Projects endorsed for further development by Government of India

Government of India has been willing to fulfill its responsibility under the CDM. It has developed an interim criterion for approval of CDM project activities which is now available to stakeholders. It has undertaken various capacity building activities like holding of workshops, initiation of various studies, and briefing meeting with the stakeholders. A World Bank sponsored National Strategy Study on CDM is scheduled to start in month of October 2002. India has been actively participating in the CDM regime and has already endorsed six projects for further development. These are:

World Bank

Prototype Carbon Fund: Prototype carbon fund is a programme of the World Bank. Government of India has approved a municipal solid waste energy project 'SWERF' in 2001 for implementation by EDL India Limited in Chennai which proposes to use the state of art technology for extracting energy from any solid waste irrespective of the energy content.

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Ind-Barath Energies Ltd biomass 7.5 MW Power Project in the State of Maharasthra.   
Kalpa Taru Energy Venture Private Limited(KEVPL) 7.5 MW biomass project in Ganganagar district, Rajasthan using mustard crop residue as fuel for the first time.
Vestas RRB India Limited combined 15 MW Wind Biomass Project (Consisting of 13 MW wind and 2 MW Biomass) in the Tamil Nadu.
Vestas RRB India Limited It is 14.45 MW Wind Power Project in Tamil
Nadu with 17 nos. of state-of-the-art 850 KW Wind Electric Generators.
Suzlon Energy Limited 15 Mw Grid connected Wind Energy Project in Sankaneri Tamil Nadu feeding electricity at 33 kV transmission. The proposed project will install 1 MW sized wind turbine units, (average size in India is in the range of 250-300 kW), clearly showing the technology additionality.
Enercon (India) Ltd 15 MW Grid Connected Renewable Electricity Supply Project in Nipani, Karnataka to be connected to 33 KV grid of Karnataka, India.