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Global Methane Initiative

EPA Global Methane Initiative Grants

The proposal deadline has passed for EPA's most recent solicitation to fund international projects and activities that reduce global methane emissions and advance the abatement, recovery and use of methane as a valuable clean energy source in support of the Global Methane Initiative. There are no active solicitations for this grant program.

Previous Cooperative Agreement Awards

The awards listed below support the core activities of the GMI and support the sector-specific action plans developed by the Initiative.

The links to details about each grant that are provided below exit this site Exit

Year Country Sector Applicant Title EPA Total Project Cost (Negotiated Total)
Year Country Sector      
2010 China Agriculture Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Development of Monitoring Methods for Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction through Use of Biogas Digesters for Livestock Manures in China $141,450
2009 China Agriculture EED Research Center Commercialization of Pilot Project for Large and Medium -Sized  Biogas Projects in Livestocks Farms  $31,000
2009 China Agriculture Guangdong Department of Agriculture 1. Procurement of three biogas power generators.  2. International Conference. $110,000
2007 China Agriculture China Biogas Society Workshop on biogas technological, policy and institutional innovations $55,000
2007 China Agriculture Chinese Ministry of Agriculture (MAGC) Capacity Building for the Promotion of Rural Renewable Energy Development in China $150,000
2007 China Agriculture Michigan State University Building a M2M Agricultural Sector Research Network (MARN) in China $43,757
2010 Colombia Agriculture Centro Nacional de Producción Más Limpia y Tecnologías ambientales (CNPMLTA) Capacity Building in anaerobic Digesters Design, Operation, Maintenance and Construction for Methane Use. $100,000
2007 Colombia Agriculture Colombia’s Centro Nacional de Produccion Mas Limpia y Tecnologias ambientales (CNPMLTA) Methane capture from agricultural wastes $64,350
2010 Ethiopia Agriculture Community Development Research Ethiopian Agricultural Methane Capture Improvement Project $75,000
2008 India Agriculture International Institute for Energy Conservation (IIEC) Assessment of the Potential to Capture Methane from Distillery and Winery Waste in India $100,062
2007 India Agriculture International Institute for Energy Conservation (IIEC) Productive Use of methane in the Indian Dairy Industry — An Indian AgStar Mechanism $99,000
2007 India Agriculture The India Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) Regional workshop on "technologies and policies for control of methane emission from animal wastes" $100,000
2008 Korea Agriculture National Institute of Agricultural Science & Technology, Rural Dev. Admin. (RDA) Methane Capture from Agricultural Wastes in Korea $98,500
2010 Mexico Agriculture Fundación Guanajuato Produce Institutional strengthening through human capacity building, to develop anaerobic digester technology in livestock farming and agribusinesses, in order to reduce GHG emissions and help mitigate climate change. $301,631
2010 Mexico Agriculture Green Empowerment Network for Biodigesters in Latin America and the Caribbean $44,684
2010 Mexico Agriculture International Renewable Resources Institute, Mexico Building from Lessons Learned to Promote Anaerobic Digestion Technology for Manure Management in Mexico $164,565
2009 Mexico Agriculture Fideicomiso de Riesgo Compartido (FIRCO) Institutional Strengthening through Human Capacity Building, for the Development of Anaerobic Digesters in the Livestock Sector, to Reduce GHG Emissions and Help Mitigate Climate Change Effects. $104,225
2009 Mexico Agriculture International Renewable Resources Institute Building from Lessons Learned to Promote Anaerobic Digestion: Technology for Manure Management in Mexico $99,866
2008 Mexico Agriculture Guanajuato Produce Foundation Development of technical standards for the design, construction & installation of anaerobic digesters in Mexico $149,550
2007 Mexico Agriculture Mexico's SEMARNAT Actions for replication of biodigester systems in the Lerma-Chapala Region $180,000
2010 Mongolia Agriculture Advanced Technology Development Centre of Mongolian University of Science and Technology (ATDC-MUST) with collaboration of Mongolian Nature and Environment Consortium (MNEC) Assessment of Methane Resources from Agriculture Wastes in Mongolia $90,000
2010 Pakistan Agriculture Winrock International Capacity Building of Dairy Farms in Pakistan for Increased Investment in Commercial Biogas Sector $138,150
2009 Philippines Agriculture Ateneo de Manila University Communal Anaerobic Digester to Collectively Manage Animal Wastes of Small Commercial and Backyard Farms in the Philippines $20,761
2009 Philippines Agriculture Philippine Council for Industry and Energy Research and Development (PCIERD) - Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Capacity Building for Methane Recovery from Agro-industries $106,600
2013 Poland Agriculture Instytut Nafty I Gazu (INIG) Agricultural waste sector in Poland: Assessment of opportunities for methane recovery from livestock farms wastes $120,250 funded at $60,125 per year over two consecutive years.
2008 Thailand Agriculture Ministry of Agriculture Dept. of Livestock & Cooperation Development Assistance to Reduce Methane from Swine Farms in Thailand $700,000
2010 Vietnam Agriculture Institute of Strategy and Policy on natural resources and environment Making demonstration pilots on livestock waste management in medium and large swine farms to reduce methane emissions in Vietnam $150,000
2007 Vietnam Agriculture Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment, Department of Environment Sustainable Recovery of livestock waste to reduce methane gas emission in agricultural sector of Viet Nam $75,000
2010 China Coal China Coal Information Institute (CCII) Further Promotion of M2M in Coal Sector of China $140,000
2009 China Coal China Coal Information Institute (CCII) Technical Assessment of Coal Mine Gas Recovery and Utilization in China  $180,000
2009 China Coal China University of Petroleum, Beijing The Capacity for CBM/CMM Development and Utilization by Integrative Technologies of Coal Mining and Methane Extraction $199,805
2009 China Coal Guizhou International Cooperation Center for Environmental Protection Coal Mine Methane (CMM) Recovery and Utilization Initiative In Guizhou Province, China $210,729
2009 China Coal University of Colorado Methane Emissions from Abandoned Coal Mines in China $400,000
2008 China Coal Jackson Hole Center for Global Affairs The Methane Connection: Coal Mining Safety & Clean Power Production in China $171,250
2008 China Coal Virginia Tech Development of Guidelines & Evaluation Technical for Degassing Coal Mine Methane in Advance of Mining to Reduce Methane Emissions in the Southern Shanxi Province of China $300,000
2007 China Coal Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) A feasibility study on mitigating and utilizing diluted mine methane by using a monolithic catalytic combustor at Tiefa $200,102
2007 China Coal CCII Demonstration of power generation using low quality coal mine methane, emission monitoring & engine perf. Analysis $100,000
2007 China Coal Guizhou International Cooperation Center for Environmental Protection Coal Mine Methane (CMM) Recovery and Utilization Initiative in Guizhou Province, China $63,503
2009 India Coal Southern Illinois University Carbondale Development and demonstration of Coal mine methane enrichment at moonidih mine, India $153,695
2008 India Coal Central Inst. of Mining and Fuel Research Feasibility Study for Recovery and Utilization of Coal Mine Methane in Jharia, Bokaro & Raniganj Coalfields in India $311,675
2007 India Coal Southern Illinois University Quantification of Ventilation Air Methane Emission From Three Gassy Underground Coal Mines in India $77,000
2010 Mongolia Coal Mongolian Nature and Environment Consortium (MNEC) Coal Mine Methane (CMM) Resource Assessment and Emissions Inventory Development in Mongolia $229,530
2008 Mongolia Coal Mongolian Nature & Environmental Consortium Pre-feasibility Study on Methane Recovery & Utilization in Nalaikh Coal Mine $100,000
2007 Nigeria Coal Centre for People and Environment Pre-feasibility Study on Electricity Generation Utilizing coal Mine Methane from Nigerian Coal Mines $80,000
2009 Poland Coal Central Mining Institute of Katowice Pre-feasibility study for degasification and methane capture before mining at the Pawlowice 1 coal field $150,000
2008 Poland Coal Central Mining Institute of Katowice, Poland  Detailed Characteristics of the Ventilation Air Methane Emissions from Twenty-Nine Gassy Underground Coal Mines in Poland $250,000
2008 Poland Coal Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas (IETU) Abandoned mine feasibility study and coal mine methane to liquefied natural gas assessment ("Zory" Coal Mine) $399,913
2010 Russia Coal Coal & Methane Research Center – Uglemetan VAM at Russian Coal Mines $140,000
2010 Turkey Coal Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Optimizing Degasification Systems to Reduce Methane Emissions from Turkish Coal Mines $210,803
2007 Argentina Landfills Argentina Solid Waste Association (ARS) (in IGMS as ‘APEEDLRS’ — Asociación Para El Estudio de los Residuous) Small Scale Direct Utilization of Landfill Gas to Fulfill On-Site Energy Needs $125,000
2008 Argentina Landfills National University of the Central Province of Buenos Aires Using Landfill Gas As Pyrolysis Furnace Fuel $150,000
2009 Argentina Landfills Asociación para el Estudio de los Residuos Sólidos (ARS) Small Scale Direct Utilization of Landfill Gas and Training Workshops on Sanitary Landfill Operations $100,000
2010 Argentina Landfills Asociación para el Estudio de los Residuos Sólidos (ARS) Small Scale Direct Utilization of Landfill Gas to Fulfill On-site Energy Needs $151,025
2007 Brazil Landfills ICLEI Local Methane Partnership for Emissions Reduction at Municipal Landfills in Brazil (originally was Brazil and India) $140,000
2008 Brazil Landfills Promar Foundation Master Plan for Landfill Management in the State of Espirito Santo, Brazil $250,012
2009 Brazil Landfills Appalachian State University Community based landfill gas utilization in Brazil- Phase 1 $120,000
2009 Brazil Landfills National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners A Partnership Collaborative Between International and U.S. Regulators to Design a Toolkit for the Advancement of Methane Recovery and Use as a Clean Energy Source $150,029
2010 Brazil Landfills Appalachian State University Community based Landfill Gas Utilization if Brazil $120,000
2010 Brazil Landfills Associacao Brasileira de Empresas de Limpeza Publica e Residuos Especiais (ABRELPE) Atlas of GHG Emission and Energy Potential by Waste Destination in Brazil $160,000
2013 Brazil Landfills Texas Transportation Institute Investigation of landfill gas as a transportation fuel in Brazil $100,000
2009 Bulgaria Landfills EnEffect Capacity Building through a Municipal Project Development Network and a pilot LFG Recovery Project $80,000
2010 Bulgaria Landfills EnEffect Landfill Gas Recovery and Use Throughout Southeast Europe $200,000
2013 Chile Landfills Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Development of a knowledge and information base to support recovery of methane emissions for energy production in small and medium sized landfills in the Central-South Zone of Chile $75,000
2007 China Landfills California State University Fullerton Foundation Energy Recovery and Emission Reduction of Landfill Gas in China $95,000
2008 China Landfills Env. Sanitation Engineering Tech Research Center-China  Landfill Gas Energy Recovery and Utilization Feasibility Study in China $175,000
2009 China Landfills CSU Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation Advance Methane Recovery and Use as a Clean Resource at Landfills in China $98,550
2009 China Landfills International City/County Management (ICMA) Landfill Methane in China: Capacity Development for Technology and Best Management Practices $99,996
2010 China Landfills CSU Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation Development and Implementation of Training Sessions on Operational Optimization of Landfills and Landfill Gas Systems in China $100,000
2010 China Landfills Institute of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University (Tsinghua-IESE) Capacity Building, Technology Transfer and Demonstration Project of Landfill Gas to Energy (LFGTE) Program in The People's Republic of China $300,000
2007 Colombia Landfills Colombia's Centro Nacional de Produccion Mas Limpia y Tecnologias ambientales (CNPMLTA) Identifying potential sites and conducting pre-feasibility studies at medium-sized landfills for methane capture and usage $102,450
2009 Colombia Landfills Centro Nacional de Produccion Mas Limpias y Tecnologías Ambientes Facilitate and Promote Methane Capture and Usage Projects at Medium and Small Landfills in Colombia $125,000
2008 Ecuador Landfills Municipality of Guayaquil  Activities that Advance Methane Recovery and Use as a Clean Energy Sources in "Las Iguanas" Landfill in Guayaquil, Ecuador $192,600
2010 Ethiopia Landfills Community Development Research Ethiopian Landfill Study and Capacity Building Project $80,000
2013 Ethiopia Landfills Community Development Research Ethiopian municipalities solid waste and landfill improvement project $80,000
2013 Ghana Landfills The University of Texas at Arlington Feasibility study and training to support landfill gas recovery in Ghana $100,000 funded at $50,000 per year over two consecutive years.
2007 India Landfills Texas A&M Research Foundation Pre-Feasibly Study for Converting Landfill Gas to Liquefied Natural Gas for Fueling Refuse Trucks and Buses in India $100,000
2008 India Landfills Institute for Environmental Management, Inc.  Improving Landfill Methane Energy Recovery from Developing Countries Landfills $150,000
2009 India Landfills National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) Development of Modeling Tool for the Estimation of Methane Generation of Municipal Solid Waste Landfills in India $120,000
2007 Korea Landfills Korea District Heating Corporation (KDHC) Feasibility Assessment for Methane recovery and utilization at four Korean Landfills $80,000
2007 Mexico Landfills Border Environment Cooperation Commission Landfill gas and recovery at three communities in Northern Mexico $190,000
2009 Mexico Landfills Border Environment Corporation Commission Methane Recovery in Municipal Landfills, Outreach and Experience Sharing in Mexico $164,947
2010 Mexico Landfills ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability A Municipal Waste Analysis in Mexico's Southeast Region for Greenhouse Gases (GHG) Reduction (Methane to Markets Partnership) $150,000
2007 Multiple Landfills CIFAL Atlanta Best Practices in Landfill Gas-to-Energy Projects: Improving Local Government Financial Performance by Protecting the Environment $175,000
2007 Nigeria Landfills ISWA Landfill Inventory for Nigeria $35,000
2008 Nigeria Landfills Center for People and the Environment Pre-feasibility Study of landfill Gas to Electricity from Nigerian Landfills $90,000
2009 Nigeria Landfills Centre for People and Environment Study Tour and Visits to Landfills in the United States $21,000
2009 Nigeria Landfills Rutgers University EcoComplex Pre-Feasibility Studies and capacity Building for Landfill Gas Utilization in Nigeria $120,000
2010 Nigeria Landfills Lagos Waste Management Authority Landfill Gas Field Assessment at the Abule-Egba and Solous Landfills, Feasibility Report and Educational Workshop in Lagos, Nigeria $80,000
2013 Nigeria Landfills Centre for People and Environment (CPE) Country specific profile and strategic plan for solid waste and landfill gas management in Nigeria $30,000
2010 Philippines Landfills Philippine Council for Industry and Energy Research and Development - Department of Science and Technology (PCIERDDOST) Capacity Building on Methane Emissions Recovery and Utilization from Landfills in the Philippines $105,000
2009 Poland Landfills Oil and Gas Inst. (INIG) Best and Most Effective Technologies of LFG Utilization - Handbook, Trng and Capacity Bldg $170,000
2010 Poland Landfills Oil & Gas Institute (INIG) Pre-Feasibility Study as a Milestone in Decision Process Creating of Computer Support System For Economical Assessment of LFGE Projects $180,000
2013 Poland Landfills Instytut Nafty I Gazu (INIG) Polish landfill gas to energy consortium as a platform for capacity building and projects development $80,000
2008 Poland  Landfills Oil and Gas Institute  Study of the capabilities of landfill gas as a potential energy source $100,000
2007 Russia Landfills NP Ecological Resource Centre Landfill Inventory for Russia $35,000
2009 Russia Landfills RUSDEM -EE Pre-feasibility study of landfill gas commercial use in Russia $99,660
2010 Russia Landfills Siberian State Industrial University (SibSU) Training Center and Development of a Demonstration Project for Landfill Gas Recovery in Siberia, Russia $162,330
2010 Serbia Landfills Faculty of Technical Sciences Setting up Landfill Database and Research on Possibilities for CH4 Use in Serbia $80,000
2013 Serbia Landfills Faculty of Technical Sciences Pilot methane utilization project $100,000
2013 Turkey Landfills Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Turkey's landfill inventory and methane emissions assessment $100,000
2007 Ukraine Landfills Renewable Energy Agency (REA) Infrared Heater Technology Utilizing Landfill Gas in the Ukraine $175,000
2008 Ukraine Landfills Renewable Energy Agency  Landfill Gas Feasibility Study, Collection System and Flare Installation at the Rivne Landfill, Ukraine $199,950
2010 Ukraine Landfills Renewable Energy Agency (REA) Assessment of Methane Recovery Potential from Municipal Solid Waste in Ukraine $240,000
2007 Brazil Oil and Gas University of Louisiana at Lafayette Extension of the Process Optimization Review to Include Methane to Markets Partners $225,000
2008 China Oil and Gas Research Triangle Institute International (RTI) Methane Emissions and Leak Detection in the Chinese Oil and Natural Gas System $499,251
2008 Ecuador Oil and Gas Coastal Institute of Technology, Coastal Polytechnic University Activities that Advance Methane Recovery and Use as a Clean Energy Source in the Oil and Gas Industry in Ecuador $299,468
2009 Russia Oil and Gas Environmental Defense Fund, Inc Methane Recovery in the Russian Gas Sector:  Capitalizing on Economic and Environmental Benefits $699,839
2013 Chile Wastewater The University of Tennessee Assessment of methane resources from municipal wastewater in Chile $98,748 funded at $55,000 for Year 1 and $44,748 for Year 2.
2013 China Wastewater West Virginia University Research Corporation Developing an inventory of emissions from municipal wastewater treatment plants in major cities of China and approaches for boosting digester and methane recovery and applications $90,000 funded at $45,000 per year over two consecutive years.
2007 India Cross-sector FICCI Facilitating Mechanisms for Advancing Methane Recovery and Use Projects in India $150,106
2007 Russia Cross-sector RUSDEM-EE Clean Energy Technology Information Center $150,000