Cash for trash
Date: 30-Oct-08
Country: PHILLIPINES
Tranzen Renewable Energy's Montalban Power Plant captures methane from a landfill that collects 1,500 tonnes of household waste a day.
Expecting to run at 12 megawatts, it will reduce the equivalent of 400,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide every year, worth around 2 million U.S. dollars when sold as carbon credits.
The plant will be connected to Rodriguez town's main power grid before the year ends.
Michaela Cabrera reports.
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