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 The subject of this case study is the Nova Gerar project, the only project in Brazil that has received a positive approval from an international finance agency. Operations in the new landfill began in January 2003.
Nova Iguaçu is a municipality, about 30 kilometers from the city of Rio de Janeiro, with 920,000 inhabitants, most of which live in urban areas. Household waste generation is around 800 metric tons/day; the collection service is operated by a private company and it serves approximately 90 % of the population
NovaGerar will invest in a gas collection system and a modular electricity generation plant (with maximum capacity of 10 MW in Adrianópolis and 2 MW in Marambaia), in order to produce electricity to supply to the grid and reduce emissions of ca. 12 million tons of CO2 (conservative estimate) over the next 21 years. Project life and the emission reductions crediting period is 21 years, starting in the end of 2003.
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