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Project: Energy Conservation In Small Sector Tea Processing Units In South India

Funded By: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Duration: February 2008 (ongoing)

This medium sized project has commenced its activities from February 2008. This UNDP-GEF project that seeks to create a positive environment for the introduction of renewable energy and energy efficiency products and processes into the tea factories in south India. The Tea Board under the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India is the executing agency of the project. This project has been sanctioned at the end of the PDF (project development facility) phase of the project. Earlier efforts included an assessment of the barriers to acceptance of energy efficient technology by the tea factories and to develop a project proposal that would be submitted to UNDP-GEF for the implementation phase of the project.

TIDE carried out several activities and developed linkages with key stakeholders to ensure that the project proposal reflected the needs and concerns of all local institutions. Linkages were forged with Tea Board, TEDA (Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency), the tea planters associations (NILMA and Bought leaf manufacturer's association), research institutions engaged in tea research (Tea Research Institute under United Planters Association South India, PSG College of Technology, Anna University), technology providers (Planters Energy Network, Pandian Engineering, Teakrafts) and commercial banks (State bank of India, Central Bank, Union Bank of India, Indian Bank).

It collected data on electrical and thermal energy consumption by tea factories in Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu. It tracked the firewood flow from the point of origin to the tea factories, it held group discussions with tea factories and conducted a widely attended stakeholder meeting.

The project would work with various stake holders and carry out all activities, address all barriers to facilitate the acceptance of energy reform in the sector.

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