It has just signed a partnership agreement with E

Landfills in the open air dégagent biogas, mainly methane, résultant fermentation of garbage. However, this gas is 21 times more harmful than carbon dioxide for the greenhouse effect and thus helps strongly climatique warming. To limit its impact, it is possible to recover the methane, then burning into CO2, which reduces its harm, or to convert it into electrical energy. This operation gives rise to the allocation of carbon credits (certified emission reduction") which can then be resold to companies who have exceeded their quota of CO2 emissions.

Bionersis French society, created in 2005, specialises in the development of methane and carbon credits resale. It has just signed a partnership agreement with E.ON Climate & Renewables (EC & R), subsidiary responsible for renewable energy and the German énergétique Group E.ON climate protection activities. According to the termes of this agreement, Bionersis will lead with several joint development projects in Southeast Asia. French take to identify several landfills in Asia, and then install and exploit units of recovery and destruction of methane certified "Kyoto", i.e. giving right to carbon credits. For its part, EC & R funds investments and carbon credits acquired.

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The first treatment of biogas unit installed under this agreement will be available early 2010 on the discharge of Kamphaeng Saen, near Bankok, one of the largest in Southeast Asia. "It is the magnitude of the project (5 million euros of investment and 2 million carbon credits generated in the next ten years) which prompted us to seek a partner", explains Nicolas Heuzé, Director General of Bionersis. The company, which had lifted EUR 15 million in 2007, had since funded its projects on own funds. "Turn E.ON as energy producers is for carbon credits to comply with emissions of greenhouse gases, to which it is submitted," says Nicolas Heuzé.

In addition to the Thai unit, officially recognized as CDM ("clean development mechanism") on October 15, several other projects are currently being evaluated in Southeast Asia.

"Secondly, we might also benefit from the expertise of E.ON energy from biogas, rather than simply burning, like today", explains Nicolas Heuzé. Bionersis had first considered to only this extra step, but it involves the construction of infrastructure, heavy for the treatment and cleaning of biogas which were outside its scope without financing, today too difficult to obtain.

"Business model" original

Bionersis could influence its "business model", which makes him the only company incorporating all the skills of the detection of projects to the sale of carbon credits through the operation of the site. Competitors, as the English Syndicatum or EcoSecurities funds, that have mastered the carbon credits trading aspect and must, for the projects, create consortium where they bring together different actors (release manager, financial, etc.).

"Our approach, which includes a commitment over ten years for the management of the site, satisfies more interlocutors," notes Nicolas Heuzé. The company, which employs today 50 people, has already signed 16 projects (including 8 in operation) that should allow him to generate 10-year 10 million carbon credits, corresponding to the destruction of 10 million tonnes of CO2.