Conclusions :

  Kolar depends  mainly on non  commercial forms of energy. Non 
  commercial energy constitutes 84%, met mainly by sources like 
  firewood, agricultural  residues, charcoal and cowdung, while 
  commercial  energy's share is  16%, met mainly by electricity, 
  oill etc. 

  The largest single user of bioenergy  is the  domestic sector, 
  followed by industries. Increased shortage of wood fuels have 
  forced many users to shift to substantial use of agricultural 
  residues. Bio energy users are faced with  limited options of 
  accessible and affordable fuels.

  A major constraint  to effective  planning and  management in 
  rural areas is the  insufficiency of data  and  environmental 
  information. The data are  essential for the  formulation  of 
  essential polocies and strategies for local energy(bio energy) 
  production and use.

  Government  planning   institutions,  both   centralised  and 
  decentralised,often display a lack of interest in traditional 
  fuels  including  bio  energy.  the  most  direct  effect  of 
  neglecting bio energy planning have lead to severe scarcities 
  and drudgery for weaker  groups,  over-exploitation of  local 
  resources.

  Energy plan for a region  should  include bioenergy plans and 
  be  linked to  area-based  planning  and/or rural development 
  planning. Decentralisation  allows  close interaction between 
  planning and implementation, whether in  projects, programmes 
  or  policies  at  large. Experiences  have  shown  that  such 
  interaction  is  vital  for  successful  interventions  which 
  address local and site-specific issues like bio energy.

  The  interventions  in  bioenergy   sector  could  be  supply-
  oriented(aiming at increasing, redistributing or substituting 
  supply), or demand  oriented  (aiming at  managing  demand by 
  conservation  or  other   measures  which  enhances  rational 
  consumption), or both.

  Severity of the  energy crisis (bioenergy)  in several blocks 
  of Kolar  demands  for  implementing  area  based micro-level  
  integrated  energy  plan  through  least  cost (and  improved 
  efficiency)  mix of different sources of energy. 

  Energy  saving  devices  and alternate devices / technologies 
  should   be  introduced,   taking  in  to  consideration  the 
  suitability and potential of the area.

  The land use pattern is to be analysed  to identify potential 
  areas for  energy  plantations with the species acceptable to 
  the local people. 

  Recommendations in this regard are:
       Include regional energy where relevant as one of the key 
       elements  in  the  overall   strategy   for  sustainable 
       development .  Integrate  programmes  for  food ,  water, 
       energy and social development.

       Establish  regional  centres of excellence for renewable 
       energy,  to  provide  training, technology  support, and 
       resource  databases  appropriate  to  the regional needs. 
       Develop and implement  regional demonstration programmes 
       as  showcases  of  the   best  elements   of   renewable 
       technologies.

       Gather, review  and  publicise success stories involving 
       renewable energy, to give realistic examples of what has 
       been done and is possible.