Burning rice husks instead of coalThe project is located at the premises of Chanakya Dairy Products Limited (CDPL) at Mandi Gobindgarh, District - Fatehgarh Sahib (Punjab) India. The purpose of the project activity is to utilize rice husk available in the region for steam generation used for captive consumption. The project undertaken generates steam by two boilers of capacity 8 TPH and 3 TPH using biomass residues (rice husk). The steam generated by the boilers is used in the milk processing unit which requires thermal energy.
The project activity is the new installation of a biomass-based renewable energy steam generation plant. The total installed thermal energy generation capacity is 7.53 MW. Before the project activity the steam consumption was covered by two coal-fired boilers of capacity 3 TPH and 8 TPH at the factory.
How biomass projects help contribute to climate changeBiomass refers to organic residues such as tree branches, leaves, sawdust, wood chips or coconut shells. Those are of a biogenic, non-fossil nature that can be used to generate renewable energy. One way to generate renewable energy, among others, is to fire kilns using biomass. This process prevents harmful smoke and large quantities of CO2 to be released.
As an additional greenhouse gas reduction measure, biomass climate projects mostly prevent biomass from rotting in the open air, so that no methane (CH4) is released. Biomass projects in the ClimatePartner portfolio are registered with international standards.
