monitoring report: 2016 sidlaghatta biogas project project

Monitoring Report: 2016

Sidlaghatta Biogas Project

Project ID: GS716

Project title: Sidlaghatta biogas project

Project GS ID: GS 716

Methodology applicable: Indicative programme, baseline, and monitoring methodology for

Small Scale Biodigester, Voluntary Gold Standard, Version 1

Total VERs achieved: 11463 tCO2

Report by: GoodPlanet Foundation, France and SKG Sangha, India

Monitoring Period: 1stJanuary 2016– 31stDecember 2016. (First and last dates of the monitoring period are inclusive)

Project start date: 06/05/2009.

Registration date: 30thJanuary 2012.

Project location: Karnataka state, INDIA

Version: 5 – 18/06/2018

Contact Details: GoodPlanet Foundation.

ActionCarbone Programme,

1, Carrefour Longchamp,

Paris, FRANCE – 75116.

www.goodplanet.org

SKG Sangha

Devarayasamudra Village

MulbagalTaluk, KOLAR District

Karnataka State, INDIA

Postal Code – 563 127

http://www.skgsangha.org

Monitoring survey Period: 1st January 2016 – 31st December 2016

Monitoring survey Team: SKG Sangha

http://www.goodplanet.org/

http://www.skgsangha.org/



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CONTENTS

1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 3

2. Monitoring .............................................................................................................................. 4

a) Monitoring survey methodology .......................................................................................... 4

b) GoodPlanet Foundation team visit to the project areas: ................................................... 5

3. Sustainable development Parameters .................................................................................. 6

4. Emission reduction monitoring parameters ........................................................................ 9

5. Emission Reductions ............................................................................................................ 14

Annexe: Sample copies of monitoring survey sheets. ....................................................... 16



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1. Introduction

The Sidlaghatta biogas project is initiated and implemented by two organisations, “GoodPlanet Foundation”, a French

non-profit organization, based in Paris and “SKG Sangha” (henceforth SKGS), a non-governmental organization (NGO)

based in the Karnataka State, India.

The project activity aims to provide access to clean energy for daily cooking needs of the project population, by

replacing the use of the firewood and kerosene. As per the baseline data, most of the families in the project area are

dependent on agro-based activities. The cow-dung collected from the animal-sheds was dumped in an open compost

pits with other agricultural wastes. This waste was never turned or rotated and, therefore creating anaerobic conditions

leading to methane emissions. This traditional waste pit was also a source of potential health diseases due to the

unhygienic conditions around the households. Therefore, to avoid the GHG’s emissions and provide free access to

clean energy to the project participants, SKGS and GoodPlanet initiated this project activity in 2009.

The project activity is located in state of Karnataka in India and the details of the project areas are provided in the

following table -

Project Areas Districts/State Coordinates

Latitude Longitude

Sidlaghatta Taluk Chikkaballapura District, Karnataka State, India. 13° 23' 45” N 77° 51' 17” E

DevanahalliTaluk Bangalore rural District, Karnataka State, India. 13° 14' 67” N 77° 42' 13” E

DoddaballapuraTaluk Bangalore rural District, Karnataka State, India. 13° 17' 21” N 77° 31' 06” E

TumkurTaluk Tumkur district, Karnataka State, India. 13° 20' 28” N 77° 06' 06” E

GubbiTaluk Tumkur district, Karnataka State, India. 13° 18' 27” N 76° 56' 18” E

The biodigester model constructed in the project activity is the fixed dome also popularly known as the “Deenbhandhu

model” in India. The capacity of each biodigester installed in the project activity is 2m3 of biogas per day. The available

animal-dung is utilised in the biodigester, which otherwise would have been dumped in the traditional open compost

pit to decay and leading to methane emissions. The biogas generated from the digester is used for the daily cooking

needs of the families in the project activity. The project also replaces the use of firewood, which have been one of the

causes for the respiratory problems both for the women and the children of the household. The slurry from the

biodigester is further treated into the vermicompost unit to generate organic manure. The emission reductions from the

vermicompost units have not been taken into account in this project activity. The project was registered with the Gold

Standard Foundation on the 30th January 2012.

GHG reductions due to the project activity – The biogas project avoids the GHG emissions from the use of the non-

renewable firewood use for cooking and the emissions from the animal dung which was usually dumped in traditional

compost pits leading to methane emissions. The use of biogas in the project activity has firstly replaced the firewood

for cooking and secondly uses the available animal dung for biogas production rather than directly dumping in the

traditional compost pit.

A total of 1716 biogas and vermicomposting units have been successfully installed in the project activity. The details

of the installation of the units during each phase are provided in the table below.



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Total number of units installed (per month since 2009)

2009

Total units

constructed

and functional

per month

2010

Total Units

constructed

and functional

per month

2011 Total Units

constructed

January The construction

of the biogas

plants was

initiated from the

month of August

2009.

January 155 + 0 = 155 January 797 + 164 = 961

February February 155 + 225 = 380 February 961 + 249 = 1210

March March 380 + 269 = 649 March 1210 + 155 = 1365

April April 649 + 148 = 797 April

1365 + 0 = 1365 May May

797 + 0 = 797

May

June June June

July July July 1365 + 170 = 1535

August 61 August August 1535 + 181 = 1716

September 61 + 41 = 102 September September

1716 + 0 = 1716

October 102 + 39 = 141 October October

November 141 + 14 = 155 November November

December 155 + 0 = 155 December December

Total units 155 Total units 797 Total units 1716

Total units in the project activity 1716

The construction of the 1716 units was carried out in different phases. The above table shows the total number

of units functioning for each month of the year.

In the present monitoring year, a total of 1688 biogas units are taken into account for emission reduction calculations.

The remaining 28 biogas units were non-functional. The details are provided in the ER calculation sheets.

This monitoring report is for the period - 01/01/2016 to 31/12/2016 (First and last dates of the monitoring period are inclusive).

2. Monitoring:

a) Monitoring survey methodology: -

The project monitoring survey has been carried out for both, the sustainable development parameters and the emission

reductions parameters.

The required samples size for the survey was determined by selecting the villages on a random basis and accordingly

the selected beneficiary households were surveyed in each village. Each biogas unit in the project activity has been

assigned a unique identification number by SKGS, to ensure that there was no double counting either during the survey

or during any other field visits by the supervisory staff of SKGS.

A total of 177 households were selected and surveyed during this monitoring survey. The sample households for the

monitoring surveys were randomly selected. The survey was carried out by three senior members of the SKGS along

with the help of local entities of some villages. Apart from staff members, few local representatives appointed by SKGS

also participated during these surveys to collect the monitoring data. The SKGS surveying teams have already carried

out similar type of monitoring surveys for this project and have improved the methods to collect and record the data

with their previous survey experiences.

To avoid any discrepancies, the GoodPlanet Foundation (GPF) team members randomly checked the monitoring data,

by carrying out afield visit to the project units during the month of April 2016.



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The senior staff of SKGS trained the survey team members before carrying out the field visits on the following aspects

of the monitoring survey forms:

1. Weight of the basket that is used to collect the cow dung.

2. Weight of the wood used for cooking and / or water heating.

3. Hours of biogas stove operation,

4. Head counting the number and type of animals.

5. Types of repairs carried out on biogas unit and vermicomposting unit.

6. What aspects to be covered in the comments box.

7. How to pose questions related to sustainable development parameters in the questionnaire and etc.

The SKGS team carried the monitoring surveys.

b) GoodPlanet Foundation team visit to the project areas: As a third party assessment, a random field visit to the project units was also carried out by the GoodPlanet

Foundation team member in the month April 2016. The units visited were functioning and had not faced any

technical issues by any of the beneficiaries. Each beneficiary was asked to demonstrate the working of the biogas

units and some of the beneficiaries were requested to demonstrate the feeding procedure of animal dung into the

biodigester. These demonstrations also assured that the beneficiaries were well trained about the required quantity

of animal dung and water that is needed for a regular supply of the biogas.

The following were few of the points discussed with each of the beneficiaries during this visit:

The benefits of the project in terms of both the sustainable and economic aspects.

The process of making the compost and the total quantity of compost they have produced.

The use of firewood/and or Kerosene both baseline and project scenarios.

The change in income of the beneficiary including women empowerment due to the additional income like

– who decided to have the biogas unit, the contribution of the woman in making the decision, time saving

due to the project etc.

A discussion was also carried out with the SKGS local supervisor (the staff in-charge of continuous monitoring of

the units in his purview of the project areas. These field assessments by the GoodPlanet team also gave a better

understanding of the actual status of the biogas units.



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3. Sustainable development Parameters:

No 1

Indicator Soil Condition

Mitigation measure Production of vermicompost and/or the use of biogas slurry with other agriculture waste as an organic fertilizer to improve the fertility of the soil.

Chosen parameter Quantity of vermicompost and the biogas slurry applied to agriculture per household.

Current situation of parameter During the present monitoring survey, it has been observed that none of the beneficiary surveyed had vermicompost. The GoodPlanet team also visited the beneficiaries to check the vermicompost units. As per the field observations, majority of the beneficiaries had stopped vermicompost production. The team also met couple of beneficiaries who have well maintained the units and are still producing vermicompost on a regular basis. In the absence of the vermicompost production, the beneficiaries were trained by the SKG team to pre-treat the biogas slurry along with traditional compost (dung, agricultural wastes etc.) and use it as an organic fertiliser for agriculture. The use of the biogas slurry has resulted in reduced use and purchase of the chemical fertilisers by most of the project beneficiaries. The use of biogas slurry by the project beneficiaries has also resulted in an average income saving of 1200INR.

Estimation of baseline situation of parameter

No use of vermicompost in baseline scenario.

Future target for parameter In the absence of the vermicompost, the SKGS team will continue to train the project beneficiaries to use the biogas slurry along with other agricultural waste, as an organic compost. The future target would be to continue training on the application of the biogas slurry as an organic compost, to reduce the use of chemical fertilizers for agriculture, and thereby increasing the soil fertility.

Way of monitoring How Each beneficiary was asked about the total amount biogas slurry applied to agricultural lands as organic fertilisers. The monitoring survey data gives the total number of tractors of the mix of biogas slurry along with other agro-wastes applied to the field by each beneficiary during the present monitoring year of 2016.

When Once a year

By who SKGS monitoring team.

No 2

Indicator Livelihood of the poor.

Mitigation measure Encourage the beneficiaries to use biogas slurry in the absence of vermicompost.

Chosen parameter Quantity of vermicompost and the biogas slurry applied to agriculture per household.

Current situation of parameter Very few beneficiaries in the project activity still continue producing vermicompost. These beneficiaries were provided free earthworms by the SKG staff.



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The beneficiaries were trained by the SKG team to mix the biogas slurry along with the traditional compost (remaining dung, agricultural waste etc.) as organic compost for agricultural needs. 93% of the beneficiaries have used the biogas slurry as organic compost, which has reduced on an average of 2 bags of chemical fertilisers and therefore decreasing their annual expenditures on chemical fertilisers. The use of biogas slurry by the project beneficiaries has also resulted in an average income saving of 1200 INR. The GoodPlanet team also visited the beneficiaries to check the vermicompost units. As per the field observations, most of the beneficiaries had stopped vermicompost production. The team also met couple of beneficiaries who have well maintained the units and are still producing vermicompost on a regular basis.


In the baseline situation, the beneficiaries used chemical fertilisers and traditional compost (mix of animal dung with other agricultural wastes) for agriculture.

Future target for parameter The SKGS team will try to encourage the beneficiaries to restart the vermicomposting units by providing free batch of earthworms and continue training the beneficiaries to use the biogas slurry as an organic fertiliser for their agricultural needs. The application of biogas slurry on agricultural lands will reduce the use of chemical fertilisers for agriculture leading to income savings and increase in soil fertility.

Way of monitoring How Each beneficiary was asked about the total amount biogas slurry applied to agricultural lands as organic fertilisers. The monitoring survey data gives the total number of tractors of the mix of biogas slurry along with other agro-wastes applied to the field by each beneficiary during the present monitoring year of 2016.

When Once a year

By who SKGS monitoring team.

No 3

Indicator Access to affordable and clean energy services

Mitigation measure Regular check of the biogas plant by the SKGS for an assurance of the working condition.

Chosen parameter If any failures of units or technical issues resolved during the monitoring year.

Current situation of parameter From the total beneficiaries surveyed in the monitoring period, 90% of the beneficiaries had a regular biogas supply while some of the beneficiaries faced minor technical problems with the stoves (knobs, support pans etc.) that were either immediately repaired or replaced by the SKG technical staff. During these regular monitoring, around 218 households had reported technical problems, which were accordingly taken into account and repaired by the SKG supervisors. Out of the total 1716 project biogas units installed, 28 biogas units are non-functioning since the families have relocated to other areas, abandoning the units. For beneficiaries who had to switch to firewood for few weeks till their units were repaired by the SKGS staff, have been taken into account as project emissions. As a conservative approach, the quantity of



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firewood used by beneficiaries either during a festive seasons been taken also into account in the emission reduction calculations..


4.23 tons/year of firewood and 25 litres/year of kerosene used per family for cooking as per the baseline survey.

Future target for parameter Assure a continuous monitoring of the biogas units.

Way of monitoring How The Access to energy services of the beneficiaries in the project area has been monitored in terms of supply of the biogas for daily cooking needs. This indicator was assessed on three different scenarios. First, on the supply of biogas. Secondly, if they have stopped using firewood and kerosene for the daily cooking needs, and thirdly if they had any technical issues with the units.

When Continuous during the year.

By who SKGS monitoring team and local supervisors.

No 4

Indicator Human and Institutional capacity

Mitigation measure The technological self-reliance parameter in the project has been monitored in terms of training provided to the beneficiaries on maintenance of the biogas and vermicomposting units.

Chosen parameter Training programmes

Current situation of parameter The beneficiaries have received on-site training by the SKGS staff members. The monitoring survey sheets indicate the training received by the beneficiary and the name of the SKGS officers who have provided the training. Other than the beneficiaries training, a training programme was conducted for the SKGS supervisors in charge of monitoring the project activity. The last training programmes on the repair and maintenance of units conducted at the SKGS Kolar office on the 20th August 2016. A scan copy of the training programme has been provided on the GS registry. SKGS Supervisors attending the training programme were-

1. Mr R Kempa Reddy 2. Mr D V Venkatakrishna Reddy 3. Mr B Akil Kumar 4. Mr Rajashekhar.


No training provided

Future target for parameter Training programmes both for the SKGS supervisors and beneficiaries

Way of monitoring How SKGS carries out various training programs both for the technical staff and the beneficiaries. These trainings are carried out either in a group and/or on an individual basis. The survey shows that most of the trainings has been provided on the maintenance of the units. Assessed with the questioning, if the beneficiary had received any training programme during the year by the SKGS team. The indicator also includes the training programme given to the technical staff of SKGS to carry out the proper maintenance of the units. GoodPlanet team has also visited the beneficiaries and have interviewed the beneficiaries on this indicator.

When During the monitoring year

By who SKGS team



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4. Emission reduction monitoring parameters For the project activity the following parameters were monitored as mentioned in the registered PDD.

Data / Parameter: ID 2 / nbl

Data unit: Number of households

Description Number of households in the baseline survey

Source of data: Project participants - Baseline survey

Value of data 749

Measurement procedures (if any): The baseline survey was carried out as per the guidelines provided in the applied methodology

Monitoring frequency: Once (fixed baseline for the total crediting period)

QA/QC procedures: The baseline sample group was randomly selected.

Any comment:

Data / Parameter: ID 3 / npj

Data unit: Number of household surveyed

Description Number of households in project sample group

Source of data: Monitoring survey data collected by SKG Sangha.

Value of data 177

Measurement procedures (if any): The monitoring survey was carried out for a selected sample of the total population of the project activity. The project sample group was selected on a random basis using the statistical software ‘SPSS’.The SKGS staff along with the local supervisors carried out these monitoring surveys.

Monitoring frequency: Once a year

QA/QC procedures: SKGS team have carried out the monitoring surveys and as a third party assessment the GoodPlanet team cross-checked the surveyed data by visiting few project units in the year 2016.

Any comment: As mentioned in the registered PDD, 10% of the households will be selected for the monitoring surveys. The selection of the households was carried out on a random basis in the project area. Also, to avoid any double counting each household of the project activity has been allocated a unique identification number. The complete list of the details of each HH in the monitoring survey has been provided.

Data / Parameter: ID 5 / nhh,y

Data unit: Number of households

Description Total number of households participating in the year 2016

Source of data: Monitoring survey

Value of data 1688

Measurement procedures (if any): All households’ details with their allocated serial numbers are included in a database maintained by SKGS. The total number of households is derived from this database.

Monitoring frequency: Continuous

QA/QC procedures: The data was also cross checked by the GoodPlanet team and also visited the units of the project units in the year 2016 to ensure that the data provided corresponds to the field observations.



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Any comment: Out of the 1716 biodigesters installed, 28 households have abandoned

the biogas units in the project activity. The list of the 28 abandoned units are provided in the VER calculation sheet. The emission reductions are accordingly calculated.

Data / Parameter: ID 6 / Fi,bl1

Data unit: tons/year (average per family)

Description amount of firewood consumption in the baseline (baseline option 1)

Source of data: Baseline survey

Value of data 4.23

Measurement procedures (if any): Each beneficiary in the survey was asked the total amount of firewood consumed for daily cooking in the baseline situation.

Monitoring frequency: Once (fixed baseline for the total crediting period)

QA/QC procedures: The baseline survey was carried out by selecting the beneficiaries on a random sampling basis.

Any comment: The parameter has been verified by the Gold Standard during the registration of the project activity.

Data / Parameter: ID 8 / Fi,y, pj

Data unit: tons/household/year

Description Amount of firewood consumption in the project in year 2016.


Value of data 0.13

Measurement procedures (if any): During the present monitoring surveys, the SKGS team asked each beneficiary in the survey sample the total amount of firewood used in cases where the biogas units were non-functional. This data was considered in the project emission calculations.


QA/QC procedures: To assure that the beneficiary gives a correct data, the monitoring team weighed the firewood using the weighing machine, to record the accurate data. It was assumed in the baseline scenario that the families with more than 6 members might use firewood in case of insufficient supply of biogas. From the monitoring surveys it shows that the biogas supply was regular and sufficient even for families more than 6 members. In cases where the biogas units had some technical problems and the families had to use the firewood for cooking till the unit was repaired, the total amount of firewood consumed has been taken into account in the project emissions.

Any comment: The total amount of fuel wood use has been taken into account in the emission reduction calculations. The data has been cross-checked by the GoodPlanet team. The field visits to the units by the GoodPlanet team also ensured that the families with more than 6 members had sufficient supply of biogas during the year for their daily cooking needs.



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Data / Parameter: ID 9 / I

Data unit: tons/year

Description Annual biomass increment in the project area.

Source of data: Data from existing from the research paper.

Value of data -

Measurement procedures (if any): The NRB data used for the project activity has been considered from an existing research paper1 and compared with the NRB rate of Bangalore rural district and Tumkur district. After comparing the data, the most conservative NRB rate was used for the emission reduction calculations.

Monitoring frequency: Annually

QA/QC procedures: The NRB rate for Bangalore rural and Tumkur were estimated using the state reports on forest cover (Bangalore rural at a glance and Tumkur district at a glance). The SKGS teams have checked available documents and there were no new revisions of the data.

Any comment: There is no annual biomass increment in the project area and therefore the NRB rate remains the same as mentioned in the registered PDD. There has been neither revision nor updates in the published research paper and therefore the NRB value remains the same. Also, there were no large-scale deforestation or afforestation projects undertaken in the project area, and therefore the data used for the NRB (non-renewable biomass) calculations is the same.

Data / Parameter: ID 11/ MS(T,biodigester,k)

Data unit: %

Description Fraction of livestock category T's manure fed into the biodigester


Value of data 83

Measurement procedures (if any): Each beneficiary in the monitoring survey was questioned the total amount of dung that had been collected per day and the total amount of dung that was fed in the digester. The fraction of manure collected for each category of the animal has been calculated by considering the total amount of animal dung collected in the confined shed.

Monitoring frequency: Once a year.

QA/QC procedures: Since the beneficiaries collect the cattle dung in basket, the total number of baskets fed in the digester was taken into account for the emission reduction calculations. To assure the quality of the data, two SKGS senior staff members who have been trained carried out the monitoring survey. The GoodPlanet team also rechecked all the monitoring data and the excel sheets to be reassured that all the values corresponded to the documents.

Any comment: From the monitoring survey it shows that the animal spend on an average of 91% of their time in the sheds while the remaining 9% for grazing. Out of the total dung collected in the confined shed, 83% of the dung is used for the biodigester, 17% of additional dung is dumped in the compost pit. The biogas slurry is mixed with other agricultural wastes in traditional composting pits and is later used as organic compost for agriculture.

1Inventory mapping and monitoring of bioresources using GIS and Remote Sensing-T.V.Ramachandra and

G.R. Rao



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Beneficiaries who do not pre-treat the dung but dump it directly in the traditional compost pit are taken into account into the project emission calculations.

Data / Parameter: ID 12 / PL

Data unit: %

Description Physical Leakage of the biodigester

Source of data: A default value of 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories is 10%.

Value of data 10

Measurement procedures (if any):

Monitoring frequency:

QA/QC procedures:

Any comment:

Data / Parameter: ID 13 / LC

Data unit: Numbers per Household.

Description Average Number of life stock of category –Dairy cows, Buffaloes and Other cattle


Value of data 3 – Dairy cows 1 – Buffaloes 1– Other cattle

Measurement procedures (if any): This is the average numbers of dairy cows present with each household.


QA/QC procedures: To assure the quality of the data, two SKGS senior staff members who have been trained carried out the monitoring survey. The data was also cross-checked by the GoodPlanet team by carrying out a random visit to the units of the project activity in the year 2016. The field visit ensured that the data provided corresponds to the field observations made by the GoodPlanet team.

Any comment:

Data / Parameter: ID 16 / GWPCH4

Data unit: 25 tCO2e / t CH4

Description Global Warming Potential (GWP) of methane

Source of data: Most recent IPCC data according to the GS guidelines (http://www.goldstandard.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Global-Warming-Potentials-for-Gold-Standard-Project-Activities-2013.pdf)

Measurement procedures (if any):

Monitoring frequency: Annually

QA/QC procedures:

Any comment: http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/ch2s2-10-2.html

http://www.goldstandard.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Global-Warming-Potentials-for-Gold-Standard-Project-Activities-2013.pdf

http://www.goldstandard.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Global-Warming-Potentials-for-Gold-Standard-Project-Activities-2013.pdf

http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/ch2s2-10-2.html

http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/ch2s2-10-2.html



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Data / Parameter: ID 17 / MSS,T,h,p

Data unit: 17%

Description Fraction of livestock category T's manure not fed into the biodigester and treated according to the animal waste management S.


Measurement procedures (if any): This parameter is measured by asking each beneficiary the total amount of animal dung collected from the sheds (number of baskets), if any additional quantity of dung left after feeding the digester is either pre-treated or directly dumped into the traditional composting pits. The fraction of dung that is not pre-treated aerobically and dumped in pits has been accounted in the project emissions calculation.


QA/QC procedures: The GoodPlanet team rechecked all the monitoring data and the excel sheets to be reassured that all the values corresponded to the documents.

Any comment: As per the monitoring data, each beneficiary was asked total time spend by the animals in the confined shed and the time spend for grazing. Out of the total animal dung collected from the confined shed, 83% of the dung is used in the biodigester and the remaining 17% of the dung is dumped in the traditional compost pits. The emissions from the 17% of dung dumped into the compost pits have been taken into account in the project emission reduction calculation.



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5. Emission Reductions

Calculations for Project Emissions are as follows: i. Project emissions from thermal energy needs: From the monitoring surveys it shows that the biogas supply

was regular and sufficient for cooking needs. In cases where the biogas units had some technical problems and the families had to use the firewood for cooking till the unit was repaired, the total amount of firewood consumed has been taken into account in the project emissions.

ii. Project emissions from - i) biodigester and ii) from composting pit (AWMS) The parameters used to calculate the project emissions from biodigester and the parameters used to calculate the project emissions from animal wastes management system (AWMS), have been provided in the table below:

Parameters Value Unit Reference source

GWP CH4 25 - IPCC

VS_dairy cow 3.8 Kg/Day Biogas Technology – B T Nijaguna.

VS_buffaloes 3.1 Kg/Day IPCC Vol 4, Chapter 10, Table 10A-5

VS_other cattle 1.4 Kg/Day IPCC Vol 4, Chapter 10, Table 10A-5

Bo_dairy cow 0.13 m3CH4/ Kg VS IPCC Vol 4, Chapter 10, Table 10A-4

Bo_buffaloes 0.1 m3CH4/ Kg VS IPCC Vol 4, Chapter 10, Table 10A-6

Bo_ other cattle 0.1 m3CH4/ Kg VS IPCC Vol 4, Chapter 10, Table 10A-5

Physical leakage 10 % - IPCC default value: anaerobic digesters

Efficiency of biogas stove 98% - Default value as per the methodology

Conversion factor m3 CH4 to tonne

CH4

0.00067 - Default value as per the methodology

Parameters for anaerobic digester emissions

MCF (Anaerobic digester) 100% -

MS(T,S,k)(fraction of dung put into the

biodigester) 83% - Calculated

Emission Factor_dairy cow 2.50 tCO2/animal/yr Calculated

Emission Factor_buffalo 1.57 tCO2/animal/yr Calculated

Emission Factor_other cattle 0.77 tCO2/animal/yr Calculated

Parameters for composting pit emissions

MCF (Composting pit) 71% Cattle bedding (IPCC;Vol 4;Chap 10;

table 10,17)



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MS(T,S,k) (fraction of dung not put

into the biodigester) 17% - Calculated

Emission Factor_dairy cow 0.37 tCO2/animal/yr Calculated

Emission Factor_buffalo 0.23 tCO2/animal/yr Calculated

Emission Factor_other cattle 0.11 tCO2/animal/yr Calculated

NRB 78% Registered PDD

NCV-Firewood 15,6 TJ/Gg IPCC

Emission Factor_Wood 112 T/Tj IPCC

Total number of households in the

survey sample 177 Random sampling

From the above mentioned parameters, the emission reductions were calculated for the project activity and the following table summarises the total emission reductions from the project activity:

1 Baseline Emissions 9.15 tCO2/yr./household Baseline Survey2

2 Project Emissions 2.36 tCO2/yr./household Monitoring Survey 2016

3 Emission Reductions 6.79 tCO2/yr./household Calculated

A total of 1716 biodigester units were constructed since 2009. In the present monitoring report,1688 units are functioning till date and are accordingly taken into consideration while calculating the total emission reductions. The VER’s have been claimed for the year 2016. Conclusion: -

Year Months Total unit functional Total ER’s

2016 1stJanuary –31stDecember 1688 11463

The emission reductions are claimed from: 01/01/2016 – 31/12/2016. Emission reduction for the year 2016: 11463 tCO2

2Reference documents on the GS registry: -

1. PDD.FINAL.09052012.pdf, Page 39; and 2. ER Calculation sheet: Confidential Baseline and ER_Calculations_FINAL_09052012



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Annexe: Sample copies of monitoring survey sheets. Scanned copies of monitoring survey sheets have been uploaded on the GS registry for verification.

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