Methane Recovery and Power Generation, India
Location
India
SDGs Contribution
3
Solution Type
Waste to Energy
Programme Type
Carbon Reduction
Fact File
🌬️ Over a 20 year time period, methane’s global warming potential is 84-87 times higher than carbon dioxide, and it is estimated to be responsible for roughly 30% of global warming since pre-industrial times.
💡 India is fast becoming one of the most energy intensive areas on the planet. It still relies heavily on fossil fuel power to meet electricity needs, as more people are connected to the grid.
☁️ During the last monitoring period, the project activity resulted in a greenhouse gas emissions reduction of 62,074 tCO2/year.
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About this Project
The Problem
Globally, starch is a $58.20 billion industry, used in an incredibly diverse list of products, including medicines. Unfortunately for the planet, manufacturing starch results in a liquid waste (effluent) which, when treated in the open air, releases large amounts of methane into the atmosphere, a potent short lived climate forcer, accelerating global warming rapidly in the short term.
The Solution
The project replaces open-air (aerobic) treatment of the effluent at a starch manufacturer in India with anaerobic treatment in a thermophilic bio-methanation reactor. This means that the methane-rich biogas produced during treatment can be captured rather than being released into the atmosphere.
The methane is then used to generate electricity for use onsite and to replace grid electricity, which in India is still heavily reliant on fossil fuels.
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