Sindicatum Projects
Coal Mine Methane, US: MCELROY VAM, West Virginia
The McElroy project is a Ventilation Air Methane (“VAM”) abatement scheme located in Glen Easton, West Virginia, US. The VAM project involves the destruction of low concentrations of methane present in the ventilation air being discharged from CONSOL Energy’s McElroy coal mine. The project was listed with the Climate Action Reserve in December 2010, and is expected to generate 3.5 million CRTs over its life.
In an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions released to the atmosphere, Sindicatum is installing a Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer (“RTO”) manufactured by Dürr Systems capable of processing 160,000 SCFM of ventilation air from the newly commissioned 11A North bleeder shaft on the McElroy Mine. As each bleeder shaft only remains active for approximately six years, the RTO plant will be relocated and installed on a new bleeder shaft once the 11A bleeder shaft reaches the end of its useful life.
As the developer of the McElroy VAM abatement project, Sindicatum will be responsible for building, financing and operating the plant, as well as all carbon credit-related work. Consol Energy will supply the VAM and generally ensure that the mine’s interests are protected. Sindicatum has entered into an EPC contract with Dürr Systems to deliver, on a turn-key basis, the complete RTO plant and associated interfaces with the mine VAM supply. When fully operational, the McElroy VAM Abatement project will be the largest VAM and the first commercial scale VAM abatement project in the US.
