Offset Projects

GreenBalance Group makes use of the following Gold Standard and VCS offset projects.

Bundled Wind Project, Taiwan
Credits: Gold Standard
Country: Taiwan
Type: Wind energy

This Gold Standard wind energy project is a bundled project of two wind farms, named Changbin en Taichung, on the west coast of Taiwan.

The wind farms operate 65 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 2.3 MW. The energy generated provides clean electricity to the equivalent of 110,000 households. The generated wind energy directly contributes to reducing the carbon dioxide emissions of the Taiwanese electricity grid, which is primarily supplied by coal power.

The project improves the local living environment, stimulates the sustainable development of the Taiwanese economy and creates local employment.

Bundled Wind Project in Taiwan.

Mamak Landfill Waste, Turkey
Credits: Gold Standard
Country: Turkey
Type: Methane Gas Recovery 

The Mamak Landfill Waste receives waste from approximately 3.6 million people and the average daily dump is estimated at 3.500 tonnes. Approximately 60% of the waste consists of organic materials.

By implementing a landfill gas (LFG) extraction and utilisation system for the existing waste, and a bio-digester and a gasifier for future waste, the project will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by recovering, preventing and utilising methane, displacing electricity which otherwise would have been generated by the fossil-fuel power plants attached to the Turkish grid.

Mamak Landfill Waste in Turkey.

Bundled Wind Project, India
Credits: VCS
Country: India
Type: Wind energy

This VCS wind energy project consists of 26 small-scale wind farms located in the south and west of India. With over 100 wind turbines in total, the project's capacity adds up to 75 MW.

The generated electricity is used in the regional power grid, replacing fossil fuels like coal, and provides rural households with energy, avoiding firewood consumption. The project thus reduces greenhouse gas emissions and contributes to the sustainable development of the region, both environmentally and economically.

The project has also helped create local employment for both construction and maintenance, and has improved the region's infrastructure.

Bundled Wind Project in India.

Geothermal Power Plant, Indonesia
Credits: VCS
Country: Indonesia
Type: Geothermal energy

This geothermal power plant, located near Jakarta, Indonesia, generates emission free electricity for the Indonesian power grid. The project consists of a capacity upgrade of an existing geothermal power plant from 3 x 55 MW to 3 x 60 MW.

Greenhouse gas emission reductions are achieved through updating the plant's capacities, thus avoiding the burning of fossil fuel (coal) for the growing demand in Indonesia. Another advantage of geothermal power is that it produces no solid waste.

The project promotes the use of geothermal energy as a renewable energy source. It creates jobs for the local population and stimulates the transfer of technological know-how.

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Geothermal power plant in Indonesia.

Waste Water Treatment, Thailand
Credits: VCS
Country: Thailand
Type: Waste water treatment

In this facility in Thailand, methane captured from industrial wastewater is being used as fuel. The project involves the installation of anaerobic wastewater treatment facilities.

The treatment facility enables the capture of methane, a greenhouse gas that is 21 times as potent as CO2, from wastewater as a result of starch production processes. The methane is then used as fuel in the existing heat generating devices in the plants, replacing heavy fuel oil. The treated water is recycled for use in the plant while the sludge from the wastewater treatment system can be used as a fertilizer for agriculture.

The project reduces the use of fuel oil and prevents methane from being let into the atmosphere, thereby achieving better local air quality.

Waste water treatment in Thailand.