Vietnam gets new energy from Landfill

A biomass project in Vietnam could remove more than 4 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions during the next 20 years, an energy company said.

A biomass project in Vietnam could remove more than 4 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions during the next 20 years, an energy company said.

German energy company E.ON and Bionersis, a French company specializing in green energy, announced the startup of a clean-energy project at the Nam Son landfill near Hanoi, Vietnam.

The companies said they installed a biogas recovery system and flaring equipment that would burn off or consume gas from the landfill.

The decomposition of organic waste at landfills gives off methane gas that can be used as an energy source.

The Nam Son landfill receives more than 3,000 tons of domestic waste per day from Hanoi’s 3.5 million inhabitants.

The methane from the landfill could generate 5 megawatts of electricity while more than 4.5 million tons of gas will be removed from the atmosphere during the next 20 years.

“Leveraging our energy expertise we are committed to using flexible mechanisms like the (Nam Son facility) as one of the most cost effective ways of tackling climate change,” Herve Touati, managing director of E.ON’s carbon sourcing business, said in a statement.- UPI

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