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General Description:
The project consists in the installation
of two combined units of electricity generation, each
one of 0.7 MW of
capacity, from the biomass of the shell and woody capsule of the Brazil
nut (Bertholletia excelsa). In this manner, it is possible to obtain a
stable source of energy
and liberates the diesel subsidy which exists in
the region for a competitive electricity
generation. Later, the energy
produced will be sold to the energy distribution company of
the grid off
system of Cobija.
The shell of Brazil nut (biomass of
homogenous wood), fractionated in chips, it is
processed in a digester
and from this process is methane (CH4) of low calorific power
obtained,
after a conditioning process (cooled, filtered and pressurized) the gas
is
conducted to two motors of internal combustion which drive the
electricity power
generators with an installed electricity power each
one of 0.35 MW, making a total of 0.7
MW.
Project lifetime:
10 years
Accreditation period:
7 years
Estimated Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Reductions:
Annual: 15,789 tCO2-equivalent
Up to and including 2012: 114,472
tCO2-equivalent
Up to a period of 7 years: 110,525
tCO2-equivalent
Up to a period of 10 years: 157,893
tCO2-equivalent
Up to a period of 14 years: 221,051
tCO2-equivalent
Project Benefits:
The construction of the project will
displace fossil-fueled generating facilities, reducing the
emission of
greenhouse gases that would be emitted in absence of the project.
The project will reduce the emission of
methane (CH4), produced by degradation of the
shell of the Brazil nut,
and using it as combustible for the production of energy
Diminish the diesel subsidy for the
energy production existent in the project area and
contributes to the
reduction of the fiscal deficit.
New employment sources will be created.
Technology transfer and development
capacities in the biomass energy generation.
Produces a new economic activity due to
the harvesting of the shell and the woody
capsule of the Brazil nut.
Creation of a new biomass market.
Provision of electricity in a better
quality and in a major cover area to Cobija and its
surroundings.
Generation of new investments in the
project area.
Total Project cost estimate:
Development costs: 2.251 US$ millions
Installed costs: 1.983 US$ millions
Other costs: 0.24 US$ millions
Total costs: 2.251US$ millions
Current Status:
The project fulfilled the PIN and has the
National Note of Interest
Contact Information:
TAHUAMANU S.A.
Eng. Oscar Farfán Mealla
Development Manager of Projects
Calle Montevideo No. 109,
2do. Piso,Edificio Eliana.
Phone - Fax: +591-2-2440050
agonzales@tahuamanu.com
oscar@tahuamanu.com
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