The Risk Analysis Checklist for Biogas Projects (as well as the supporting information that follows) provides “best practices” for designing, implementing, and evaluating anaerobic digestion (AD)/biogas project plans. This checklist is intended to help project developers, government agencies, financial institutions, and other stakeholders assess the feasibility of a proposed AD/biogas project and ensure the project addresses critical technical and financial aspects.

La Lista de Verificación de Análisis de Riesgos para Proyectos de Biogás (así como la información complementaria que se incluye a continuación) proporciona las mejores prácticas para el diseño, la implementación y la evaluación de planes de proyectos de digestión anaeróbica (DA)/biogás. Esta lista de verificación tiene como objetivo ayudar a los desarrolladores de proyectos, organismos gubernamentales, instituciones financieras y otras partes interesadas a evaluar la viabilidad de un proyecto de DA/biogás propuesto y garantizar que el proyecto aborde los aspectos técnicos y financieros críticos.

This fact sheet provides an overview of methane emissions generated in both wastewater collection systems and at wastewater treatment plants (WWTP). Topics include wastewater collection systems, conventional activated sludge (CAS) treatment systems, aerobic/aerated lagoon treatment systems, and anaerobic lagoon treatment systems. Biosolids management and opportunities for methane mitigation and use are also described.

Fact sheet that describes how GMI provides cost-free technical, policy, and programmatic methane mitigation support to Partner Countries.

Fact sheet that describes how GMI provides methane action in key industry sectors.

The Model can be used to estimate landfill gas generation rates from landfills, and potential landfill gas recovery rates for landfills that have, or plan to have, gas collection and control systems in Colombia.

Conceptos básicos del metano de las minas de carbón

Esta capacitación fue desarrollada por la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de los Estados Unidos (USEPA) en apoyo de las actividades voluntarias para reducir las emisiones de metano en el marco del Programa de Alcance del Metano de Capas de Carbón (CMOP) y la Iniciativa Global de Metano (GMI). En este curso aprenderás sobre los siguientes temas:

• ¿Por qué hay metano en el carbón?
• ¿Cuáles son los principales métodos de extracción del carbón?
• ¿Cuáles son las características de las emisiones de metano de las minas de carbón, también conocidas como metano de las minas de carbón (CMM)?
• ¿Cómo se captura el metano usando la ventilación de la mina y el drenaje de gas?
• ¿Cuáles son los usos beneficiosos del metano capturado?

Ver el Conceptos básicos del metano de las minas de carbon curso.

The Solid Waste Emissions Estimation Tool (SWEET) is an Excel-based tool that quantifies emissions of methane, black carbon, and other pollutants from sources in the municipal solid waste sector. The tool provides emissions and emissions reduction estimates at the project-, source-, and municipality-level. Cities can use this information for multiple purposes, including establishing a baseline scenario, comparing a baseline scenario to as many as four alternative scenarios, analyzing specific projects for potential emissions reductions, estimating the contribution of activities in the waste sector to overall city emissions reduction goals, and tracking progress over time, among other things.

SWEET was developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the auspices of the Global Methane Initiative and in support of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition.

Testimonials

"SWEET can be considered a policy planning tool that requires less data input than the usual life cycle assessment-based tools."
World Health Organization

"If a city has overall emissions reductions goals, SWEET helps them better understand how investments in waste management in particular will contribute to those goals, which helps cities prioritize interventions and make financing decisions."
Climate and Clear Air Coalition Secretariat

"SWEET is, overall, an easy to use tool to estimate LFG emission of a waste management system. [...] In particular, it would be beneficial for municipalities in low and middle-income countries that want to communicate positive climate effects and have compelling arguments ready for relevant stakeholders before making the first steps of improving their waste management practices."
International Solid Waste Association

Trainings

General Information

Landfills and Dumpsites

Advanced Tips and Tricks

Training Modules

• Module 1 – Training Intro
• Module 2 – SWEET Quick Start
• Module 3 – SWEET Baseline
• Data Inputs Form - Self-paced SWEET Training Module 3

Case Studies

• Examining health and climate impacts of solid waste management in Accra, Ghana (PDF)
• Estimating short-lived climate pollutants from municipal solid waste in Tyre Caza, Lebanon (PDF)
• Scaling up organic waste management in Serbia’s South Backa Waste Management Region (PDF)

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