National Municipal Solid Waste Energy and Global Warming Potential Inventory: India
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Volume 24, Issue 4
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In this study, the municipal solid waste methane emission, energy, and global warming potential inventory for 2005–2030 is estimated at both national and state level for India using the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) default method, IPCC first-order decay methods, the Landfill Gas Emissions Model (LandGEM) with state specific values, LandGEM with default inventory values, and LandGEM with Clean Air Act values. Simulations made by LandGEM with state specific values show that India will be emitting 1,084 Gg methane in 2020 and expected to reach 1,969 Gg in 2030 if the existing scenario does not change in India. If suitable measures, such as the conversion of open dumps into sanitary landfills with landfill gas collection mechanisms, take place, an amount equal to 1,387 MW of energy in the year 2030 (using LandGEM state specific values) can be conserved. The study concludes that efforts in the direction of scientifically managed landfill with proper landfill gas collection mechanisms can turn the table in India’s favor in the future and help to achieve the nation’s quest for the development of renewable energy.
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Volume 24 • Issue 4 • October 2020
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Received: Aug 21, 2019
Accepted: Jan 30, 2020
Published online: May 22, 2020
Published in print: Oct 1, 2020
Discussion open until: Oct 22, 2020
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