10.6084/m9.figshare.8092637.v1 Maria Cândida Barbosa Nascimento Maria Cândida Barbosa Nascimento Elcires Pimenta Freire Elcires Pimenta Freire Francisco de Assis Souza Dantas Francisco de Assis Souza Dantas Miguel Bortoletto Giansante Miguel Bortoletto Giansante State of art of landfills that use biogas for the generation of electrical energy and biomethane in Brazil SciELO journals 2019 sanitary landfill biogas renewable energy greenhouse gases urban solid waste thermoelectric plants 2019-05-08 02:56:29 Dataset https://scielo.figshare.com/articles/dataset/State_of_art_of_landfills_that_use_biogas_for_the_generation_of_electrical_energy_and_biomethane_in_Brazil/8092637 <p></p><p>ABSTRACT The use of biogas generated by the decomposition of organic matter from urban solid waste, besides being a renewable source of energy, also contributes to the reduction of the methane and carbon dioxide’s release into the atmosphere, which are significant greenhouse effect gases (GHG). However, biogas is little explored in the country and its potential remains controversial, mainly due to the different adopted methodologies of evaluation. This research shows that, between 2004 and 2015, only nine thermoelectric plants were implanted in waste landfills in the country, which together generated 86.3MW of electricity and two plants that produced biomethane. Considering the existing estimates, Brazil exploits only 7 to 20% of the biogas produced in landfills for energy purposes.</p><p></p>