Contribution project

Clean electricity from landfill gas

Thailand, Bangkok

ClimatePartner ID: 1181

Project details

Gas RecoveryGet to know the project

This carbon offset project supports the operation two power plants using landfill gas to generate electricity. The plants with 8 MW each are located in the Kamphaeng Saen district in Nakon Patom province, about 100 km southwest of Bangkok. Before the project started, methane emissions from the decomposition of waste entered the atmosphere untreated. With the support of the project a collection system for Landfillgas (LFG) was installed. The gas is piped from the landfills to a treatment plant and then to a generator that produces electricity. The project prevents the landfill gas from entering the atmosphere by using it in a controlled manner. This will save about 1.7 million tonnes of CO₂ over a period of 7 years.

Besides contributing to climate protection, the project improves local air quality and thus living conditions for people in the neighbouring communities. It is the first landfill in Thailand to use this technology, making it a role model for other operators.

246,602 t CO₂Estimated annual emissions reductions

Project Standard

The project contributes to the the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals

How does gas recovery contribute to climate action?

Methane is a greenhouse gas emitted by many processes including livestock farming, waste management, sewage treatment, oil production, and coal mining. When released into the atmosphere, it oxidises first to carbon monoxide and then to carbon dioxide, making it a major contributor to global warming. Climate projects avoid these emissions by capturing the gas and using it to generate heat or electricity, or by processing the gas into dry and liquid gas. In this way, the gas is not released into the atmosphere and is used to generate energy instead. Gas recovery projects in the ClimatePartner portfolio are registered with international standards.

The project aims to contribute to these United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Project facts

Climate projects generally fall into one of three groups: carbon reduction, carbon removal, or carbon avoidance. Carbon reduction projects reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced by a specific activity (e.g., improved cookstoves). Carbon removal projects remove carbon from the atmosphere by sequestering it in carbon sinks (e.g., reforestation). Carbon avoidance projects avoid greenhouse gas emissions entering the atmosphere (e.g., protecting forests from deforestation with REDD+ projects).

Climate projects demonstrably reduce, remove, or avoid greenhouse gas emissions. This is achieved with various technologies, ranging from nature-based solutions to social impact projects and renewable energies.

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This figure shows the estimated annual emission reductions calculated before the project started. The actual number of emissions saved in each monitoring period may differ. The background to this process is that in order to be registered as a climate project, the project operator must submit the calculation of the estimated emissions savings using the ex-ante methodology in a Project Design Document (PDD), which is similar to a business plan. This calculation is validated by an independent auditor. The values determined in the PDD are recalculated during regular monitoring periods based on actual project performance, documented in a monitoring report, and verified again by independent auditors at the end of the monitoring period to ensure a robust process. Independent verification thus provides ex-post verification of actual emission reductions. Verified emission reductions are not distributed until the savings have actually been made.

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