ISSN 2319-5347, ISI Impact Factor: 0.763

VOLUME 03 NO. 03 JULY 2015

Title:         Gudiyattam Block Energy planning - Potential of Biogas from livestock for Household Cooking
Authors:    K. Anantha Narayana, S. P. Sekar, M. Venkatesan
Abstract:  Among the renewable, Biogas (livestock dung) energy has good potential in rural areas of TamilNadu. A study to explore potential of Biogas for cooking in households of panchayat villages was conducted. Union of panchayat villages is a block and in this study defined as a region. Gudiyattam is a designated rural block in the state of TamilNadu and consists of 44 panchayat villages and 1 town. This study was conducted using available variety of Livestock in each panchayat village and aggregated to Block level. Among the 44 panchayat villages,it is observed that 5 having high potential, 18 having moderate and 22 with no potential. An analysis was carried out to identify potential biomass and forest land saved in panchayat villages of Gudiyattam block. Potential household beneficiary’s panchayat village wise identified. This study has found Regional Energy planning through Biogas for household cooking is a reliable alternative and has potential for replication in other blocks.

Keywords:   Biogas, Panchayat village, Live stock, Forest land, households
Pages:         195-200

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