Life cycle assessment of village electrification based
on straight jatropha oil in Chhattisgarh, India
Simon Michael Gmu¨nder a,
*, Rainer Zah a
, Somnath Bhatacharjee b
, Mischa Classen c
,
Prodyut Mukherjee d
, Rolf Widmer a
a
Technology and Society Lab,...
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Life cycle assessment of village electrification based
on straight jatropha oil in Chhattisgarh, India
Simon Michael Gmu¨nder a,
*, Rainer Zah a
, Somnath Bhatacharjee b
, Mischa Classen c
,
Prodyut Mukherjee d
, Rolf Widmer a
a
Technology and Society Lab, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (EMPA), U¨ berlandstr.
129,
8600 Du¨bendorf, Switzerland
b
Winrock India International, New Delhi, India
c
First Climate AG, Zu¨rich, Switzerland
d
Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and Allied Trusts, New Delhi, India
a r t i c l e i n f o
Article history:
Received 15 June 2009
Received in revised form
11 November 2009
Accepted 12 November 2009
Available online 4 December 2009
Keywords:
Jatropha curcas L.
Rural electrification
LCA
India
Village power
Straight vegetable oil
a b s t r a c t
A decentralized power generation plant fuelled by straight jatropha oil was implemented in
2006 in Ranidhera, Chhattisgarh, India.
The goal of this study was to assess the environmental sustainabil
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