Today, UPM’s cooperation partner Uniufa obtained CDM registration approval for their Methane Recovery and Utilization Project of Liaoning Mingsheng Paper Co., Ltd. in China (UNFCCC Ref. 6359).

The project will contribute to a sustainable development in China by reducing greenhouse gas CH₄ through methane recovery. Electricity which would be purchased from the North China Power Grid will partially be substituted through self-generated electricty. Emissions of air pollutants such as CO₂, CO, SOx and PM from fossil fuels will be avoided.

The project will introduce methane recovery facilities to the existing reactors and wastewater treatment system. The recovered methane is used to generate electricity by three sets of newly installed gas-fired generators with the total capacity of 1.5MW.

The project has been validated by RINA Services S.p.A.

For more information on this project, please visit its UNFCCC project overview.