Price: £7.90
Standard: Gold Standard
Location: China
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Suzhou Landfill in Anhui Province Gas Utilization Project is located in Qianfu village, near Suzhou City in Anhui province. The landfill was constructed in 2005 with a designed lifetime of 16 years. The designed capacity of the site is 3,027,000m3. The average waste tonnage in 2008 is 405 tonnes/day and it will increase by 5% each year.
The Project activity will use a state of the art proprietary LFG gas collection system. The system installation started in 2008 and it includes gas collection system and untilisation system. The collected gas will be utilised in gas engines each with a unit capacity of approximately 1MW and generate power, and any excess gas will be flared initially in an enclosed flare with a capacity of 1000 Nm3/h. The electricity generated will be delivered to the East China Power Grid. The average gas collected by this project will be 1,830 tonne CH4/year. Together with the displacement of mainly fossil fuel generated electricity within the regional power grid this will result in a reduction of approximately 44,698 tCO2e per year over a 7 years renewable crediting period.
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction will be achieved by maximum destruction of methane between the power generators and the flare. GHG emission reduction will also be achieved by displacing coal generated grid power in the East China Power Grid. The total GHG emission reduction for the first crediting period is estimated to be 312,889tCO2e.
The project activity will bring a number of benefits to the project owners and city of Suzhou.
Environmental benefits:
• The project will significantly improve local air quality; and
• The project will create global benefits through reduced impact upon climate change.
• The project activity will also ensure that correct management of the landfill is carried out so as to optimise landfill gas recovery.
Social impacts:
• Improved air quality, through the reduction of odours, will have a marked impact upon the quality of life for the neighbouring communities
• The utilisation of a renewable source of energy to generate electricity will contribute to China’sustainable development.
• Collection of the landfill gas will improve the safety aspects of the landfill, reducing the dangers of combustion and explosion of methane pockets.
• The Project will also create employment opportunities through the construction, operation and continuous monitoring of the Project.
Economic impacts:
• The landfill operators will benefit from an additional source of revenue, helping to secure their future and the continued provision of sanitary waste disposal.
• Employment opportunities will be created through the construction, operation and continuous monitoring of the project activity.