Clean Development Mechanism Projects

Project Title

Shaanxi Methane Recovery and Electricity Generation Project in Xi'an Guowei Starch Co. Ltd

Country

China

Project description

The purpose of the project activity is to recover and utilize the biogas emitted from the existing wastewater treatment facilities as fuel to generate electricity displacing part of power purchased from North West Power Grid (NWPG), thus reducing methane emissions in the wastewater treatment and simultaneously avoiding CO2 emissions from the business-as-usual scenario electricity generation of those fossil fuel-fired power plants connected into NWPG.

The total installed capacity of the proposed project is 1.5MW (3*0.5 MW), and the related biogas collection system will also be installed including pipelines, gas holder and a desulphurization tower. The emission reduction by avoiding direct methane emission is 40,472 tCO2e annually. The estimated to-bedelivered electricity power is 7,020 MWh and the corresponding emission reduction is 5,966 tCO2e annually. So the total annual emission reduction of the project is 46,437 tCO2e during a fixed 10-year crediting period.

It is a small scale project and applied public availability again for methdology AMS-III H "Methane Recovery in Waste Water Treatment" upgrading to version 09 and AMS-I D "Grid connected renewable electricity generation" upgrading to version 13.

Fixed crediting period is 10 years and expected starting date is 01/09/2008

Project Design Document (PDD)

Period for comments: Was the 21st June - 20th July 2008.
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