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Monday, November 21, 2005

Banyan Vision


Road Ahead: Banyan vision is to  become the  best   in  the   world  at Environmental Innovations. Banyan intends to play an  important  role   in  this  field both   by  developing projects   &  by   providing  high  value   services. Banyan  is poised to  scale  up  its   networking, financing, Technological innovations & project  development  activities  &   needs  to  bring  in  more capital   to  this  effort. In  the  years   to  come  Banyan   sees  following   advantages  being  offered  by  itself in the   CDM  space

 

1.     Ability to  identify right opportunities in CDM space & speedily carry out   financial  analysis, practical business  planning.

2.     Global perspective & diverse experience

3.     Innovative Business Models

4.     Project Preparedness: Highly  networked &  connected  entity  with  links  to   New Economy or Information Technology, BPO- Business Process Outsourcing,  as   well  as Rural, Industrial & Old Economy businesses.

Re: Banyan Business


Banyan Business: Identifying &  quantifying CDM  opportunities in priority segments,  educating, reaching out & networking   with large emitters, technology providers, financers & CDM  services providers, creating  practical Business Plans for CDM projects,   has  been  the key focus for Banyan. Multi million CER Projects where mitigation   costs  are significantly lower than Carbon Income,   with  the  exception of  Biomass are the  focus of Banyan. Revised IPCC ( Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change) guidelines 1996, project   specific software & research  has  helped  us  make   realistic  estimates  of  the  expected   CERs  from a  segment & project.

 

To  prove environmental & financial additionality, detailed financial analysis   has  been completed in Banyan Priority sectors of  

 

1.     Urban Infrastructure: Methane mitigation from Land Fills, Composting MSW-Municipal Solid Waste   to  avoid potential Methane Emissions etc.  fall in to  this category. 15-17 million CERs planned.

2.     Green Power: All renewable sources of Energy like Biomass, Wind, Solar,  Natural Gas based  power sources & Energy Efficiency  improvements. >5 million CERs planned from Biomass alone.

3.     Agricultural Innovations: Methane & Nitrous Oxide from enteric   fermentation, agriculture including Animal Waste Management Systems. 25-30 million CERs planned.

4.     Project & Carbon Services: Providing GHG mitigation project & CDM services to clients & associates in India & Rest of the world. Carbon   services  for  large projects to Corporate Houses & Large Government Sector GHG emitters are   being  offered  by Banyan on  Project by Project  basis   with Mitsubishi Securities ( now MUFJ Securities, Tokyo Japan ) for Fertilizer   & Aluminum Sectors.