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BRAC and Emergence Energy, Inc. of the USA recently signed an agreement to conduct a pilot research on energy and environment called ‘Project Emergence.’

This project is a micro-enterprise effort involving five components: a) local production of environmentally sound energy; b) local consumption of electricity and other energy production byproducts; c) empowerment of the poor, particularly women; d) creation of sustainable jobs; and e) community development.

The project plans to establish mini power plants (MPP) in rural Bangladesh, each of which will be owned and operated by two borrowers in a microcredit programme. Using cow dung and Stirling engine the MPP will produce electricity, fertilizer, and heat for drying. In addition to using biogas, the Stirling engine may also use alternative fuels even kerosene.

This information has been taken from BRAC's newsletter Red Update