The Corinth Coal Mine Methane Project consists of the installation and operation of a methane capture system in an abandoned coal mine in rural Illinois. This system collects and destroys methane, a potent greenhouse gas, which would have otherwise escaped into the atmosphere, and purifies it to pipeline gas resulting in a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.

Project Location:
Franklin County, Illinois

Commercial On-line Date:
June 3, 2005

Annual Emission Reduction:
180,000 metric tons carbon dioxide equivalent - the unit used to measure a quantity of greenhouse gas

Verifiable Impact of the Offset Purchase:

• The Corinth Coal Mine Methane Project was developed to aggressively capture the greenhouse gases from an abandoned mine. The project was not required by law or local mandate; the motivation for it was purely voluntary. The methane gas is converted into clean burning pipeline-quality gas, but the gas sales revenue alone is not sufficient to make this project financially viable. The offset dollars used to purchase the Verified Emissions Reductions (VERs) make this project financially viable.
  
  
• The project is certified using the Chicago Climate Exchange Coal Mine Methane protocol and is verified by Ruby Canyon Engineering, a company specializing in greenhouse gas emissions reductions and a leading verifier of offset projects.