Compensation Projects
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Sustainable energy production in the Amazon
This project, located in a remote town in the Brazilian Amazon, is the first ever that produces greenhouse gas emission reductions based on sustainably harvested biomass from an FSC-certified forest operation. With a 9 MW wood-fired power plant, the Swiss based forestry company Precious Woods (www.preciouswoods.com) converts the wood residuals from its sawmill to electricity and thereby covers 80% of the demand of the 70’000 inhabitants of Itacoatiara. The project replaces the former diesel based electricity system with a renewable and local energy source.
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Solar Cookers in Rural Northwestern China
Your voluntary contribution will help to provide approximately 20,000 units of solar cookers to rural residents living in the dry and barren land of Ningxia province of northwestern China.
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Salido Kecil mini hydro power plant
The project’s objective is the rehabilitation and upgrade of a historic mini hydro power plant in West Sumatra, Indonesia, in order to obtain the maximum available power-output by utilizing as much of the existing infrastructure as possible. While the plant’s current output does not exceed 85 kW, the plant is expected to deliver 1.15 MW to the grid after rehabilitation. The plant is a showcase for similar projects to be implemented in Indonesia in the future.
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India: Sustainable Energy for rural progress
To compensate the approximative 6’300 tons CO2-equivalents which will be generated by the WEF Annual Meeting 2005 the DCA supports the EmPP Partnership programme by DESI Power Ltd in India.
