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Creating Energy out of a Landfill
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THE CHALLENGE: To boost the weak energy-generating capacity in Brazil, numerous innovative strategies needed to be introduced and considered.
THE APPROACH: Methane gas extracted from the landfill is used to power a 23-megawatt (MW) energy plant. ARCADIS constructed this electric plant, at the Bandeirantes border, in a record three months time. ARCADIS won the concession for extracting the methane gas and also performed design, build, finance and operate (DBFO) services for this project.
THE RESULT: With an annual capacity of 170 million kilowatt-hours (KwH), the biogas plant on the Bandeirantes Landfill, one of the largest in Brazil, near São Paulo provides more than 58,000 Brazilian households with power. But there are other benefits. After 15 years of operation, this plant will have prevented 8 million tons of methane and carbon dioxide from being released to the atmosphere – helping to slow down global warming.
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