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2009 EPA Methane to Markets Cooperative Agreement Awards
These awards were made in response to a USEPA Request for Proposals issued in December 2008. These selected proposals support the core activities of the Methane to Markets Partnership and support the sector-specific action plans developed by the Partnership. More information will be available soon after these are input into the Methane to Markets project tracking system. The sites linked from this page are not on the EPA Web site. 
| Applicant | Title | Sector | Country | EPA Total Project Cost* (Negotiated Total) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EED Research Center | Commercialization of Pilot Project for Large and Medium -Sized Biogas Projects in Livestocks Farms | Agriculture | China | $31,000 |
| Ateneo de Manila University | Communal Anaerobic Digestor to Collectively Manage Animal Wastes of Small Commercial and Backyard Farms in the Philippines | Agriculture | Phillippines | $20,761 |
| 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. | Agriculture | Mexico | $104,225 |
| Guangdong Department of Agriculture | 1. Procurement of three biogas power generators. 2. International Conference. | Agriculture | China | $110,000 |
| China University of Petroleum, Beijing | The Capacity for CBM/CMM Development and Utilization by Integrative Technologies of Coal Mining and Methane Extraction | Coal | China | $199,805 |
| China Coal Information Institute (CCII) | Technical Assessment of Coal Mine Gas Recovery and Utilization in China | Coal | China | $180,000 |
| University of Colorado | Methane Emissions from Abandoned Coal Mines in China | Coal | China | $400,000 |
| Southern Illinois University Carbondale | Development and demonstration of Coal mine methane enrichment at moonidih mine, India | Coal | India | $153,695 |
| Guizhou International Cooperation Center for Environmental Protection | Coal Mine Methane (CMM) Recovery and Utilization Initiative In Guizhou Province, China | Coal | China | $210,729 |
| 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 | Cross-sector | Cross-sector | $150,029 |
| Oil and Gas Inst. (INIG) | Best and Most Effective Technologies of LFG Utilization - Handbook, Trng and Capacity Bldg | Landfill | Poland | $170,000 |
| EnEffect | Capacity Building through a Municipal Project Development Network and a pilot LFG Recovery Project | Landfill | Bulgaria | $80,000 |
| Centre for People and Environment | Study Tour and Visits to Landfills in the United States | Landfill | Nigeria | $21,000 |
| Asociación para el Estudio de los Residuos Sólidos (ARS) | Small Scale Direct Utilization of Landfill Gas and Training Workshops on Sanitary Landfill Operations | Landfill | Argentina | $100,000 |
| RUSDEM -EE | Pre-feasibility study of landfill gas commercial use in Russia | Landfill | Russia | $99,660 |
| CSU Fullerton Auxillary Services Corporation | Advance Methane Recover and Use as a Clean Resource at Landfills in China | Landfill | China | $98,550 |
| Appalachian State University | Community based landfill gas utilization in Brazil- Phase 1 | Landfill | Brazil | $120,000 |
| Centro Nacional de Produccion Mas Limpias y Technologias Ambientes | Facilitate and Promote Methane Capture and Usage Projets at Medium and Small Landfills in Colombia | Landfill | Colombia | $125,000 |
| International City/County Management (ICMA) | Landfill Work in China | Landfill | China | $99,996 |
| National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) | Development of Modeling Tool for the Estimation of Methane Generation of Municipal Solid Waste Landfills in India | Landfill | India | $120,000 |
| Environmental Defense Fund, Inc | Methane Recovery in the Russian Gas Sector: Capitalizing on Economic and Environmental Benefits | Oil & Gas | Russia | $699,839 |