Waste & methaneActive
Introduction of the recovery and combustion of methane at the Cañaveralejo Wastewater Treatment Plant
Run by the municipal utility EMCALI at its Cañaveralejo wastewater treatment plant, this CDM project captures and burns methane gas produced during sludge treatment operations at an existing wastewater facility, registered in September 2009.
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OperatorEmpresas Municipales de Cali EMCALI-EICE ESP
EcosystemWastewater treatment methane recovery
StandardCDM, methodology AMS-III.H. ver.9
StatusActive
LocationCañaveralejo Wastewater Treatment Plant, Cali, Colombia
Overview
Inside the project
Estimated annual reductions are 56,632 tonnes of CO2 equivalent.
ALLCOT AG appears here as an authorised participant, alongside a since-withdrawn carbon fund (Post 2012 Carbon Credit Fund CV) that was originally also party to the project.
56,632 tCO2e/yr
Estimated annual emission reductions
Objectives
- Capture and combust methane from wastewater sludge treatment
Approach
- Methane produced during sludge treatment at the existing wastewater facility is recovered and combusted, under methodology AMS-III.H.
Sources
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- cdm.unfccc.int ↗https://cdm.unfccc.int/Projects/DB/RINA1228922788.48/view
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