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EarthCompliant.org open lagoons has been removed. Saldanha Hydrolectric -Renewable Energy, Brazil ",;; Page 2 of 3 The Saldanha project consists of a small run-of-river hydroelectric project, located on the Saldanha River in the municipality of Alta Floresta d'Oeste, Rondonia state. The small hydro power plant consists of 2 turbines with a 2.4MW capacity each, and has a tc installed capacity to run at 4.8 MW. For the local .community the Saldanha project brings environmental sustainability, economic development, better working conditions and improved employment levels, whilst continually contributing to development of technological capacity since all technology, hand labour and technical maintenance will be provided domestically in Brazil SPM Group Pig Farms -Methane Capture, Thailand SPM Group is a big group of pig farms and a feed mill company, spread over four locations. The project involves the utilization of high-rate anaerobic wastewater treatment reactors (developed by the Energy Research and Development Institute at Chiang Mai University) at each of these sites. As well as reducing harmful methane emissions into the atmosphere, the project will also offer significant socio-economic benefits to the local area. The project began operation this year, and is expected to continue for at least ten years. Thi will result in emissions reductions of 258,100 tC02 equivalent over that period, and 126,865 tC02 equivalent up to and including 2012. These reductions will be achieved. through methar recovery from the existing lagoon-based waste water treatment system, and thror_rgh the displacement of fossil fuels used to generate electricity for Thai's natiohal grid. In addition the project also contributes to sustainable development, through: • Creating employment opportunities in the area where the project is located both during its construction and operation phases • Enabling the transfer of knowledge as ERDI will train site employees in the instalEation, operation and ~i~a'ii~tei~a lice of the bragaS ~y~tem • Contributing to local and regional economy since the cables, transformers, construction equipment, and subcontractors are procured locally; • .Diversifying the sources of electricity generation and support Thailand in meeting its growing energy demand4 + Reducing. the dependence on foreign sources of energy thereby strengthening Thailand's energy security and self sufficiency • Assisting Thailand in accelerating the commercialization of grid-connected renewable energy technologies and markets in the country Palmetto Landfill Gas Drives BMW Plant, USA Methane gas drawn from Waste Management's Palmetto Landfill is providing approximately percent of the energy needs at BMW's manufacturing facility in Spartanburg, South Carolina, To use the gas, a 9.5-mile pipeline was built in 2003 from Palmetto Landfill to the BMW plan where it drives generators. Turning this methane into energy reduces carbon dioxide emissic equivalent to removing close to 61,000 automobiles from U.S. highways each year. The gree power harnessed by this project also equals the amount necessary to heat about 15,000 homes a .year. Recently, the EPA recognized the automaker for its use of an alternative powe source for electricity. BMW received the EPA's Green Star Award for serving as a role model other green power purchasers. Sainte-Sophie Landfill Gas Powers Paper Mill, Canada In 2005, methane gas from our Next Generation TechnologySM landfill near Montreal began. http://earthcompliant.org/Projects.php 6/8/2009