Project Polar
Country/Region
| Albania |
| Algeria |
| Angola |
| Argentina |
| Australia |
| Bangladesh |
| Barbados |
| Belarus |
| Bosnia Herzegovina |
| Botswana |
| Brazil |
| Brunei |
| Bulgaria |
| Burkina Faso |
| Burundi |
| Cameroon |
| Cape Verde |
| Chile |
| China |
| Colombia |
| Cook Islands |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
| Croatia |
| Cyprus |
| Czech Republic |
| Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Djibouti |
| Ecuador |
| Egypt |
| Eritrea |
| Estonia |
| Ethiopia |
| Fiji |
| Gabon |
| Gambia |
| Germany |
| Ghana |
| Greece |
| Guinea (Conakry) |
| Guyana |
| Hungary |
| India |
| Indonesia |
| Iran |
| Jamaica |
| Japan |
| Jordan |
| Kazakhstan |
| Kenya |
| Kingdom of Bhutan |
| Kiribati |
| Kuwait |
| Kyrgyzstan |
| Latvia |
| Lesotho |
| Lithuania |
| Madagascar |
| Malawi |
| Malaysia |
| Maldives |
| Mali |
| Mauritius |
| Mexico |
| Montenegro |
| Morocco |
| Mozambique |
| Myanmar |
| Namibia |
| Nepal |
| New Caledonia |
| New Zealand |
| Niger |
| Nigeria |
| Oman |
| Pakistan |
| Palestine |
| Papua New Guinea |
| Peru |
| Philippines |
| Poland |
| Portugal |
| Qatar |
| Romania |
| Russia |
| Rwanda |
| Saudi Arabia |
| Senegal |
| Serbia |
| Seychelles |
| Sierra Leone |
| Singapore |
| Slovakia |
| Slovenia |
| Solomon Islands |
| South Africa |
| Sri Lanka |
| Sudan |
| Swaziland |
| Syria |
| Tanzania |
| Thailand |
| Togo |
| Tonga |
| Tunisia |
| Turkey |
| Uganda |
| Ukraine |
| United Arab Emirates |
| Uruguay |
| Uzbekistan |
| Venezuela |
| Vietnam |
| Yemen |
| Zambia |
| Zimbabwe |
Project Summary
The elimination of emissions equivalent to more than 4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide every year, with major environmental benefits.
Project Description
MOTT MacDONALD
Project Polar involves the thermal destruction of HFC-23, which is 11 700 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
A factory in China was venting approximately 360 tonnes annually - one of the highest HFC-23 emission rates in the world produced by an individual plant.
These emissions are now destroyed in a purpose-built incinerator.
The success of this project is due to the outstanding efforts of the UK-led international team of Mott MacDonald and Climate Change Capital and the exemplary transfer of innovative British expertise to China.
As a result, emissions equivalent to more than 4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide are now being eliminated every year, with major environmental benefits.
For this project Mott Macdonald was highly commended in the British Expertise International Awards 2007/8.