Southpole company has introduced numerous waste to energy plants around the globe. China’s 6 million population in this small village has introduced a waste to energy landfill.
The city of Suzhou, right in the middle of the Yangtze River Delta in Eastern China, is one of the oldest cities in Jiangsu province. Famous for its canals and temples, gardens and markets. Traffic and trading still make the heartbeat of this Venice of the East. Today, Suzhou region has about 6 million inhabitants. Most of them, working in the large industries, such as silk production, machinery, and construction. Just as any densely populated region, Suzhou is facing severe infrastructure challenges, such as waste management.
What we see here is a landfill area at Suzhou city. But before the start of our landfill gas recovery project, not only polluted the air, but also emitted methane in the atmosphere, one of the strongest greenhouse gases.
Now, let’s ask people involved about the project, and its benefit for the global climate and local environment.
Chen Tao (General Manager):
“The initial idea of this Gold Standard VER project was created in 2005. The local government intended to beautify the city’s environment at the same time as the construction of our waste incineration plant. So, we decided to structure our approach to use the methane generated by the landfill waste. The local community would benefit from improved air quality, and global warming could be mitigated by reducing the emittance of the most significant GHG to the atmosphere. The revenue coming from the VERs can be used to improve the facilities to reduce the intensity of labor input, and to improve the working environment. On the other hand, profits of VERs will be used wisely to increase the on-site maintenance standard, and also to improve the effectiveness of the methane incineration.”
Liu Zhaofeng (Plant Worker):
“This is the well, stretching up to 25 meters deep underground. It is connected to the inter-pipelines, and finally linked to the main pipeline. The captured methane is transported through these linkages to the turbine for electricity generation.”
Chen Yang (Plant Engineer):
“Because of the domestic policy constraint, our initial propose of a CDM project was not eligible under government’s rules on foreign investment; which led to a lower financial return than expected. However, the implementation of GS VER provided us an optimal solution.”
Suzhou Resident:
“The situation has been improved a lot. I live quite close to the landfill site, and the air quality could be really bad especially when facing unfavorable weather. But now, the situation changed. We no longer sense such strong bad smells.”
South Pole has successfully brought to market this, and over 150 other projects around the globe. Now, it is your opportunity to generate a double effect by offsetting the carbon footprint of your company and mitigating global warming while at the same time, contributing to the environmental and social development in Suzhou.
With gold standard, VER from South Pole.
