INCaF PhasCon

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The project involves the construction and operation of three landfill gas to energy (LFGTE) projects in China at Dalian in Liaoning Province and Huizhou and Huiyang in Guangdong Province. For each LFGTE project, there will be a network of vertical landfill gas (LFG) extraction wells, a LFG conveyance system, a blower station, an enclosed flare, and a LFG fueled internal combustion engine(s) for the generation of electricity that will be sold to the local power grid. PhasCon is implementing a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project at each LFGTE project based on the capture of fugitive methane from the landfills at each site. Jointly or independently with the landfill operator at each site, PhasCon will undertake the following:- Designing, constructing, and maintaining a one meter thick landfill cover system to divert storm water, prevent storm water infiltration, and enhance the anaerobic degradation of the in-place waste; - Designing, installing and operating the LFG collection system to limit fugitive emissions of methane;- Designing, installing and operating a leachate recirculation system for leachate pretreatment while enhancing the degradation of the in-place waste; - Designing, constructing and operating a power generation system that uses the captured methane to generate electricity; - Establishing an Internet-based communication, monitoring and control system for operating LFG recovery, power generation systems and leachate recycling on a regional basis; and,- Assist the landfill operator with respect to waste placement and management, and the construction of leachate and LFG management systems during waste placement. Each project will be developed in two stages. During the first stage, the final cover system for the landfill, the leachate recirculation system (where applicable) and the LFG collection and conveyance systems will be constructed. The collected LFG will be thermally treated in the enclosed landfill gas flare. In the second stage, the LFG fueled power generation equipment will be installed at the site and a grid connection established by the electric company, as required by the Chinese Renewable Energy Law. The law also requires the electric companies to purchase the power from LFG projects. During the second stage, LFG will be consumed by the power generation equipment, while the enclosed flare will serve as a backup LFG treatment system.Each LFGTE project will reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through the capture and treatment of fugitive methane and the displacement of grid-based power, which is primarily supplied by coal-fired power stations, with power generated from the projects. PhasCon intends to register each LFGTE project as a CDM project, as provided for under the Kyoto Protocol, generate Certified Emission Reductions (CERs), and sell these CERs to the IFC-Netherlands Carbon Facility (INCaF).