Sustainable Energy Initiatives

Agriculture is the single largest employer in the world, sustaining the livelihoods of 40 percent of the world’s population, many of whom continue to live in poverty (United Nations, 2015). Irrigation is among the measures that can improve yields, reduce vulnerability to changing rainfall patterns and enable multiple cropping practices (FAO, 2011). As such, irrigation is often seen as the engine that helps to ensure food security, generates incomes, provides jobs and drives rural development. Energy is a key input for irrigation services.

1. The Project anticipates demonstrating a sustainable model through community contribution - water, food and income security using clean energy. 

2. Solar Powered water pumping system can be of great benefit for the regions like Dungarpur, where we get sunlight throughout the year barring a few monsoon days.

3. The project will also establish a mechanism to maintain the systems for the long run

With its focus on SDG 7 – to ensure affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for development, Sustain Plus Energy Foundation along with National Dairy Development Board gave its support to create an impactful and scalable project that uses clean energy solution for development. It seeks to leverage the power of decentralised renewable energy to catalyse social, economic and environmental impact with an aim to drive prosperity and well-being in a more equitable and meaningful scale. Flexi Bio Gas Units
120 Flexi Bio Gas Units have been set up by PEDO for the dairy farmers. A mixture of 50 kg of cow dung and 100 litre of water every day, suffices for the production of cooking gas equivalent to 1.5 cylinders of LPG which is enough for one and half month. The life of these flexi units is almost 25 years. The slurry from these units is being used to produce PROM (Phosphate Rich Organic Manure) manure which is further contributing in enriching the soil. It also provide additional income to the dairy farmers by supplying free cooking gas and by selling the Bio-Slurry.

PEDO has recently initiated campaign to install 5000 bio-gas units across the district

This program was initiated in one of the panchayats, Surata, two of the initially targeted villages have been completely solar electrified. Remote and scattered settlement patterns have made it impossible to provide basic amenities like water supply, sewage, drainage and electricity. PEDO had, in the past experimented with solar powered lights and decided to take it up to provide lighting to these homes as a pilot project. The lights are purchased by PEDO, and a group of local youth has been trained to install and maintain the lights. Half of the money for the lights is paid by the community and rest has been managed by PEDO through corporate funds. 

With the support of Climate DETOX Pvt.Ltd. PEDO has distributed around 35,000 eco cookstoves in the region of Dungarpur  creating smoke free kitchens  and enabling around 1,50,000 come out  of the risk of indoor air pollution.