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NovaGerar
has been granted a 20 year concessional
license by Empresa Municipal de Limpeza
Urbana (EMLURB) (Municipal Waste
Collection Company, a government agency
responsible for waste collection and
disposal) in 2001 to explore the landfill
gas potential of two landfill sites,
Marambaia and Andrianopolis (officially
called 'Lixao de Marambaia' and 'Aterro
Sanitario de Andrianopolis') located in
Nova Iguaçú, Rio de Janeiro State,
Brazil. NovaGerar will be responsible for
the decommissioning and rehabilitation of
the Lixao Marambaia site, which has been
operating since 1986 and is due to cease
operation in October 2001. The
Andrianopolis site will commence operation
in October 2002 and it is anticipated that
it will receive between 400 -1200 tones of
municipal waste per day.
The
project is a Landfill Gas to Energy
Project owned and managed by a newly
formed company, NovaGerar. NovaGerar is a
50:50 joint venture between EcoSecurities,
an environmental finance company which
specializes in greenhouse gas (GHG)
mitigation issues, with offices in the UK,
USA, the Netherlands, Australia and
Brazil, and S.A. Paulista a Brazilian
civil engineering and construction firm
based in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil,
with branches in several other states and
counties. S.A. Paulista's core business is
in traditional heavy construction sectors
such as highways, railways, airports,
ports, industries and sanitation. S.A.
Paulista also manages the largest domestic
waste transfer station in South America
(Transbordo Ponte Pequena) responsible for
60% of all domestic waste from Sao Paulo,
a city with a population of 8 million
people.
The
object of the NovaGerar project is to
reduce methane (and CO2) emissions from
the Marambaia and Andrianopolis landfills
in Brazil. The landfill gas to energy
project will require investment in a
comprehensive gas analysis and pumping
trials, a gas collection system and a
modular electricity generation plant (with
final capacity 7MW, to be verified when
further studies undertaken). The project
will capture and combust landfill gas to
generate electricity for the grid and
reduce greenhouse gas emissions of over
3.5 million tones of CO2 over the next 10
years (the total project lifetime is 20
years, and will result in emission
reductions of over 7 million tones CO2).
In 2001, NovaGerar sought funding from
IUEP to undertake further detailed studies
to contribute towards the design and
installation of a landfill gas collection
system.
As
well as the greenhouse gas mitigation
benefits it is expected that the NovaGerar
Landfill Gas to Energy Project will bring
a series of sustainable development
benefits to the region and country:
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it
could attract additional foreign
investment into the country, with a
positive effect on Brazil's balance of
payment;
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the
multiplier effect of this investment
is likely to bring additional benefits
such as increased employment
opportunities, particularly in the
area where the project is located; it
will play an important role as a
demonstration project, and encourage
less dependency on grid-supplied
electricity and better management of
landfills throughout Brazil. This is
of particular relevance given Brazil's
ongoing power shortages.
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