Bursa-Hamitler Landfill Gas Collection and Energy Utilization Project

The project includes mainly landfill gas utilization. Hamitler landfill in the city of Bursa. The landfill receives the waste of approximately 2 million people living in municipalities of the Bursa Greater Municipality. Daily average amount of waste landfilled is 2000 ton. The proposed project involves coverage of waste, installation of gas extraction system and installation of gas engines to produce energy and flare LFG. Produced electricity will be delivered to the national grid. In the baseline situation, municipal waste is left for decay at the landfill site. Landfill gas contains approximately 50% methane, which is a potent greenhouse gas-GHG. The project will reduce GHG emissions in several ways: -By capturing and utilization of methane both from landfill and -By displacing electricity which otherwise would have been generated by the power plants attached to the Turkish grid, with a total capacity of around 9.8 MW.