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GE's Jenbacher gas engines help dispose of coal mine gas while harnessing it as an energy source. This process avoids the liberation of methane that would have otherwise been vented or flared. Methane has 21 times the global warming potential of CO2 when released into the atmosphere.
Benefits
- Alternative disposal of a problem gas while simultaneously harnessing it as an energy source
- Avoiding liberation of methane into the atmosphere
- Using coal mine gas in GE's Jenbacher engines can reduce the release of methane into the atmosphere by about 85% compared to venting the gas. This corresponds to a CO2 savings of about 30,000 to 40,000 tons per year and MWel
- Currently 100 Jenbacher units with a total capacity of over 200 MW run on coal mine methane and generate 1.5 million MWh per year of electricity — saving the equivalent of 367 million cubic meters of natural gas a year - sufficient to power 141,000 U.S. or 430,000 EU homes
In many countries with large hard coal mining activities, the utilization of coal mine gas power generation is still at a very low level. GE's ecomagination solution has a big potential for spurring change in environmental issues, especially in China, India and Eastern Europe.
