Renewable Energy Technologies Installed

• Community based Micro Hydro Power - 50 KW

• Plug flow type biogas digesters - 1 m3

• Solar desalination channels - 1 km

• Vertical axis windmills - 30 KW Cretan type cyclone proof

• Integrated Rural Energy Systems

• Wood gasifiers for pumping - 100 X 5 and 1- H.P.

• Wood gasifier- engine- generator feeding power to the grid - 100 KW

• Solar Photovoltaic systems - 5 KW to 40 KW

• Solar Thermal for Hot Water - 100 and 200 LPD

• Solar Thermal for Drying - 20 kg batch

• Solar Thermal for distillation - 5 LPD

• Plug flow tunnel digesters 1 m3, batch processing

• Fixed Dome and Floating Dome Biogas Plants and use of CBP for Power Generation

Mountain Technologies Installed

• Low-cost polyhouses - 100

• Low-cost water harvesting structures - 120

• Low-cost composting (NADEP) - 120

• Low-cost silage for fodder preservation - 60

• Improved potters' wheel - 30

• Energy efficient potters' kiln - 30

• Spring sanctuaries - 25

• Improved cattle feeders - 30

• Improved fodder cultivation - 100 acres of terrace risers

Technologies Documented

• Ropeway Trolleys of Kullu for ICIMOD

• Handcarts of Gujarat for Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India 

• Mud Architecture of Sevagram Ashram for HUDCO

• Traditional natural resource technologies from Kullu and Mandi districts for DFID

• 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