NDDB to offer energy efficient solutions to dairy industry, inks MoU with EESL

ANAND, 05 May 2021: With a view to promote efficient renewable technologies in the dairy industry, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) during a virtual ceremony on 5 May 2021 at NDDB, Anand.

Meenesh Shah, Executive Director, NDDB and Venkatesh Dwivedi, Director, Projects, EESL signed the MoU in presence of Ms Varsha Joshi, Joint Secretary (Dairy Development), Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Govt of India and Chairman, NDDB and Saurabh Kumar, Executive Vice Chairman, EESL.

Speaking on the occasion, Ms Varsha Joshi conveyed that NDDB and EESL will work together to design and develop innovative business models (energy efficient solutions) for dairy cooperative institutions, which are transparent, scalable and flexible enough to seamlessly embrace different and emerging technologies in a manner that incentivises all the stakeholders.

She stressed the need of propagating such technically sound and financially viable models meeting the need of electricity, steam and hot water in the dairy cooperative network.

"The strong dairy cooperative network can economise operational costs by adopting energy efficient solutions," Kumar stressed.

Meenesh Shah said that NDDB and EESL will facilitate collaboration among various agencies for disposal of crop residues/agricultural waste and bio waste in an environment friendly, efficient and viable manner through adoption of non-conventional energy generation models.                                   

EESL will conceptualise, propose and design technically sound alternate energy generation solutions for dairy plants in the dairy cooperative sector across the country. It will also arrange necessary technical and funding support for design, development and operation of the non-conventional energy generation models.

NDDB will extend its expertise in dairy business/dairy plant management/other such related activities to facilitate/support conceptualising, development and implementation of the alternate energy generation models. The Dairy Board will also assist in development, monitoring and evaluation of programmes leading to assessment of outcome/impact of projects.