ZEROCO2 | Substitution of Native Firewood by Rice Husks

Substitution of Native Firewood by Rice Husks	Brazil



Technical specifications
Project Type : renewable energy, biomass Project Name : Sao Judas Tadeu Fuel Switching Project Project Standard : VER project, VCS/SCM certified Emission reductions : 164,160 tonnes of CO₂ equivalent Implementation Date : December 2007 Crediting Period : 10 years, from December 2007 to November 2017 Location : S 10° 20' 54", W 48° 17' 04" Validator : Eric Krupp, TUV NORD CERT GmbH, May 18th 2009 Verificator: Eric Krupp, TUV NORD CERT GmbH, May 18th 2009

In Brazil, differently from the industrialized countries, the contribution to global warming is produced less by the burning of fossil fuels and more by deforestation. The project activity consists in switching fuel from native wood to rice husk to feed the kilns of a ceramic industry. Rice husks are an abundant biomass in the region, since the state of Tocantins is the sixth largest producer of rice in Brazil. In the absence of the project activity, the biomass residues were left to decay in open dump sites, leading to considerable methane emissions. The project is realized in a small industry producing structural ceramic devices such as bricks for the local market in Taquaralto, Municipality of Palmas. The use of rice husks as fuel will contribute to the reduction of the growing deforestation rate of Cerrado biome, which is the regional name given to the Brazilian savannas. The plant used to consume about 20 400 m3 of native wood per year to provide thermal energy to the ceramic’s kilns. Therefore, the project scenario is based on the utilization of renewable biomass to feed the kilns rather than using wood from areas without sustainable forest management. The main goal of this project is to minimize the negative impacts of the deforestation of Cerrado biome by offering viable alternatives to the exploitation of native firewood to local businesses. In addition the project activity contributes to the sustainable development of the project region by increasing job opportunities in the local community, diversifying and improving the sources of energy regeneration, and by using clean and efficient technologies to produce energy. The estimated amount of emission reductions for this project is 16,416 tonnes of CO₂ equivalent per year. Project description document Registry : http://www.tz1market.com/registryview.php?pg=prj



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