20 MW Biomass Power Project in Chhattisgarh, India
Context
Godawari Power and Ispat Limited (GPIL) has installed a 20 MW biomass based power project that generates electricity using rice husks from local communities. By using a renewable fuel, this project reduces local waste whilst reducing emissions by replacing fossil fuel intensive based power generation.
Project
This project is reducing tonnes of CO2 per year. Money generated through the sale of carbon credits provides:
- A community First Aid Health Center to the peripheral villages of Kachhe AariDongri Mines
- 12 Community Teachers and 03 Anganwadi Helpers in various schools in the local area, helping to provide better local education opportunities
- A computer training center for tribal students of Peripheral village Kachhe Parekodo Tekadhora. This centre has become a major attraction for village children, keen to learn and use computer applications.
- Educational Trips for students of the Govt. School Kachhe & Parrekodo.
- Scholarship opportunities for higher education to students of village Dorba.
- A stitching & tailoring centre for ladies to boost self-employment
- Installation of a handpump at Mutidham, Tada Village. This pump is for public use and helps to alleviate the pressures on women to travel long distances for safe water
- Deeping the pond in Tada village to help increase the volume capacity and access to water
The project also takes gender equality seriously, implementing an Anti-Sexual Harassment Policy in line with the requirements of the Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. An Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) has been set up to redress complaints received regarding sexual harassment. All employees (Permanent, Contractual, Temporary, Training) are covered under this Policy. However no complaints have been received during the year 2016-17.
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Verification
This project is verified by the Gold Standard and is also a certified CCBS.
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UN Sustainable Development Goals
This project aligns with the following UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being for all at all ages is essential to sustainable development.
Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world.
Energy is central to nearly every major challenge and opportunity.
Climate change is a global challenge that affects everyone, everywhere.
Obtaining a quality education is the foundation to improving people’s lives and sustainable development.
Clean, accessible water for all is an essential part of the world we want to live in.
Sustainable economic growth will require societies to create the conditions that allow people to have quality jobs.
Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss
Find out more about the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals here.
