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A promising niche: waste to energy project in the Indian dairy sector

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Title A promising niche: waste to energy project in the Indian dairy sector
 
Creator PATANKAR, M
PATWARDHAN, A
VERBONG, G
 
Subject waste management
distributed generation
sociotechnical regime
niche experiment
dairy industry
 
Description The dairy sector is known to have significant local and global environmental impacts; but it also has proven renewable-energy generation potential. This paper analyzes a specific niche experiment in the Indian dairy industry, wherein cattle waste management is carried out by a multitude of stakeholders. These include the waste collectors, local technology adopters, research institutions, multilateral donor agencies, the Indian government, technology suppliers and operation and maintenance teams who have managed an uninterrupted 1 MWe energy production over the past 4 years. This analysis uses the sociotechnical regime framework to study the interaction of social, technological, economic and policy-related aspects relevant to the niche experiment. The analysis shows a potential to contribute to the development of two complementing regimes one related to cooperative waste management and the other related to grid-connected renewable-energy-based electricity generation. Key factors for a successful development are not only a long-term financing protection through government subsidies to cover higher capital cost and a preferential tariff related to energy throughput, but also the adaptation of technology, the embedding in the local cooperative structure and the removal of regulatory barriers.
 
Publisher ELSEVIER SCI LTD
 
Date 2011-07-21T19:06:52Z
2011-12-26T12:52:08Z
2011-12-27T05:39:09Z
2011-07-21T19:06:52Z
2011-12-26T12:52:08Z
2011-12-27T05:39:09Z
2010
 
Type Article
 
Identifier ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY, 13(4), 282-290
1462-9011
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2010.04.003
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/5960
http://hdl.handle.net/10054/5960
 
Language en