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Methodology and Project Development – Notions of a DOEMethodology and Project Development – Notions of a DOE

PCF Workshop for Project Developers

Buenos Aires, Dec. 5th, 2004

Werner Betzenbichler Werner Betzenbichler

TÜV Industrie Service GmbH – TÜV SÜD Group, Munich, GermanyTÜV Industrie Service GmbH – TÜV SÜD Group, Munich, Germany


Experiences CDM / JI

Host countries:- Rumania- Bulgaria- South Africa- Morocco- Fiji - Brazil- Chile- Argentina- Peru- Mexico

- Panama- Trinidad- Russia- India- China- Ukraine- Hungary- Czech Republic- Poland- Estonia- Latvia

Types of project:- Renewable energy (hydro, wind, biomass, geothermal and solar energy)- Fuel Switch in conventional plants- Energy efficiency- Afforestation / Reforestation- Landfill gas capture- HFC and N20 - reduction


Overview

1. Methodology Development and Approval

2. Project Development

3. Project Registration Cycle

4. Timelines and Costs


Methodology Development

Trends: Movement towards further project types Inclusion of approved elements more generic approaches improved applicability prepared fall-back positions in case of non-approval

Criticism: Late submissions short before end of deadlines Uncompleted elements in accompanying draft PDD hecticness in case of request or “B-decisions”


Methodology Approval

Trends: Impression of improved expertise within the “Roster of

Experts” Enhanced formatting process new focus on monitoring issues

Criticism: Long reaction time in case of technical request remaining interpretable issues

e.g. - acceptable reservoir of a “run-of-the-river” plant- threshold for “dominated” by low-cost sources (AM0005)- treatment of data uncertainty


Project Development

Trends: yet no market consolidation concerning PDD developers most activities within leading host countries

Crucial issues: technical expertise in project team CDM expertise in project team quality of evidences reliability and actuality of data sources transparency of the whole PDD / confidentiality issues missing local stakeholder process for existing projects host country’s environmental approval process


Project Registration Cycle

Observations: underestimation of time need by project owners clear guidance on requirements in case of revisions of PDDs

is still outstanding very diverse behavior of DNAs in the context of the issuance

of a letter of approval time extensive requirements for use of forms and partly

translations remaining risks until the final step of registration


Timelines and Costs

Observations: overambitious deadlines for validation further delay by late comments during global stakeholder

process recent market price for validation does not reflect in all

cases the real effortsreasons: - competition with new entrants

- unexpected efforts during the final steps of

registration- multiple expertise required (CDM,

technology, local and sectoral aspects)


Werner BetzenbichlerTel. ++49-(0)89 57 91 – 2170

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