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H. E. Taylor
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2005/01/08: EnergyBulletin: A little village in the sun
Here is a bright little village in Andhra Pradesh that is all solar and
smoke-free - the first of its kind in the country.
Bysanivaripalle, 125 km northwest of Tirupati, has 36 families.
Their main means of livelihood is sericulture. The eco-conscious
residents of the electrified village went in for the first biogas plant
in the region two decades ago. The officials of the
Non-Conventional Energy Development Corporation of Andhra
Pradesh (NEDCAP) did not need to put in much effort to
motivate them to go solar.
Intersol, an Austrian non-governmental organisation, sponsored
the provision of "Sk-14" cookers here last year. Gadhia Solar, a
Valsad-based environmental body that imports, supplies and
installs them, executed the job. It is the single largest cluster of
cookers that Gadhia Solar has installed anywhere. A group of
schoolchildren from Austria visited the village last year to witness
the project.
"With 23 biogas plants and 26 solar cookers, we do not have to
use a matchstick," says Sadananda Reddy, a progressive
sericulturist who was honoured by the Karnataka Government recently
for his top quality cocoons.
[...]
<http://www.energybulletin.net/3916.html>
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is the hope of today and reality of tomorrow." - Robert Goddard
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H.E. Taylor http://www.autobahn.mb.ca/~het/
Here is a bright little village in Andhra Pradesh that is all solar and
smoke-free - the first of its kind in the country.
Bysanivaripalle, 125 km northwest of Tirupati, has 36 families.
Their main means of livelihood is sericulture. The eco-conscious
residents of the electrified village went in for the first biogas plant
in the region two decades ago. The officials of the
Non-Conventional Energy Development Corporation of Andhra
Pradesh (NEDCAP) did not need to put in much effort to
motivate them to go solar.
Intersol, an Austrian non-governmental organisation, sponsored
the provision of "Sk-14" cookers here last year. Gadhia Solar, a
Valsad-based environmental body that imports, supplies and
installs them, executed the job. It is the single largest cluster of
cookers that Gadhia Solar has installed anywhere. A group of
schoolchildren from Austria visited the village last year to witness
the project.
"With 23 biogas plants and 26 solar cookers, we do not have to
use a matchstick," says Sadananda Reddy, a progressive
sericulturist who was honoured by the Karnataka Government recently
for his top quality cocoons.
[...]
<http://www.energybulletin.net/3916.html>
<regards>
-het
--
"It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday
is the hope of today and reality of tomorrow." - Robert Goddard
PV FAQ: http://www.autobahn.mb.ca/~het/energy/pv_faq.html
H.E. Taylor http://www.autobahn.mb.ca/~het/
