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| Arcadis develops landfill gas installation in Brazil Arcadis, a Netherlands-based consulting and engineering company, announced that its affiliated company Biogas has brought online an installation to extract methane gas generated by the São João Landfill in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. The gas is extracted from the 150 acre São João landfill where 7,000 ton of urban waste is placed daily, representing 50% of total urban waste of the city of São Paulo. The other 50% of São Paulo's waste goes to the Bandeirantes Landfill where Biogas has run a similar operation since 2004. All methane extracted from the São João Landfill will be destroyed by combustion in high temperature flares until the end of this year. After that time, a 23 megawatt power plant should be ready near the São João Landfill which will use the methane as fuel for energy production. Bandeirantes and São João power plants will together produce about 340 million of Kwh of electricity annually, sufficient to supply power to more than 120,000 households. The São João Project has been developed by Arcadis Logos, the Brazilian subsidiary of Arcadis together with Van der Wiel Stortgas BV and the Brazilian company Heleno Fonseca Constructéchnica. These three companies formed the joint venture Biogas. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |