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Landfill Emission Estimates: PIER supported research

Landfill Emission Estimates: PIER supported research. Guido Franco Public Interest Energy Research Program California Energy Commission. Climate Change Workshop California Integrated Waste Management Board May 8, 2007. PIER Program. Funded by the electricity and natural gas rate-payers

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Landfill Emission Estimates: PIER supported research

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  1. Landfill Emission Estimates: PIER supported research Guido Franco Public Interest Energy Research Program California Energy Commission Climate Change Workshop California Integrated Waste Management Board May 8, 2007

  2. PIER Program • Funded by the electricity and natural gas rate-payers • Funding climate change research since 2001 • Implementing a roadmap of research developed in 2003 • Created the California Climate Change Center • Produced more than 50 PIER reports on • Climate Analysis and Modeling • Inventory Methods • Mitigation Options • Impact and Adaptation Studies • Organizes Annual Research Conferences on Climate Change

  3. PIER/CEC Landfill Methane Study • Methane emissions estimates from landfills are highly uncertain • Goals: • Obtain a better understanding of the performance of various cover materials to control methane emissions • Create a detailed landfill methane emissions model • Incorporate these results into an improved inventory methodology for landfill methane emissions • A 3-year project, from 2007-2010

  4. Project Description • Investigate the use of data collected by IWMB and air district as predictive parameters • Collect 2 years of field data, using flux chambers to obtain emission rates • Measurements taken at individual landfill cells • Methane plume mapping with lasers will be in use at one landfill to provide additional field validation (Waste Management) • Create a scientifically sound and practical “validated” model • Account for variation across landfills and climates • Account for oxidation in cover soils. This will be a key component of the model

  5. Researchers / Locations • PI: Jean Bogner • Coordinating Lead Author (IPCC AR4 – Chapter on Waste Management) • President, Landfills + Inc • Prof. University of Illinois • Modeler: Kurt Spokas, USDA • 3 landfills for field validation 1. Scholl Canyon (LACSD) 2. Marina (MRWMD) 3. Lancaster (Waste Management)

  6. Technical Advisory Committee • Brian Ellis, CEC • Scott Walker and Judy Friedman, IWMB • Larry Hunsaker and Byard Mosher, ARB • Mike McCormick, California Climate Action Registry • Ray Huitric/Frank Caponi, LACSD • Amy Banister, Waste Management • William Merry, MRWMD • Pat Sullivan, SCS Engineers • Scott Smithline, Californians Against Waste • Matthew Cotton, Integrated Waste Management Consulting, LLC

  7. Thank You ! For more information about PIER’s work on climate change, please go to http://www.climatechange.ca.gov/research/index.html Fourth Annual Research Conference on Climate Change September 10 – 13, 2007 Sacramento

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