Gaziantep Landfill Gas to Energy Project
Project Details
Type
Avoided Emissions
Avoided Emissions
Developer
Impact type
Vintage
Registry
Metholodolgy
Crediting period
Project Description
This project supports collection of landfill gas and generation of 5.655MW of electricity at a landfill serving Gaziantep City, Turkey. The project is expected to reduce more than 91,000 tonnes of CO2e emissions each year. Credits are generated from two pieces of the project: (1) avoiding the emissions of methane (a potent greenhouse gas) into the atmosphere and (2) using the power generated from the methane (natural gas) to displace dirtier fossil-fuel-produced power coming from the electric grid. The project clearly required carbon revenues to achieve these two goals and therefore generates high-quality carbon offsets.
Risk of Potential Reversals
This project has little to no risk of reversal because its avoided emissions are not subject to being undone.
Location
Gaziantep City, Turkey
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