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Expertise everyday, everywhere
Verifying Sinks and Verifying Sinks and Bio-energy Projects Bio-energy Projects
Irma Lubrecht
Société Générale de Surveillance
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Presentation overview Presentation overview
Validation, Verification & Certification
Sinks projectSGS Eligibility Criteria
Shortfalls
Bio-energy project Introduction of the project
Shortfalls
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Société Générale de Société Générale de SurveillanceSurveillance
Worlds largest inspection, testing and verification organisation
Offices in 140 countries, > 30 000 employees
Climate Change Programme, GHG Project Validation & Verification Service
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GHG project experience GHG project experience
Service started in 1997
9 JI and CDM land-use projects in 8 countries
8 JI Energy projects in Eastern Europe (ERU-PT)
WB PCF West Nile Hydro Power Project in Uganda
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Validation, Verification & Validation, Verification & CertificationCertification
JointImplementation
CleanDevelopmentMechanism
OE / IE
Validation No Yes OE
Verification Yes No IE
Certification No Yes OE
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ValidationValidation Process of establishing conformance with defined
criteria (i.e. Article 12)
Performed by accredited “Operational Entity”
Validation indicates acceptance of baseline and identification and management of leakage
Results in recommendation for registration as an eligible CDM project
Can be undertaken pre-project implementation
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VerificationVerification Process of verifying emission reductions or
sequestration relative to a defined baseline
Baseline may be defined via allocation of permits or simply approved by National Authority
Performed by an Independent Entity
Results in award of ERUs or additional credits
Carried out during and after project implementation
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CertificationCertification
Process of certifying emission reductions or sequestration relative to a defined baseline
Performed by an Operational Entity
Baseline is defined via Validation process
Results in the award of Certified Emission Reduction Units by CDM Executive Board
Performed during and after project implementation
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Type by LocationType by Location
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Climate Change Programme Climate Change Programme Eligibility Criteria Eligibility Criteria
Acceptability - National and International
Additionality - Environmental, Financial, Programme
Externalities - GHG and Non-GHG
Capacity - Financial, Management, Infrastructure and Technology, Demonstrability
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Project Shortfalls (1)Project Shortfalls (1)AdditionalityAdditionality
Environmental additionality: difference between baseline and with-project scenario
Programme additionality distinguishes additional activities from business as usual
Financial additionality
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Project Project Shortfalls (2)Shortfalls (2)Leakage for JILeakage for JI
Twin-track approach: If a country is in compliance, it is assumed
that leakage will be covered under the National Inventory
Possibility for Cross Border Leakage
If a country is NOT in compliance, then VALIDATION is required
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Project Project Shortfalls (3)Shortfalls (3)Leakage for CDMLeakage for CDM
Activity based leakage - widen project boundaries / reduce benefits
Market-based leakage - econometric studies / reduce benefits / test programme additionality
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Project Project Shortfalls (4)Shortfalls (4)Social and environmental Social and environmental
effectseffects Forestry projects in the past have had
significant negative social and environmental impacts
Host countries may set their own SD criteria; the international community should require no negative impacts as a minimum
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Protocol ShortfallsProtocol Shortfalls
Rating of emission reduction vs sequestered tonne of carbon:RMU
TCER
Accounting regimes
Permanence
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EERURU--PTPT
28 projects in 1st ERU-PT tender
9 projects assessed by independent validators
5 projects accepted by Dutch Government: ERU’s @ 8 Euro / t CO2
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The ProjectThe Project BTG Biomass Energy Portfolio
28 smaller projects in the vicinity of Prague, Czech Republic
24 municipalities, 3 private companies and state owned hospital
Capacity of approx. 130 MWth
Reduction calculated at 1.2 M t CO2 for 1st commitment period
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ObjectivesObjectives
Reduction of 1.2 M t CO2 by replacing fossil fuel, mostly brown coal and methane reduction
Know-how transfer
Establishment of firm basis for further investments in bio-energy
Generation of heat/electricity for local heating requirements
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AssessmentAssessment
Checklist reflecting requirements from ERU-PT guidelines, KP and SGS EC
Scientific methodology
Risk and uncertainty assessment
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ResultsResults
Project complies with mandatory requirements
Project design documentation comprehensive, robust and transparent account on expected number of ERUs
Uncertainty accounted
Highly likely to result in projected emission reductions when implemented
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Shortfalls (1)Shortfalls (1)LeakageLeakage
No data present on emissions related to transport of biomass or on the construction of new distribution systems
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Shortfalls (2)Shortfalls (2)MonitoringMonitoring
Monitoring to detect changes in land-use practices
Monitoring of environmental impacts, i.e removal of agricultural residues from soils
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Shortfalls (3)Shortfalls (3)Other projectsOther projects
Monitoring overall - training of personnel
Steps have not been taken to identify and analyse the uncertainty associated with the quantification of emission reductions
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More informationMore information
www.sgs.nl/climatechange:Eligibility Criteria
Executive summaries
Papers
www.senter.nl/erupt
www.btgworld.com
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Uncertainty of methane (1)Uncertainty of methane (1)
Verify how much methane is actually reduced:On-site monitoring: how often and why
Scientific approach: IPCC values, UK ETS
Instruments: flow meters regularly calibrated by independent party e.g. SGS Redwood
Chemical analysis: approved laboratory otherwise include in the verification assessment
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Uncertainty of methane (2)Uncertainty of methane (2)
ERU-PT programme has to accept ERU’s resulting from methane avoidance