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India: Solar mirrors for rice cookers
| Total savings: | 4000 tons of CO2 until 2012 | |
| Technology transfer: | Scheffler parabolic mirror from the Indian company Gadhia Solar | |
| Local environment: | Improved air within the kitchen and less gas pollution outside | |
| Local employment: | approx. 20 | |
| Project partners: | Gadhia Solar (Operation), GTZ - Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (Project development) | |
Every day thousands of pilgrims come to Sringeri Mutt, one of the most important Hindu places of pilgrimage in Karnataka on the Western coast of India. The meals for the pilgrims have been prepared with the help of diesel cookers so far. Now they are substituted by a number of Scheffler-Solar-mirrors, that bundle the solar radiation on a tube, in which water is boiled, converted to steam and subsequently pumped into the kitchens. A sophisticated steam system ensures that the kitchens function after sunset as well.
Sringeri Mutt is only one of 18 locations in India where energy for temples, hospitals or schools is provided through environmentally friendly solar energy. The new equipment is scheduled to save approx. 4000 tons of CO2 until 2012. It is delivered by the Indian manufacturer Deepak Gadhia. 20 new jobs will be provided for operation and maintenance of the installation. Furthermore, the air in the kitchen which used to be polluted with diesel exhaust particulates will be purified.
Atmosfair and its partner GTZ act as investors. The GTZ will use its share to compensate for the emission caused by the participants of the International Conference for Renewable Energies 2004 in Bonn.
The TÜV Süd is an accredited verifier and liable for the validation and verification. During the pre-validation they found that at two locations fire wood was used for cooking instead of diesel fuel. In that case it is difficult to verify the sustainability and permanence of the emission reductions. Consequently the project will save 20% less CO2 than originally planned. This demonstrates the importance of an independent verifier. The validation report was accepted in June 2006 and the project is now registered at the climate secretary of the UN.
