CDM projects dealing with the construction and operation of mills that generate or cogenerate energy through a thermoelectrical center that uses GEE neuter biomass fuel (wood chips, rice husk, etc.) may be eligible according with the Kyoto Protocol, and then generate Carbon Credits.

Such projects help to answer the growing need for energy in Brazil, resulted from economic growth, and to improve energy delivery while contributing for environmental, social and economic sustainability with the increase of sustainable energy in the total consumption of energy in the country. It also helps to diminish the construction of energy centers that use fossil fuel.

Besides, projects of such nature contribute to avoid methane emissions resulted from the anaerobic decomposition of wood residues (or other kinds of biomass), which would decay on the soil (biomass decomposition), through controlled combustion of those residues in a process of energy generation or cogeneration. Those projects also involve the activity of “avoided emissions” of methane deriving from non-landfilled biomass. Therefore, for CDM projects stemming from the generation or cogeneration of biomass, the calculation for carbon credits gauging will normally involve the “emission reductions” resulted from the change of energy generated by a more intense carbon production net, and the “avoided methane” resulted from the burning of biomass that would be left to decompose on the soil.

JMalucelli & CMC Ambiental´s teamis prepared to help the client in the conception and elaboration of a CDM project of generating or cogenerating energy from biomass  as well as in the certification process according to the Kyoto Protocol. Even more, if necessary, they are prepared to help with the financial structure itself, with the possibility of promoting an anticipated sale of future carbon credits, for the amortization of costs of the engineering process, the necessary equipment, the civil constructions, and the certification process.

Generation and Cogeneration of Energy

Cogeneration is a simultaneous energy production process capable of converting fuel into electricity and heat. Using this process can maximize the efficiency of the fuel system in a plant as well as help it reach the environmental goals, besides making possible a considerable reduction in production costs.

Energy cogeneration projects can generate enough energy to activate the plant itself (thus eliminating consumption from the net) and to sell that energy to feed the national net. The electricity supplied to the net will substitute the energy made available by the government, highly based on fossil fuel, consequently causing reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

Therefore, implementing an energy cogeneration project, the industry will be eliminating costs with electricity and propitiating a new source of income through the sale of exceeding energy.