ANNEX R – PASSPORT TEMPLATE
CONTENTS
A. Project title
B. Project description
C. Proof of project eligibility
D. Unique Project Identification
E. Outcome stakeholder consultation process
F. Outcome sustainability assessment
G. Sustainability monitoring plan
H. Additionality and conservativeness deviations
Annex 1 ODA declarations
SECTION A. Project Title
[See Toolkit 1.6]
Title: Yanhe, Dejiang, and Yinjiang Rural Methane Digesters Project in Guizhou Province, China
Date: Nov. 06, 2013
Version no.: Version 05.1
SECTION B. Project description
[See Toolkit 1.6]
Yanhe, Dejiang and Yinjiang Rural Methane Digesters Project in Guizhou Province (here after referred as ‘the proposed project’) is located in Tongren District, Guizhou Province, and the annual average temperature is 16.2℃.
Within the Area, the households have contributed to anthropogenic emissions, of which the following are related to the Project activity:
1. CH4 emissions from swine farms (every family has an average of 4.20 pigs, and their manure is responsible for CH4 emissions, naturally vented into the atmosphere) 2. CO2 emissions from cooking based on burning of coal briquette and/or firewood
The Project goal is to install 24,999 Rural Methane Digesters (“RMD”) that will collect swine manure and other wastes, store the produced CH4 (avoiding the CH4 generation) and utilize the CH4 for cooking purposes (reducing emissions from coal combustion).
The star date of the project activity is Apr. 15th 2008.
Each RMD will have 8 m3 capacity and an annual production of around 385m3 of biogas.
The 24,999 RMD has been implemented respectively in the three years of 2008, 2009 and 2010, and the construction period of systems in each year is 6 months.
Each RMD is owned by one household.
The Project exists due to the effort of the developer; Guizhou Black Carbon Energy Technology Promotion and Application Co., Ltd. (hereafter refer to “GBCET”). GBCET has invested private resources to define the technical scheme of the RMD, inform the local communities, set up an Operation and Maintenance (O&M) team and developed the documentation required by the CDM. An O&M team which named Methane Service Center is established in each town and the technicians are responsible for daily management and maintenance of the digesters and related equipment, and for data monitoring to ensure the normal operation of the digesters.
As a result, GBCET was able to overcome the following barriers:
1. Capacity to absorb new technologies: the target locations are very mountainous and rural and without GBCET’s dedicated team in place to promote the Project, there would not have been awareness of the RMDs by the households; the Project is difficult to implement as the households are scattered and spread across the large area; the households are unlikely to have the knowledge and capacity to operate and maintain the RMDs adequately by themselves. 2. Financial resources: without CER revenues, the households would have not invested and operated the RMDs (due to high investment compared to the current manure management system and cooking methods and too long payback period for households). The project will distribute a portion of the revenue from CERs to the households to cover a portion of Operation and Maintenance costs. 3. Due to prevailing practice: prevailing practice and traditional consumption habits of fossil fuel usage will lead to higher emissions.
The estimated annual GHG emission reductions of the Project are 53,247 tCO2e, as explained in Section B.6.3 of the PDD.
The Project activity will bring the following sustainable development benefits to the Area with a deep and long impact on the economy and environment:
a) Better environment: reduces emissions from coal and dirty fuel sources whilst at the same time reducing potential ground and surface water contamination through better manure management and reduces deforestation b) Improved health conditions: less exposure to pollutants from coal combustion for the households which will reduce indoor air pollution and the incidence of connected respiratory and other illnesses c) Greater flexibility in energy usage: provides one fuel source for cooking d) Provides local employment both for construction and ongoing operation and maintenance of the RMDs
TableA2: Milestones of the project
Main Events Date
Rural Household Biogas Investigation report of 08/2007 Yanhe, Dejiang and Yinjiang County
Notice of the county biogas digester Yanhe county 18/03/2008, Dejiang county construction programme 10/04/2008, Yinjiang county 12/04/2008
Start construction (the project starting date) Yanhe county 15/04/2008 (considered as the start date), Dejiang county 16/04/2008, Yinjiang county 18/04/2008
Project Operation date 01/01/2011
Project Registration date as a CDM project 26/11/2012
SECTION C. Proof of project eligibility
C.1. Scale of the Project
[See Toolkit 1.2.a]
Please tick where applicable:
Project Type Large Small
C.2. Host Country
[See Toolkit 1.2.b]
China
C.3. Project Type
[See Toolkit 1.2.c and Annex C]
Please tick where applicable:
Project type Yes No
Does your project activity classify as a Renewable Energy project?
Does your project activity classify as an End‐use Energy Efficiency Improvement project?
Does your project activity classify as waste handling and disposal project?
Please justify the eligibility of your project activity:
The scale of the project belongs to the small scale of CDM project. And the project is located in Tongren District, Guizhou province, China.
The household is the end use of the project. The unique ID (serial number) is given to every biogas digester of peasant household and used in the project management procedure, and the relevant information of biogas digester, such as name, location and serial number, is put on record in the local energy office, which means final end‐users of services delivered can be clearly identified and therefore within the project boundaries.
The project activity will change the existing swine manure treatment at the household level from deep pits to household biogas digesters. The biogas digesters provide biogas for cooking and other heating needs for households, replacing the fossil fuel coal. The project will reduce CH4 emission from the slurry stored in a deep pit, and reduce CO2 emission from burn of coal.
The project didn’t involve any ODA.
Moreover, there’s no statement on preannouncement.
Therefore, based on the descriptions above, the project is eligible for Gold Standard project.
Pre Announcement Yes No
Was your project previously announced? Explain your statement on pre announcement
C.4. Greenhouse gas
[See Toolkit 1.2.d]
Greenhouse Gas
Carbon dioxide
Methane
Nitrous oxide
C.5. Project Registration Type
[See Toolkit 1.2.f]
Project Registration Type
Regular
Preliminary Retroactive evaluation (eg: Large Rejected by projects Hydro or palm oil‐ UNFCCC Pre‐feasibility assessment (T.2.5.1) related project) (T2.5.3) (T.2.5.2)
If Retroactive, please indicate Start Date of project activity dd/mm/yyyy:___15/04/2008______
SECTION D. Unique project identification
D.1. GPS‐coordinates of project location
[See Toolkit 1.6]
Coordinates
Latitude 27.5833°‐29.1000° N
Longitude 107.7667°‐108.8000° E
Explain given coordinates
The geographical coordinates of Yanhe County are east longitude 108.0500°‐108.6167° and north latitude 28.2000°‐29.1000°; Dejiang County are east longitude 107.7667°‐108.4167° and north latitude 28.0000°‐28.6333°; Yinjiang County are east longitude 108.3000°‐108.8000°and north latitude 27.5833°‐28.3333°.
D.2. Map
[See Toolkit 1.6]
Guizhou Province Tongren District
Yanhe County
Dejiang County Yinjiang County
SECTION E. Outcome stakeholder consultation process
E.1. Assessment of stakeholder comments
[See Annex J]
According to Annex P of the gold standard toolkit version 2.2, for the retroactive project, the local stakeholder consultation (LSC) is not applicable.
E.2. Stakeholder Feedback Round
Please describe report how the feedback round was organised, what the outcomes were and how you followed up on the feedback.
[See Toolkit 2.11]
Stakeholder feedback round was performed based on the SFR consultation meetings, which was held on 02/07/2013. The invitation methods include email, posting the notification, newspaper advertising, living meeting and individual invitation and interview etc. The invited peoples involve NGOs, NDRC, Government officials, local residents etc. There was no negative comment received from the stakeholders. The project participants explained to the stakeholders that the project activity will continuously contribute to the local sustainable development.
i. Invitation
The PP invited NGOs, NDRC, GS Local Expert, the local government and residents by emails, telephone calls and express and so on. However, there’s no relevant GS NGOs and NDRC attend the meeting due to limits of time and distance, nor response to the invitations. And those stakeholders cannot participate the meeting with no comments sending to the project; moreover, they didn’t have further special comment on the project activity after the SFR consultation meeting.
Table E1: Invitation List
Category Code Organization (if Way of invitation Date of invitation Confirmation relevant) received? Y/N
C NDRC Express 31/05/2013 Y
E GS Local Expert shirley@cdmgold 30/05/2013 Y standard.org;
annyta@ cdmgoldstandard. org
B Local DRC Telephone 30/05/2013 Y
B Local Telephone 30/05/2013 Y environmental protection officer
A Local energy Telephone 30/05/2013 Y office
A Local resident Notice on local 19/06/2013 (early Y newspaper (also in June) put the notice on the local energy office bulletin board)
F Greenpeace supporter.service 30/05/2013 Y International s.int@greenpeace .org
F HELIO helio@helio‐ 30/05/2013 Y International international.org
F Mercy Corps [email protected] 30/05/2013 Y corps.org
F REEEP katrin.harvey@re 30/05/2013 Y eep.org
F World Vision Dean.Thomson@ 30/05/2013 Y Australia worldvision.com. au
F WWF Bella.Roscher@w 30/05/2013 N International wf.ch
F Initiative carbone@id‐ 30/05/2013 Y
Développement ong.org
F BASE (Basel daniel.magallon@ 30/05/2013 Y Agency for energy‐base.org Sustainable Energy)
Text of Email invitation to NGOs Text of Email invitation to NGOs is as following:
Dear Madam or Sir,
Thank you for checking this email. We are pleased to inform you that we would like to hold 3 GS stakeholder feedback round consultation meetings for following 7 biogas projects. The projects’ codes and their links can been found in the table below.
We’ll appreciate if you could come to the meetings and give us important opinions on the project. The specific information is as follows:
GS Stakeholder Feedback Round Consultation Meeting
Meeting Address and Date:
1.Kaiyang Rural Energy Office, Guizhou Province, China, 9:00 A.M. 28 June, 2013
2. Guizhou Province Rural Energy Management Station, Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, China, 9:00 A.M.1 July, 2013
3. Tongren District Rural Energy Office, Guizhou Province, China, 9:00 A.M.2 July, 2013
If you are willing to participate this meeting, please reply me with your name and company
information. Thank you very much!
Best wishes,
Maggie Dong
Tel: 0851‐7990160‐6828
Mob: (86) 133 1221 8826
Fax: 0851‐5518716
invitation of NDRC
public invitations
Announcements were published on local newspaper, local energy office and on the local County and villages nearby. Non‐technical summary was delivered and kept in the local energy office for checking and reading by the households.
公 告
开阳、息烽、修文、乌当、华熙、清镇、沿河、德江、万山、玉屏、思南、松桃、印江、 铜仁、石阡沼气池用户：
为了更好的促进和推广沼气炉使用，以上各地沼气池已由贵州恒远碳资产管理有限公司开 发成碳减排黄金标准下项目。现将各地能源办召开项目利益相关方意见征询会时间和地点安排 如下：
一、开阳
2013 年 6 月 28 日 9:00‐11:30
地址：贵州省开阳县农村能源办公室
二、息烽、修文、乌当、花溪、清镇
2013 年 7 月 1 日 9:00‐11:30
地址：贵州省农村能源管理站
三、沿河、德江、万山、玉屏、思南、松桃、印江、铜仁、石阡
2013 年 7 月 2 日 9:00‐11:30
地址：贵州省铜仁地区能源办
现我们诚挚邀请您参与并见证本次利益相关方意见征询会，并就各自所关心的问题或意见 反馈给我们。
联系电话：0851‐7990160
2013 年 6 月 19 日
ii. living meeting and individual invitations and interviews
The consideration of meeting site selection for project is to facilitate the local stakeholders attending. So we organized several projects close enough to each other, such as Guiyang 3 projects (2406, 2412 and 2414) and Tongren 3 projects (2408, 2410 and 2416) at the correspondingly same conference site, in order to save time for the stakeholders from local government. And all the local stakeholders of each project attended the meeting.
Totally there’re 19 people participated in the SFR consultation meeting, the following table shows the attendants information.
Table E2: List of participants of the SFR consultation meeting
Category Code Name of invitee Male/Female Organization (if relevant) Signature and Contact detail
A Li Zhaoan Male Local energy office See Annex 2
A Li Taijin Male Local energy office See Annex 2
B Du Shengbai Male Local rural and pastoral See Annex 2 technology bureau
A He Shousheng Male Local energy office See Annex 2
A Yang Xiuzhong Male Local household See Annex 2
B Mu Wenbo Male Local Forestry bureau See Annex 2
B Wang Jun Male Local rural and pastoral See Annex 2 technology bureau
A Xiong Wen Male Local energy office See Annex 2
A Long Weihua Male Local energy office See Annex 2
B Liao Chaoyi Male Local rural and pastoral See Annex 2 technology bureau
A Li Yongwen Male Local energy office See Annex 2
A Liu Zeyang Male Local household See Annex 2
A Wang An Male Local energy office See Annex 2
B Huang Xiuqin Female Local rural and pastoral See Annex 2 technology bureau
A Zhou Zhao Male PP See Annex 2
A Yin Tianqing Male Local household See Annex 2
A Shen Keye Female Consultant company See Annex 2
A Zhang Wei Male Local energy office See Annex 2
A An Gaojin Male Local household See Annex 2
iii. summary of the resulting stakeholder comments and responses provided
During the living meeting and the individual invitations and interviews, the non‐technical summary
and blind exercise questionnaires were explained to the attendant officials and technicians, and local households. The project participants explained to the stakeholders that the project activity will continuously contribute to the local sustainable development. There was no negative comment received from the stakeholders. The questionnaires of Stakeholders blind sustainable development matrix were conducted, and the feedback shows that all of attendant officials and interviewers agree that the project will continuously contribute to the local sustainable development, and after discussion all the interviewees agree that the indicator of “soil condition”, “quality of employment” and “quantitative employment and income generation” would get “+”. One example of feedback for original filled‐in copies of questionnaires that have been distributed during SFR is enclosed at Annex 3.
Non‐technical summary was delivered and kept in the local energy office for checking and reading by the households. And the comment book will be available outside the wall of the local energy office meeting room. The contact information will be listed on the first page of the book. On each page that follows there is one table, incl. Date, Comment, Action requested from PP, Response from PP, Person designated with responsibility by PP. The documents open for comments for a period of at least two months. In addition, the draft PDD and passport were public available for at least two months during SFR period started on 29 May 2013.
E. 3. Discussion on continuous input / grievance mechanism
[See Annex W]
Discuss the Continuous input / grievance mechanism expression method and details, as discussed with local stakeholders.
Method Chosen Justification (include all known details e.g. location of book, phone, number, identity of mediator)
Continuous Input / The Comment book All stakeholders have access to Grievance Expression will be available provide feedback on this project on Process Book outside the wall of the this book. local energy office meeting room. The Stakeholders are allowed to make contact information anonymous comments should they will be listed on the wish. The project owner will assign first page of the book. one specific person to check the On each page that comments in the book daily, record follows there is one responses, and ensure the safety of table, incl. Date, the book as well. Comment, Action requested from PP,
Response from PP, Person designated with responsibility by PP.
Telephone access Stakeholders can also Stakeholders are not required to provide comments via give their personal information. phone. The telephone number (+86‐851‐ The project owner will assign one 7990160) of the specific person to answer the project owner is phone call daily, record responses. provided to contact.
Calls received will be logged and recorded in the same way as the comment book aforementioned.
Internet/email access Email address The project developer will assign ([email protected]) of one specific person to check the the project owner will email daily, record responses. be provided as well for stakeholders to provide comments on the internet.
Emails comments received will be logged and recorded in the same way in the comment book.
Nominated Independent Mediator (optional)
All issues identified during the crediting period through any of the Methods shall have a mitigation measure in place. The identified issue should be discussed in the revised Passport and the corresponding mitigation measure should be added to sustainability monitoring plan in section G.
SECTION F. Outcome Sustainability assessment
F.1. ‘Do no harm’ Assessment
[See Toolkit 2.4.1 and Annex H]
Safeguarding principles Description of relevance to my project Assessment of my Mitigation
project risks measure breaching it (low/medium/high) 1. The project respects All families decide independently and Low N.A. internationally voluntarily whether they want to participate proclaimed human and every family in the designated project rights including dignity, area, who can afford the technology, can cultural property and participate regardless of their political, social, uniqueness of or ethnical background. The biogas digester indigenous people. The systems are directly installed in the project is not complicit households. The dignity, cultural properties in Human Rights and the economic, social and culture freedom abuses. of the participants and local people is not affected. As the programme is limited to households no industry is involved that could have negative human rights influences. 2. The project does not There is no resettlement involved, neither by Low N.A. involve and is not direct measures nor by indirect influences of complicit in involuntary the project. In contrary it is one of the main resettlement. goals of the project activity to improve the living condition, environmental, and economical situation of the poor remote regions. 3. The project does not The project will not alter any cultural building Low N.A. involve and is not or site. The biogas digesters and stoves are complicit in the installed in the yard of the rural families. alteration, damage or removal of any critical Moreover, the decision if the system is cultural heritage. accepted and installed is always made by the rural families themselves and is not dictated by an external authority. 4. The project respects The project will strictly comply with Labor Low N.A. the employees’ Law of the People’s Republic of China1, freedom of association under the supervision of the local safety and their right to department, PP will strictly respects the collective bargaining employees’ freedom of association and their and is not complicit in right to collective bargaining and thus the restrictions of these Project is not complicit in restrictions of freedoms and rights. these freedoms and rights.
1 http://english.mofcom.gov.cn/aarticle/policyrelease/internationalpolicy/200703/20070304475283.html
5. The project does not The project will strictly comply with Labor Low N.A. involve and is not Law of the People’s Republic of China2. complicit in any form of forced or compulsory The project will recruit professional staff labour. responsible for construction, and train the technician to operation and maintenance of the Project. The related labor contract which protects the interest of the labor will be signed between the construction unit and the staff. Under the protection of Labor Law, it does not involve and is not complicit in any form of forced or compulsory labor.
6. The project does not The project will strictly comply with Low N.A. employ and is not Provisions on Prohibition of Child Labor3.The complicit in any form of project won’t employ or intend to employ child labour. children below the age of 16 in regular work or hazardous work, thus the Project does not employ and is not complicit in any form of child labor.
7. The project does not The project will strictly comply with Labor Low N.A. involve and is not Law of the People’s Republic of China4,
2 Aticle 32 in Labor Law of the People’s Republic of China stipulate that:
A laborer may notify at any time the employing unit of his decision to revoke the labor contract in any of the following circumstances:
(1) Within the probation period;
(2)where the employing unit forces the laborer to work by resorting to violence, intimidation or illegal restriction of personal freedom.
Article 96 in Labor Law of the People's Republic of China stipulated that:
Where the employing unit commits one of the following acts, persons who are held responsible shall be punished by the public security organ with a detention of 15 days or less, or a fine, or a warning; where the case constitutes a crime, persons who are held responsible shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law:
(1) Compelling labourers to work by means of violence, intimidation or illegal restriction of personal freedom; or
(2) Humiliating, imposing corporal punishment upon, beating, illegally searching, or detaining labourers.
3 http://www.gov.cn/english/laws/2005‐07/25/content_16967.htm
Article 2 in Provisions on Prohibition of Child Labor
No State organs, social organizations, enterprises, institutions, private non‐enterprise units, or individual industrial and commercial businesses (hereinafter referred to as employing units) may recruit and hire minors under the age of 16 (the term "hiring minors under the age of 16" is hereinafter referred uniformly to as "use of child labour").
All units and individuals are prohibited from providing job placement service to minors under the age of 16.
Minors under the age of 16 are prohibited from start business and engaging in individual business operation activities.
4 Article 12 in Labor Law of the People’s Republic of China stipulated that:
Regardless of their ethnic group, race, sex, or religious belief, shall not be discriminated against in employment.
complicit in any form of under the supervision of the local security discrimination based on department and under the protection of gender, race, religion, Labor Law, the Project will protect the rights sexual orientation or of staffs, make sure it does not involve and any other basis. is not complicit in any form of discrimination based on gender, race, religion, sexual orientation or any other basis.
8. The project provides The project will strictly comply with Law of Low N.A. workers with a safe and the People's Republic of China on Work healthy work Safety5, the Project unit shall abide by this environment and is not Law and other laws and regulations complicit in exposing concerning work safety and health, workers to unsafe or redouble their efforts to ensure work safety unhealthy work by setting up and improving the environments. responsibility system such as providing safety training to project staff for work safety and health and improving the conditions for it to guarantee work safety and health. Thus the Project is not complicit in exposing workers to unsafe or unhealthy work environments.
9. The project takes a No significant impact of noise, wastewater Low N.A. precautionary approach and dust will be caused by the project. The in regard to trained technicians will inspect, observe the environmental challenges and is not operation of the systems and will support the complicit in practices households in order to guarantee an contrary to the appropriate working process. precautionary principle.
10. The project does not The project is aimed at providing biogas Low N.A. involve and is not digester to rural households and therefore complicit in significant does not interfere and/or harm any of the conversion or
Article 13 in Labor Law of the People’s Republic of China stipulated that:
Women shall enjoy the equal right, with men, to employment. With exception of the special types of work or post unsuitable to women as prescribed by the State, no unit may, in employing staff and workers, refuse to employ women by reason of sex or raise the employment standards for women. 5 http://www.gov.cn/english/laws/2005‐10/08/content_75054.htm Article 16 in Law of the People's Republic of China on Work Safety stipulated that:
Production and business units shall have the conditions for work safety as specified by the provisions in this Law and relevant laws, administrative regulations and national standards or industrial specifications. Production and business units that do not have such conditions are not allowed to engage in production and business activities.
Article 17 in Law of the People's Republic of China on Work Safety stipulated that:
Production and business units shall give their employees education and training in work safety to ensure that the employees acquire the necessary knowledge about work safety and are familiar with the relevant rules for work safety and safe operating regulations. No employees who fail to pass the qualification tests after receiving education and training in work safety may be assigned to posts.
degradation of critical protected areas. Neither the construction nor natural habitats, the installation or operation of the biogas including those that are digester and stove is threatening for the (a) legally protected, (b) officially proposed for natural habitats. protection, (c) identified by authoritative sources for their high conservation value, or (d) recognized as protected by traditional local communities.
11. The project does not The project strictly implements the bidding Low N.A. involve and is not system, and project completion acceptance complicit in corruption. supervision system. All the Project financials will be available for the project beneficiaries and legal authorities to ensure that the Project does not involve and is not complicit in corruption. Additional relevant Description of relevance to my project Assessment of Mitigation critical issues for my relevance to my measure project type project (low/medium/high) 1 N.A. N.A. N.A. 2 N.A. N.A. N.A. Etc.
F.2. Sustainable Development matrix
[See Toolkit 2.4.2 and Annex I]
Insert table as in section D3 from your Stakeholder Consultation report (Sustainable Development matrix).
Indicator Mitigation Relevance to Chosen parameter Preliminary score measure achieving MDG and explanation Gold Standard If relevant copy Check Defined by project Negative impact: indicators of mitigation www.undp.or/md developer score ‘‐‘ in case sustainable measure from "do g and negative impact is not development. no harm" –table, www.mdgmonito fully mitigated or include r.org score 0 in case impact mitigation is planned to be fully measure used to Describe how mitigated neutralise a score your indicator is No change in impact: of ‘–‘ related to local score 0 MDG goals Positive impact:
score ‘+’
Air quality Goal 6 – Combat Chosen +7 other diseases. parameter：
Goal7‐ Ensure Concentrations and Environmental emissions of SO2, Sustainability concentration of particulate
pollutants
Explanation：
Project activity involves switching over from coal to renewable biogas, generated from anaerobic biogas digesters by utilizing swine manure. Therefore, it has direct positive effects on the air and in particular will lead to improvement in indoor air quality. It’s indicated by the publicly accessible research6 that through the implementation of the project with replacing the burning of fossil fuels, the emissions of sulphur dioxide and particulate pollutants are reduced.
6 Wen Xiaoixa, Li Changjiang, Sui Yanwei, et al. Assessment of ecological environment benefit for household biogas in areas of returning farmland to forest [J]. Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering (Transactions of the CSAE), 2012, 28(10):225‐230 7 Due to the inconveniences of monitoring, the indicator is scored neutral for conservativeness after discussion during the SFR consultant meeting; it’s been revised as “+”according to Gold Standard’s comment based on monitoring methods of survey and publicly accessible references etc.
Water quality and Goal 7 – ensure Chosen 0 quantity environmental parameter： sustainability Levels of BOD5 and COD
Explanation： The biogas digester project has no effects on water quality and quantity according to the baseline. Soil condition Goal 7 – ensure Chosen + environmental parameter： sustainability Soil refilling
Explanation：
The Project activity involves application of the sludge from the methane digester to soil. It will enhance the fertility of the soil by providing essential minerals. Studies8 have shown that biogas sludge can improve the soil organic matter concentration and nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium and other nutrients’ content.
Other pollutants Goal 7 – ensure Chosen 0 environmental parameter： sustainability Solid wastes from construction stage
Explanation：
8 Zhang Jiaqiang, Ai Ping, Ecological environment benefit analysis of measurement and evaluation on household biogas in mountainous areas [J]. World of Survey, 2010, (7): 44‐47 (the research findings from the Ministry of Science and Technology’s public welfare fund project, No. 050183J030)
The Project reduces soot and cinder from coal burning in the area near the indoor area compared to the baseline. However, the impact might be very limited and difficult to monitor. Therefore, the indicator is scored neutral for conservativeness. Biodiversity Goal 7 – ensure Chosen 0 environmental parameter： sustainability Number of affected plants
Explanation：
There’s no significant impact on biodiversity expected as compared to the baseline.
Quality of Goal 7 – ensure Chosen + employment environmental parameter： sustainability Training, labour conditions
Explanation：
The Project involves of biogas digester, which require trained staff. Each Methane Service center in the town and technicians in each village will be trained with the knowledge of digester usage under the organization of the
local Energy Office. After the trainings the technicians will obtain the necessary knowledge about digester maintenance; familiarize themselves with the digester operation principles; master the cause of malfunction and how to handle, moreover they can obtain some basic knowledge about CDM, sampling method and how to monitor the data.
Livelihood of the Goal 1‐ eradicate Chosen 0 poor extreme poverty parameter： and hunger Children immunized Goal 6 – combat against measles other diseases Explanation：
The Project activity will help in increasing livelihood of the poor. Firstly, the Project can help digester users reduce the expenditures from purchasing coal. The local agricultural labour will be hired to assist with the Project operation, maintenance and monitoring, which will increase their income. However, this indicator is not convenient to monitor. Therefore,
the indicator is scored neutral for conservativeness.
Access to Goal 4 – reduce Chosen 0 affordable and childhood parameter： clean energy mortality Change in services Goal 6 – combat traditional fuel other diseases consumption per capita reduced black outs
Explanation：
An O&M team which named Methane Service Center is established in each town. The technicians are responsible for daily management and maintenance of the digesters and related equipment, and for data monitoring to ensure the normal operation of the digesters. However, it’s difficult to qualify the changes in access to energy services compared to the current manure management system and cooking methods. Therefore, the indicator is scored neutral for conservativeness.
Human and Chosen 0 institutional parameter： capacity Change in decision‐ making structures at the community
Explanation： There’s no significant improvement of human and institutional capacity compared the status with the baseline situation under the Project situation. Therefore, the indicator is scored neutral. Quantitative Goal 1‐ eradicate Chosen + employment and extreme poverty parameter： and hunger income Number of jobs generation created and the staff salaries paid by the project
Explanation：
The Project activity leads to employment generation during the construction of the biogas digesters. In addition, employment opportunities are provided to the technical trained staff for annual maintenance and monitoring plans.
Access to Chosen 0 investment parameter： Amount of domestic investment
Explanation： The major
equipment of the Project was purchased from domestic manufacturer, thus there’s no additional requirement for foreign currency payment. As per the PDD, the project has financial barriers. It has no significant effect on further investments into similar project activities. Therefore it scores “0”. Technology Chosen 0 transfer and parameter： technological self‐ Number of reliance workshops, seminars organized, and training‐related opportunities held for masons/external audience who would be directly involved in replication of the technology
Explanation： The Project organizes training for the technicians on the biogas digester system, and the technology applied is domestically available and mature, thus there’s no technology transfer
happened, a score of “0” is selected.
Justification choices, data source and provision of references Air quality According to the PDD, prior to the implementation of the Project, the households use fossil fuel (coal) to meet their daily energy needs for cooking and heating, which produces greenhouse gases and air pollutants, such as sulfur dioxide and particulates. According to the publicly accessible research, through the implementation of the project with replacing the burning of fossil fuels, the emissions of sulphur dioxide and particulate pollutants are reduced.
Water quality and According to the EIA Description from the local Environmental Protection Bureau, quantity there’ll be no negative impact on the local air and water quality environment during the construction and implementation of the Project. Soil condition According to the PDD, All the households have got the training regard to how to deal with the sludge, and let them know the sludge is a good fertilizer. The final sludge will be used for soil application. The proper soil application of the final sludge shall be recorded on a sampling basis and reported to the local energy office after every application. The technicians are in charge of treatment of methane manure, each time (usually once to twice a year) they will check and record the exact methods of treatment and resolve the immediate rectification problem.
Other pollutants According to the EIA Description from the local Environmental Protection Bureau, the Project has a positively ecological and social effect on the local environment and society. However, the impact might be very limited and difficult to monitor. Therefore, the indicator is scored neutral for conservativeness. Biodiversity According to common sense, there’s no significant impact on biodiversity expected as compared to the baseline.
Quality of According to the PDD, through the trainings the technicians will obtain the necessary employment knowledge about digester maintenance; familiarize themselves with the digester operation principles; master the cause of malfunction and how to handle, moreover they can obtain some basic knowledge about CDM, sampling method and how to monitor the data. All the technicians will be trained and the training records would be kept. Livelihood of the poor According to the PDD, the Project can help digester users reduce the expenditures from purchasing coal. The local agricultural labour will be hired to assist with the Project operation, maintenance and monitoring, which will increase their income. However, this indicator is not convenient to monitor. Therefore, the indicator is scored neutral for conservativeness.
Access to affordable According to the PDD, an O&M team which named Methane Service Center is and clean energy established in each town. The technicians are responsible for daily management and services maintenance of the digesters and related equipment, and for data monitoring to ensure the normal operation of the digesters. However, it’s difficult to qualify the changes in access to energy services compared to the current manure management system and cooking methods. Therefore, the indicator is scored 0 for conservativeness.
Human and There’s no significant improvement of human and institutional capacity compared institutional capacity the status with the baseline situation under the Project situation. Therefore, the indicator is scored 0. Quantitative According to the PDD, the target locations are very mountainous and rural, and there employment and would not have been awareness of the biogas digester by the households; the income generation Project is difficult to implement as the households are scattered and spread across the large area; the households are unlikely to have the knowledge and capacity to operate and maintain the digesters adequately by themselves. The Project activity leads to employment generation during the construction of the biogas digesters. In addition, employment opportunities are provided to the technical trained staff for annual maintenance and monitoring plans. All the technicians must acquire the relevant training (data collection, data analysis). Before starting work, they had taken the training of professional knowledge and CDM knowledge, finally acquired the work permit.
Access to investment The major equipment of the Project was purchased from domestic manufacturer, thus there’s no additional requirement for foreign currency payment. According to PDD, the project has financial barriers. It has no significant effect on further investments into similar project activities. Therefore it scores 0. Technology transfer According to the training record, the Project organizes training for the technicians on and technological self‐ the biogas digester system, and the technology applied is domestically available and reliance mature, thus there’s no technology transfer happened, a score of “0” is selected.
SECTION G. Sustainability Monitoring Plan
[See Toolkit 2.4.3 and Annex I]
Copy Table for each indicator
No 1
Indicator Soil condition
Mitigation measure
Repeat for each parameter
Chosen parameter Soil refilling
Current situation of parameter Local farmers have not received relevant training in standardized fertilization methods and fertilize the soil without the digester sludge generated by the project.
Estimation of baseline situation of 0 parameter
Future target for parameter According to the related technical specification on sludge application, The technicians are in charge of treatment of methane manure, each time (usually once to twice a year) they
will check and record the exact methods of treatment and resolve the immediate rectification problem. All the households have got the training regard to how to deal with the sludge, and let them know the sludge is a good fertilizer. The final sludge will be used for soil application. The proper soil application of the final sludge shall be recorded on a sampling basis and reported to the local energy office after every application.
Way of monitoring How Utilization records of digester sludge, i.e. records of soil refilling
When Annually
By who Local energy office representatives
No 2
Indicator Quality of the employment
Mitigation measure
Repeat for each parameter
Chosen parameter Training, labour conditions
Current situation of parameter the target locations are very mountainous and rural, and the households are unlikely to have the knowledge and capacity to operate and maintain the RMDs adequately by themselves
Estimation of baseline situation of 0 parameter
Future target for parameter After the trainings the technicians will obtain the necessary knowledge about digester maintenance; familiarize themselves with the digester operation principles; master the cause of malfunction and how to handle, moreover they can obtain some basic knowledge about CDM, sampling method and how to monitor the data. Such training plan will be conducted several times each year. Moreover, the employees’ working conditions has been protected in employee handbook/PP’s regulations
Way of monitoring How to review the training records and employee handbook/PP’s regulations
When Annually
By who Local energy office representatives and PP
No 3
Indicator Quantitative employment and income generation
Mitigation measure
Repeat for each parameter
Chosen parameter Number of jobs created and the staff salaries paid by the project
Current situation of parameter Before the implementation of the project, there’s not any quantitative employment and income generation occurred.
Estimation of baseline situation of 0 parameter
Future target for parameter A number of qualified technician service for the facilities of the project activity, in addition, the staffs of local statistical bureau were invited to make professional training of investigation to the staffs and technicians of energy office every year. Before starting work, the technicians had taken the training of professional knowledge and CDM knowledge, acquired the work permit.
Way of monitoring How To review the work permit acquired by the technician, the name list of technician in the Methane Service Center established in each town and the pay slip of the employment
When Annually
By who Local energy office representatives and PP
No 4
Indicator Air quality
Mitigation measure
Repeat for each parameter
Chosen parameter Concentrations and emissions of SO2 and particulate pollutants
Current situation of parameter Prior to the implementation of the Project, the households use fossil fuel (coal) to meet their daily energy needs for cooking and heating, which produces greenhouse gases and air pollutants, such as sulfur dioxide and particulates.
Estimation of baseline situation of Under the baseline situation, there’re emissions of sulfur parameter dioxide and a lot of particulate pollutants caused by burning fossil fuel (coal) for cooking and heating.
Future target for parameter Project activity involves switching over from coal to renewable biogas, generated from anaerobic biogas digesters by utilizing swine manure. Therefore, it has direct positive effects on the air and in particular will lead to improvement in indoor air quality. It’s indicated by the publicly accessible research that through the implementation of the project with replacing the burning of fossil fuels, the emissions of sulphur dioxide and particulate pollutants are reduced.
Way of monitoring How To review the survey on the local stakeholders
When Annually
By who PP
Additional remarks monitoring
No furthermore remarks about monitoring.
SECTION H. Additionality and conservativeness
This section is only applicable if the section on additionality and/or your choice of baseline does not follow Gold Standard guidance
H.1. Additionality
[See Toolkit 2.3]
Please see PDD B.5. of the registered CDM project.
H.2. Conservativeness
[See Toolkit 2.2]
The versions of methodologies applied by the PDD for registration are version 02 of AMS‐III.R and version 19 of AMS‐I.C respectively. Up to the GS registration, the version of AMS‐III.R has been updated as version 03. And then the revised PDD with the latest version of methodology has been updated for the purpose of GS registration. However, the update doesn’t impact the baseline identification and ER calculation of the project.
In addition, AMS III.D is applied for baseline and project emission calculation, whose latest version available at the time of first submission to GS is updated to number 19.0. However, the calculation approach is applied from the most recent 2006 IPCC Tier 2, where the formula doesn’t change. Therefore, there’s no change and impact on baseline identification and emission reduction calculation for GS when update methodology and relevant tools.
All parameters used in the ER calculation are from the latest version of methodology and the latest data issued by Chinese DNA, and all uncertainties have been taken into account to maintain the conservativeness. The parameters’ values of calculation have been chosen IPCC default values when the site‐specific values are not convenient to achieve; its conservativeness has been committed by the EB.
ANNEX 1 ODA declaration
[See Toolkit Annex D]
Annex 2 Attendees list
Annex 3 Example for original filled‐in copies of questionnaires