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Santa Tecla Landfill Methane Assessment Report and Capacity Building

  Project Information
Stage idea
Sector idea
Geographical Focus Brazil
Location City: Gravataí
Description of Project U.S. EPA met with municipal officials and collected site data to evaluate the technical feasibility and the insitutional and political framework of capturing and using methane gas at the Santa Tecla Landfill.
Instrumental Organizations Texas Transportation Institute, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Emissions reductions:
(MTCO2E)
551,809 (assumes reductions from flaring and electricity generation for period 2009-2022)
Results and Outcomes