SOCIAL IMPACTS OF GEOTHERMAL UTILISATION IN PUGA, LADAKH, INDIA

Kunzes Dolma, Iceland School of Energy, Reykjavik University(RU).

kunzes18@ru.is

Iceland in early 1900. Puga at present

• Puga shown is located at 4550metres above sea level

• Thermal studies showtemperatures of more than220 °C at 2200 metres depth.

BACKGROUND

Nomadic Residential School, Puga

• Talk about the region

THE PROBLEM

• Minimum temperature in Puga below -25°C

• Absence of electricity grid

• Nomadic Residential School has 200

• Boarding school is heated using wood or kerosene

• Migration of people as energy is not accessible

ORC POWER PLANT

SOCIAL IMPACT

• Building heating

• Industries

• Greenhouse

• Employment opportunities will stop migration to cities

• Uplift lives of women

Iceland in early 1900. Puga at present

THANK YOU

REFERENCES

• Building Energy Codes, 2011: Building technologies program, air leakage guide. US DoE, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Sept. 2011, 38 pp.

• Craig, J., Absar, A., Bhat, J., Cadel, G., Hafiz, M., Hakhoo, N., Kashkari, R., Moore, J., Ricchiuto, T.E., Thuro, J., and Thusu, B., 2013: Hot springs and the geothermal potential of Jammu and Kashmir State, N.W.Himalaya, India. India´s Earth Science Reviews, 126, 156-177.

• Dolma, K., 2017: Pilot cogeneration plant for Puga geothermal field: Providing clean energy solution to a nomadic residential school in Puga, India. Report 9, 26 pp.