Bekasi Landfill Gas Flaring

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The Bekasi Landfill Gas Recovery Project for Indonesia development objective is to collect and flare methane produced from solid waste disposed in the City of Bekasi's Tempat Pembuangan Akhir (TPA) Sumur Batu landfill and thus reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions. This objective will be facilitated through a Carbon Finance transaction between the World Bank and the project developer. In addition, a percentage of the project developer's revenues from the certified emission reductions (CERs) will be shared with the city to help improve solid waste collection and disposal within the municipality resulting in various public health benefits. Moreover, implementation of this carbon finance operation (CFO) can also act as a catalyst for the development of similar clean development mechanism (CDM) projects in the municipal solid waste sector, benefiting not only reductions of global GHG emissions, but improvements to solid waste collection and disposal throughout Indonesia. This CFO consists of two distinct project activities: (i) the construction and operation of landfill gas (LFG) collection and flaring equipment that will result in CERs; and (ii) a Carbon Finance transaction that will facilitate the purchase of the CERs. The first activity will consist of LFG extraction and flaring facilities that will include the following components: (i) a collection system consisting of horizontal and vertical wells and collection pipes that will be installed in the area containing waste that will be expanded over time as additional areas of the landfill are filled; (ii) LFG pumping equipment including a pipeline and blowers; (iii) LFG treatment and flare systems which will remove moisture and combust the gas; and (iv) monitoring and control systems. The second activity are World Bank-managed the Netherlands clean development facility (NCDMF) will finance the purchase of CER credits resulting from the LFG flaring component. The design of the landfill gas component was significantly influenced by the attempt to optimize the amount of CERs to be delivered and purchased through this transaction.