Wilmar Agro Vietnam Company Limited produces rice bran oil. The rice bran is procured from rice mills locally available and stabilized at a pelletization plant closer to the sources of rice bran (within 60 km) in Cai Be District.

Wilmar Agro Vietnam Company Limited produces rice bran oil. The rice bran is procured from rice mills locally available and stabilized at a pelletization plant closer to the sources of rice bran (within 60 km) in Cai Be District.

The steam required for the rice bran pelletization facility, was generated in a 5MT/hour coal-fired captive boiler. Due to increase in the facility capacity, additional steam is required. The facility has decided to stop operation of the coal-fired boiler, and replace it with a renewable energy biomass system.

The new boiler uses rice husks purchased from rice mills operating locally around the region. The rice husks generated in rice mills in the region are generally in excess and hence get disposed in unplanned ways including dumping into nearby rivers. As a result of such disposal and due to natural decay in the absence of the project activity, the rice husks used in the project would have emitted methane.

Social and Sustainability Benefits

This project is strongly contributing to sustainable development:

• Prevents the release of methane into the atmosphere.
• Reduces local environmental problems such as river congestion and ecological damage.

Bantargebang is the biggest landfill in Indonesia covering 120 hectares in area. Servicing five provinces of Indonesia’s most populous city, the landfill accepts about 5000 tonnes of unsorted waste each day. The project is to improve sanitary standards, and equipped the site with a landfill-gas capture system with flaring and power plant.

This is a particularly challenging project as the site is the source of livelihood for about 1,500 waste-pickers and its dependents. Any improvement on this site represents a significant social challenge. The Project introduces various measures that lead to better quality of life to the surrounding neighborhood, and addresses areas, which previously were source of conflicts.

Part of the overall project plan is to establish a market economy through development of plastic pelletizing industry within the project vicinity. A new factory commenced operation in Dec 2012. This facility aims to provide additional demand for plastic collected in the landfill by the existing waste pickers, increasing their income, while at the same time reduces the final volume of waste that ends up in the landfill, creating a co-benefit environment.

Social and Sustainability Benefits

This project is strongly contributing to sustainable development:

• Reduction in emission of Greenhouse Gases.
• Provides clean water wells for the waste picking community living on the landfill perimeter.
• Reduces unpleasant odours and poor sanitary conditions.
• Reduces breading grounds for rodents and flies.
• Increase waste recycling.

The project activity generates electricity using solar energy. The generated electricity is exported to the regional grid system which is under the purview of the INDIAN electricity grid of India.
The proposed project activity will support development of renewable energy generation plants based on Solar PV technology in India and delivering electricity to the grid.

Since, the solar power is Green House Gas (GHG) emissions free, the power generated will replace anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases estimated to be approximately 93,022 tonnes of CO₂e per year, thereon displacing 95,145 MWh/year amount of electricity from the generation-mix of power plants connected to the INDIAN GRID, which is mainly dominated by fossil fuel based power plant.

The total installed capacity of the current project activity is 56.25 MW; which involves operation of two solar power plants in the states of Tamil Nadu and Telangana in India.

Additional Benefits

• Generation of employment opportunities during the construction and operation of the project.
• The project helps reduce the demand – supply gap in the region.
• The project will demonstrate the technology in the region.

Geothermal power plants use steam produced from reservoirs of hot water found a couple of miles or more below the Earth’s surface, instead of having to use fossil fuels. The steam rotates a turbine that activates a generator, which produces electricity. It is a natural and sustainable source of energy.

Wayang Windu Phase 2 Geothermal Power Project, is a 117MW geothermal power station, which is an additional power unit to an existing grid-connected renewable power plant. The project involves the generation of power using a reliable and renewable resource in place of power generation by a more greenhouse gas intensive fuel/source. The project reduces greenhouse gas emissions through the displacement of fossil fuel electricity generation with a clean, renewable energy source.

Additional Benefits

• Environmental Sustainability – Practising natural resource conservation or diversification. Assuring and maintaining levels of local community health and safety.
• Economic Sustainability – Assuring and maintaining local community welfare.
• Social Sustainability – Assuring and maintaining local community participation in the project and local community social integrity.
• Technological Sustainability – Technology transfer and enhancing the capacity and utilisation of local technology.

This project generates power using a renewable energy source (wind) and sells the power generated to the state grid.

The project activity involves the installation and maintenance of Wind Turbines. The total installed capacity of the project is 80 MW; which involves operation of 40 Wind Turbine Generators (WTGs), each with a capacity of 2 MW. The project is promoted by Panama Wind Energy Godawari Private Limited and located at Maharashtra state in India.

The power produced displaces an equivalent amount of power from the grid, which is fed mainly by fossil fuel fired power plants. Hence, it results in reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. GHG emission reductions from the project activity will be 136,936 tonnes of CO₂ per year, with the total expected GHG emission reductions across the 10 year crediting period of 1,369,360 tonnes of CO₂.

The Project activity is a new facility with the purpose of generating electricity by the utilization of wind power and further selling the generated energy to the NEWNE Grid. In this process there is no consumption of any fossil fuel and hence the project does not lead to any greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, electricity would be generated through sustainable means without causing any negative impact on the environment.

The crediting period started in March 2014 and is expected to run for 10 years.

Additional Benefits

• Generation of employment opportunities during the construction and operation of the project.
• The project helps reduce the demand – supply gap in the region.
• The project will demonstrate the technology in the region and help encourage other wind power projects.

The YESİL Hydro Electric Power Plant (HEPP) is a grid-connected small-scale hydropower plant with a run-of-river reservoir in Sivas province, Turkey. The total installed capacity of the Project is 14 MW, comprising three 4.666 MW turbines, with a predicted electricity supply to the grid of 56.16 GWh per annum.

The project is composed of a regulator, conveyance channel, headpool and a powerhouse. The regulator consists of water inlet structure, sediment pool, hard-filled weir and gravel passage. Water will be diverted at the regulator from 1,431 meters of altitude via the conveyance channel of 8,000 m and channelled into the headpool at the 1,426 m. Through penstocks of 840 m (total), the water will be carried to the powerhouse where two vertical type of Francis turbines lie.

Social and Sustainability Benefits

This project is strongly contributing to sustainable development:

• Utilize the hydroelectric potential of Turkey to meet the increasing electricity demand and contribute improving regional energy security. 
• Increase share of HEPPs in electricity generation mix of Turkey and reduce GHG emissions. 
• Contribute to economic development by creating job opportunities during construction (72 people) and operation (13 people) phases. 
• Reduce import dependency on fossil fuel weighed electricity sector and diversify generation mix through use of local resources. 

The Mariposas Hydroelectric Project consists of the construction and operation of a 6.3MW Run-Of-River hydropower plant. The Project uses the waters of the first section of the Maule Norte Alto canal, in the San Clemente commune to generate an average of 40 GWh per year.

The aim of the Mariposas Hydroelectric project is to generate electricity from renewable hydrological resources, using water utilized by the local community for irrigation purposes. The development of the Project however, does not affect the local irrigators since the water used for generating electricity will be restored to the same irrigation system, before the local community uses it.

Social and Sustainability Benefits

This project is strongly contributing to sustainable development:

• Use of local renewable energy resources to displace coal, diesel and natural gas thermal power generation.
• Increased commercial activity through clean and renewable source of power.
• Employment generation improving economic benefits to the surrounding communities which have a high rate of unemployment and poverty.

With GCI you can support local communities in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya.
Through our tree planting programme you can help:

• Offset CO₂ emissions*.
• Reduce poverty.
• Provide wildlife habitats.
• Create a brighter future for project team members including orphans and people living with HIV / AIDS.

*The official carbon offsetting is achieved through the retirement of credits from a Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) project. See the explanation of Tree Buddying below for more details.

Plant a Tree – Protect a Tree

For every tree that you pledge, a tonne of carbon will also be saved in the Brazilian Amazon via our VCS avoided deforestation programme. In this way, you will be offsetting carbon, planting and protecting forests and biodiversity in 2 continents.

The Challenge

The Kikuyu escarpment forest with its great mixture of both large and small wildlife animals, birds and butterflies, has been the beautiful gateway to the Great Rift Valley until degradation trend struck. This environment is the source of water and thus livelihood to the neighbouring communities.

In just a few years, wanton and deliberate destruction of the escarpment environment through charcoal burning, logging for timber and fuel wood, ring-debarking of medicinal trees and overgrazing has resulted to virtual depletion of forest vegetation cover. This has in return resulted to drying of springs/rivers/streams, soil erosion, emigration of wildlife/birds, scorching sun, human-wildlife conflict and the scarring of once a beautiful scenic landscape that generated some income through tourism.

The worst result from this environmental destruction was the ethnic clashes witnessed recently between the pastoral Maasai and the farming Kikuyu over use of the dwindling water resources at the base of the escarpment. This resulted in unnecessary deaths, injuries, loss and destruction of property and displacement of many families.

The communities have due to the negative climatic changes become even more dependent on the forest for their livelihoods. The women and girls move longer distances in search of fuel wood and water, exposing them to danger of attacks and sexual assaults. The Maasai have to bring their cattle to graze in the forest. With the loss of flora and fauna, the tourism income is dwindled, bringing the curio business down with it.

This project aims to plant 100,000’s of indigenous trees on the worst degraded areas.

Additional Benefits through your tree pledge in addition to Offsetting Carbon emissions

• Poverty reduction through employment creation.
• Water catchment areas will be conserved providing water/food security.
• Birds, butterflies and other wildlife habitats will be conserved and others created.
• Beautification of our locality and the roads.
• The trees also assist in the prevention and control of soil erosion.
• Some of our teams have orphans and Persons Living With HIV/Aids (PLWHA).
• The pastoral communities will have pastures for their animals during drought times.
• Ecotourism will be promoted with better forests giving alternative occupation to those previously engaging in destructive forest activities.
• Nutritional Benefit from some of the fruit trees planted like the Avocado trees which are of great nutritional value.
• Sale of fruit will help the community earn extra income.
• Bees attracted by the trees in flowering seasons will benefit the community through sale of honey hence reduce poverty.

Planting is a great way to help sequester carbon emissions. Through photosynthesis trees absorb carbon dioxide to produce oxygen and wood. By ensuring that trees planted are native broad leaf species this helps to preserve the environment and biodiversity. Planting takes place in school locations and other protected biodiversity sites. All trees are high quality cell grown ‘whips’ (year old saplings) and are tagged with unique identification codes.

Plant a Tree – Protect a Tree

For every tree that you pledge, a tonne of carbon will also be saved in the Brazilian Amazon via our VCS avoided deforestation programme. In this way, you will be offsetting carbon, planting and protecting forests and biodiversity in 2 continents.

The Jilin Zhenlai Mali Project is a Wind Farm located in the Jilin Province, Northeastern China. It generates renewable electricity using wind power resources and sells this generated output to the Northeast China Power Grid. The project consists of 33 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 1500 kW. The total power capacity is therefore approximately 49.5 MW.

The project will assist China in stimulating future use of renewable energy technologies to replace coal-dominated power generation. The project will help reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, diversify the China’s energy mix, and promote the local economic development. Furthermore, the project will improve air quality and local livelihoods and promote sustainable renewable energy industry development.

Social and Sustainability Benefits

This project is strongly contributing to sustainable development by:

• Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in China.
• Helping to stimulate the growth of renewable energy development.
• Creating local employment opportunities.
• Reducing other pollutants resulting from the power generation industry, such as SO₂ and soot.
• proved infrastructures and food supplies.