Waste & methaneCompleted
Landfill Closure and Gas Capture CDM Project by GAIL at Ghazipur
State-owned GAIL (India) Limited's project at Delhi's Ghazipur landfill captures methane and introduces bio-CNG for transportation applications, registered in November 2014 with a fixed crediting period running through 2024.
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Workers on Ghazipur landfill in Delhi, photographed in 2013.Location context · FacetsOfNonStickPans · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2013 · Resized; display cropImage source ↗Licence ↗
OperatorGAIL (India) Limited
EcosystemLandfill gas capture and bio-CNG
StandardCDM Project 9456
StatusCompleted
LocationGhazipur, Delhi, India
Overview
Inside the project
Estimated annual emission reductions are 9,337 tonnes of CO2 equivalent.
9,337 tCO2e/yr
Estimated annual emission reductions
Objectives
- Capture methane at the Ghazipur landfill
- Convert captured gas into bio-CNG for transport
Approach
- Captured landfill methane is processed into bio-CNG for transportation applications.
Sources
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- cdm.unfccc.int ↗https://cdm.unfccc.int/Projects/DB/KBS_Cert1356901353.55/view
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