Technology Experience
Renewable Energy Technologies Installed
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Community based Micro Hydro Power - 50 KW
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Plug flow type biogas digesters - 1 m3
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Solar desalination channels - 1 km
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Vertical axis windmills - 30 KW Cretan type cyclone proof
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Integrated Rural Energy Systems
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Wood gasifiers for pumping - 100 X 5 and 1- H.P.
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Wood gasifier- engine- generator feeding power to the grid - 100 KW
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Solar Photovoltaic systems - 5 KW to 40 KW
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Solar Thermal for Hot Water - 100 and 200 LPD
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Solar Thermal for Drying - 20 kg batch
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Solar Thermal for distillation - 5 LPD
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Plug flow tunnel digesters 1 m3, batch processing
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Fixed Dome and Floating Dome Biogas Plants and use of CBP for Power Generation
Mountain Technologies Installed
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Low-cost polyhouses - 100
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Low-cost water harvesting structures - 120
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Low-cost composting (NADEP) - 120
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Low-cost silage for fodder preservation - 60
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Improved potters' wheel - 30
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Energy efficient potters' kiln - 30
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Spring sanctuaries - 25
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Improved cattle feeders - 30
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Improved fodder cultivation - 100 acres of terrace risers
Technologies Documented
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Ropeway Trolleys of Kullu for ICIMOD
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Handcarts of Gujarat for Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India
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Mud Architecture of Sevagram Ashram for HUDCO
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Traditional natural resource technologies from Kullu and Mandi districts for DFID
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Traditional method of designing Johads (water harvesting structures) in Rajasthan for Sida
Technology Manuals Created
a. Manual on Agriculture technologies
Manual on vegetable promotion covering three technologies - LDPE tanks, Polyhouses and Compost pits. The focus is on providing a manual that can be useful for the average farmer. February 2002.
b. Manual on Spring Sanctuary Conservation
A hand book on identification and treatment of catchments of springs so that spring discharge is increased for a sustainable period. The concept is called spring sanctuary development. June 2002.
c. Manual on Community-owned Microhydels
An overview of Malari Microhydel Project and an Installation Manual on Community-owned Microhydels – How to design and implement the same. November, 2002.
d. Manual on Fodder conservation and promotion techniques for Uttaranchal Himalayas
e. Technological Study cum manual on Gravity-based Ropeway Trolleys of Kullu, Himachal