Warana Power Co-operative

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Warana Power Co-operative legally known as Shree Tatyasaheb Kore Warana Sahakari Navashkti Sanstha Ltd. Warananagar, is a cooperative organization generating electric power from non-conventional, natural clean energy resources, such as hydro and biomass through the co-operative sector.^[1] These members are other co-operative organizations of Warana Group. They have also proposed to generate electric energy from wind, solar, tidal and geothermal, and later from other conventional energy resources.^[2]

Warana Group

Warana Group (Warana Nagar) is situated on the banks of the Warana River, and lies in a green valley about 35 kilometres (22 mi) from the city of Kolhapur, and about 400 kilometres (250 mi) from Mumbai. The transformation of Warana from a barren to its current prosperous and fertile region began with the setting up of a cooperative sugar factory near the village of Kodoli in 1959.^[3] The Warana Power Co-operative idea of generating energy through co-operative organization was grown in the mind of Vinay Kore; and in January 2005, Warana Power Co-operative had been established.^[2] To start, Warana Power Co-operative took up 6 small hydro power projects form the state government of Maharashtra under the BOT (build–operate–transfer) policy.^[2]

Hydro power projects

The hydro power projects, all located in Kolhapur district, Maharashtra, India, are as follows:^[4]

Project	Capacity
Chitri	1 × 2.0 MW
Kumbhi	1 × 2.5 MW
Kadavi	1 × 1.5 MW
Patagon	1 × 2.5 MW
Tulshi	2 × 0.8 MW
Jangamhatti	1 × 0.5 MW

Present Total Proposed power generation is 10.6MW through Hydro Power^[4]

Warana co-generation project of 44MW has also started under the Warana Power Co-operative, which is attached with Warana Sugar.^[5] Bagasse, a waste product of sugar cane, will be used as fuel in the co-generation plant for the 150-day crushing period of the sugar factory; and for remaining 150 days, imported coal or biomass such as sugarcane trash, cotton stalk, rice husk. Julie Flora is apparently known Babool Tree in Hindi; need to link to actual plant name. --> sawdust, etc. will be used.^[5]

References

^ "Co-ops make power sector debut through Kolhapur". Waranapower.com. Retrieved 2013-09-21.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Warana Power". Warana Power. Retrieved 2013-09-21.
^ "Warana Power". Warana Power. Retrieved 2013-09-21.
^ ^a ^b "Projects World : July 2011". Waranapower.com. Retrieved 2013-09-21.
^ ^a ^b "Warana Power". Warana Power. Retrieved 2013-09-21.

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