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Decision guidance for utilisation of Coal Mine Methane (CMM)

This Wiki is a part of the project "Coal Mine Methane - New Solutions for Use of CMM - Reduction of GHG emissions (CoMeth)". The project, fundend by the European Union (No.218935), is conducted in close co-operation of eight project partners from different countries: Germany, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and the UK. It aims at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused by the uncontrolled exhausting of coal mine methane (CMM) to the atmosphere and to explore suitable economically interesting schemes for its energetic use.

The work for this wiki has been done in the years 2008 to 2012. So the included documents and statements relating to the processing state this time period.

The property rights of the contents belong to the authors of the articles/entries. Any kind of reproduction requires their written permission. The contents of the wiki do not represent the opinion of the European Commission. The European Commission is not responsible for any use that might be made of CoMeths data. Readers should verify any information obtained from this wiki before acting upon it. The CoMeths consortium is not responsible for any use that might be made of information in this wiki. - June 2012

The UNECE Ad Hoc Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane and the Methane to Markets Partnership (M2M) Coal Technical Subcommittee and Project Network worked out a Glossary of Terms for Coalbed Methane/Coal Mine Methane

This Wiki will support you with your challenges according to CMM-projects taken into account issues of

Reasons for the uitilization of CMM

A short introdution to explain the Reasons for the uitilization of CMM. CMM contains the greenhouse gas methane. It is a hazard for coal mines. But it is also an unconventional fuel.

Quality of CMM

The Quality of CMM depend on the ressource and the kind of extraction.

methods of gas prognosis

The determination of gas content in the extraction areas is important for the safety of coal production. The methods of gas prognosis will be presented here shortly.

Approval procedure

After clarifying the project conditions the approval for operation and the procedure of the approval for the JI project should get started. These two procedures have to be worked on parallel.

Technical procedure description

Emission rights procedure description

Financial aspects

The finacial aspects of a project depend on the local conditions. In some country CMM is equal to renewable fuels. So the financial situation is different in every country. For that reason this part considers the conditions for every country seperatly.

Legal aspects

Like the financial aspects the Legal aspects of a project depend on the national conditions. The important legislations for CMM project are shown for every country seperately.

Generation and Extraction of CMM in general

CMM is generated during extration of coal. The methane is a product from the coalification of the biological material started 300 million years ago. A part of this methane is still connected to the coal layers and the surrounding.

Technical aspects in detail

In this section a list of the technologies is given. These technologies will be explained briefly and also their operating experience will be rated. A comparison of the robustness against changes of the gas will help to assess the suitability of the technology.

Stakeholders in CMM utilisation projects

For the realisation of a CMM utlisation project a lot of parties are involved. As long as any kind of used technologies is not well known at mines all parties have to get familiar with the project. A serious expectation about operation and financial impact is essential for the success.

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Therefore, the Wiki will look at the specific conditions of these countries in more detail and will provide the reader with specific country information.

Tasks of a CMM project

The basis of the presented content is developed in four former or ongoing workpackages:

1. Basics on country conditions (WP1)
2. Basics on thecnologies for utilisation of CMM (WP2)
3. Concept for CMM utilisation with production of LNG for natural gas replacement (WP3)
4. Optimisation and development of CMM utilisations of methane from ventilation air at a location in Russia (WP5)

The big variety of market instruments and the different conditions were collected and evaluated in WP1. These results will give an overview of financial and legal aspects. The technical backround information presented in this Wiki were investigated and developed in WP2. The practical experiences with CMM utilisation projects were provided by WP3 and WP5. So this Wiki should help to identify the best technical solution and project constellation for the local conditions.

More information about the whole project you will find going to http://www.cometh.info/en/#welcome.html

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