase.
   
7. Locating donors/sponsors for implementation of the findings as above.
   
8. Implementation of the renewable energy systems.
   
9. Training to local community regarding use of these renewable energy devices for operation and maintenance point of view.
   
10. Monthly review for first 3 months and removal of teething problems.
    
11. Half yearly review for 3 years.

Outcome Expected From The Project:

• Greater awareness regarding use of renewable energy in rural areas. Protection of fast depleting forests by saving firewood.
  
• Access to the tribal for electricity for lighting purpose.
  
• Better health care by providing refrigerator for medicine and vaccines preservations.
  
• Sustainable living.