CAMIL Itaqui Biomass Electricity Generation

Description: CAMIL is a rice mill company, which produces paddy rice and rice oil for the internal market. The rice mills generate huge amounts of biomass residues (mainly rice husks). This project consists in a biomass electricity unit with 4.2 MWe of installed capacity using rice husks residues as fuel.

Project Type: Biomass Combustion Location: Itaqui, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Quantity: 57,341 tonnes CO2e per year Accounting period: From 2001 for 7 years Operator: CAMIL Alimentos S/A Dr. Afonso Escobar street, 1193 Itaqui Rio Grande do Sul 99650-000 Certification: Clean Development Mechanism Supported by: Clear, the Carbon Offset Company (UK) PURE (UK) Entry created: 21st February 2008 Last updated: 13th September 2010

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