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| Three companies neutralize Carbon Expo 2009 emissions  Carbon Expo 2009, the world’s largest climate change fair, neutralized its emissions by 148 tons of CO2 equivalent. Garrigues Medio Ambiente, the Garrigues environmental consulting firm, was in charge of offsetting the emissions inventory during this event. For this purpose, the electric power and natural gas consumption of the all of the facilities used throughout the stages of setting up, holding and dismantling the fair, as well as the fossil fuels used for running the equipment and the fluorinated gases given off by the air conditioning systems were taken into account.For neutralizing the emissions, Garrigues purchased voluntary emission reductions from Acciona for their removal and subsequent neutralization. CM Capital Markets brokered this transaction. The 148 tons purchased were Voluntary Carbon Units, the best quality standard of voluntary emission reduction units on the market. These emissions, registered in the APX registry, were from a 29.7 MW wind farm located in Karnataka, India, registered as a CDM (Clean Development Mechanism) on November 20, 2008. This wind facility was developed and is currently owned by Acciona Wind Energy Pvt. Ltd. (AWEPL). write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |