PROJECT DESIGN DOCUMENT FORM (CDM PDD) CDM – Executive Board page 1 CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM PROJECT DESIGN DOCUMENT FORM (CDM-PDD) CONTENTS A. General description of project activity B. Application of a baseline and monitoring methodology C. Duration of the project activity / crediting period D. Environmental impacts E. Stakeholders’ comments Annexes Annex 1: Contact information on participants in the project activity Annex 2: Information regarding public funding Annex 3: Baseline information Annex 4: Monitoring plan PROJECT DESIGN DOCUMENT FORM (CDM PDD) CDM – Executive Board page 2 SECTION A. General description of project activity A.1 Title of the project activity: Wind Park at the Orites Archimandritas, Cyprus PDD completed: 17 June 2008 Applied Methodology: ACM 0002/Version 7 A.2. Description of the project activity: The purpose of the Orites Wind Farm Project is to install and operate a wind farm, which will be producing renewable electricity from wind. The produced electricity will be fed into the National Grid of the Electricity Authority of Cyprus and sold on the basis of a Power Purchase Agreement to be concluded with the Transmission System Operator and the Electricity Authority of Cyprus. The project activity will generate greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions by avoiding CO2 emissions from electricity generation by fossil fuel power plants that supply the National Grid. Commissioning is planned for 01/07/2008. The site of the Orites Wind Farm Project is located at the Southern coast in the Paphos District of the Republic of Cyprus. The project development comprises of the installation of 72 turbines with a rated capacity of 2 MW each, resulting in a total capacity 144 MW. The technical terms for the grid connection at the high voltage system are currently being investigated by the Transmission System Operator. Wind measurements were carried out for a period of three years (from 2005 to 2008). According to an energy yield calculation based on this wind data the annual electricity production is expected to be 294,378 MWh per year. The project will represent one of the first wind farms ever to be realized in the Republic of Cyprus. It will assist the country in establishing and promoting the use of grid connected renewable energy technologies. Hence it will contribute to a reduction of GHG emissions. With regard to sustainable development the project contributes in several ways: • Reduction of CO2 and other air pollutants through development of renewable technology • Contribution towards achieving the targets and objectives of the country’s policy regarding the promotion and the use of renewable energies in order to increase the contribution of electricity consumption from renewable energy sources from 0% to 6% by 2010 and 13% by 2020. • Infrastructure development in the environs of the project will also attract visitors for environmental and teaching purposes • Creation of local employment during construction and later on for maintenance and operation, thus creating and strengthening local knowledge and experience in this new technology. PROJECT DESIGN DOCUMENT FORM (CDM PDD) CDM – Executive Board page 3 The construction of the Project has been approved by the Ministerial Council of Cyprus on April 2008. The EIA of the Project has been approved by the Competent Authority (Environment Service, Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment, Cyprus) on 12/10/2006. Owner of the windfarm will be D.K.Wind Supply Ltd which will be responsible for technical and commercial management. A.3. Project participants: Name of Party involved ((host) Private and/or public Kindly indicate if the Party indicates a host Party) entity(ies) project participants involved wishes to be (as applicable) considered as project participant (Yes/No) Cyprus (Host) Private entities: No 1) D.K.Wind Supply Ltd, and 2) C.D.M. Trading Ltd. (development, realization, operation; project participants) A.4. Technical description of the project activity: A.4.1. Location of the project: The project is located close to the Pano Archimandrita and Souskiou communities in the Paphos region and Alectora community in the Limassol region in the Republic of Cyprus and is located approximately 2km northwest of the Pano Archimandrita community. The town of Paphos is at a distance of some 20 km towards the west as indicated in the following map. The land in the general area is used primarily for agricultural purposes. The land on which the wind farm will be located is government owned or administered and the required lease permits are already secured. Access to the site is very good via the Limassol-Paphos highway and the Kouklia-Archimandrita road. PROJECT DESIGN DOCUMENT FORM (CDM PDD) CDM – Executive Board page 4 PROJECT DESIGN DOCUMENT FORM (CDM PDD) CDM – Executive Board page 5 A.4.1.1. Host Party (ies): The Host country is Cyprus. A.4.1.2. Region/State/Province etc.: The project is located in the Paphos and Limassol Districts (boarder). A.4.1.3. City/Town/Community etc: The project is in the environs of the village of Pano Archimandrita and at a distance of some 20 km from the town of Paphos. A.4.1.4. Detail of physical location, including information allowing the unique identification of this project activity (maximum one page): The wind farm’s terrain is mildly hilly. The highest point of the area is at an altitude circa 450m and the UTM WGS84 coordinates of 467.766 and 3,842,920 (Centre of Area). The project is located close to the Pano Archimandrita and Souskiou communities in the Paphos region and Alectora community in the Limassol region in the Republic of Cyprus and is located approximately 2km northwest of the Pano Archimandrita community. The town of Paphos is at a distance of some 20 km towards the west. The land in the general area is used primarily for agricultural purposes. The land on which the wind farm will be located is government owned or administered and the required lease permits are already secured. Access to the site is very good via the Limassol-Paphos highway and the Kouklia-Archimandrita road. PROJECT DESIGN DOCUMENT FORM (CDM PDD) CDM – Executive Board page 6 PROJECT DESIGN DOCUMENT FORM (CDM PDD) CDM – Executive Board page 7 A.4.2. Category (ies) of project activity: The project is specified as “Renewable electricity generation in grid connected applications” (from wind energy) and falls within sectoral scope 1: energy industries Renewable sources). A.4.3. Technology to be employed by the project activity: According to the meteorological data of the Meteorological Service of Cyprus, the project side has abundant wind resource. The annual wind speed at 85m height is 5.85 m/s with stable prevailing wind direction. The total installed capacity of the Project is 140MWwith 72 sets of V90 – 2MW turbines with a unit capacity of 2MW. The estimated electricity delivered the national Grid by the Project is 294,378 MWh per year. According to the Application Report of the Project, the Project owner has carried out compare of technological parameters and prices of various models with different unit capacities, while taking into account of power generation, cost and benefit. As a result, the V90 – 2MW turbines manufactured by Vestas Wind Systems A/S of Denmark were finally selected for the Project. The implementation of which will be conducive to the technology transfer. The wind farm will be connected to the transmission system (high tension at 132kV) through a dedicated substation from where the electricity will be fed into the National Grid. The turbines will be supplied and installed by VESTAS Wind Systems A/S of Denmark, on a turn-key basis. Infrastructure work such as preparation of roads, building of foundations and cabling will be carried out by local companies. A.4.4 Estimated amount of emission reductions over the chosen crediting period: Renewable crediting period 10 years is adopted by the Project. It is expected that the project activities will generate emission reductions for about 234,148 tCO2e per year over the 10 year crediting period from 01/01/2010 to 31/12/2019. This reduction results from the displacement of the generation of electrical energy from the fossil fuel fired plants that would otherwise have fed electricity into the national grid. Years Annual estimation of emission PROJECT DESIGN DOCUMENT FORM (CDM PDD) CDM – Executive Board page 8 reductions in tonnes of CO2 2010 234,148 2011 234,148 2012 234,148 2013 234,148 2014 234,148 2015 234,148 2016 234,148 2017 234,148 2018 234,148 2019 234,148 Total estimated reductions (tCO2e) 2,341,480 Total number of crediting years 10 Annual average over the crediting period of 234,148 estimated reductions (tCO2e) A.4.5. Public funding of the project activity: There will be no public funding. PROJECT DESIGN DOCUMENT FORM (CDM PDD) CDM – Executive Board page 9 SECTION B. Application of a baseline and monitoring methodology B.1. Title and reference of the approved baseline and monitoring methodology applied to the project activity: Approved consolidated baseline methodology ACM0002 (Version 7): “Consolidated baseline methodology for grid-connected electricity generation from renewable sources” and “Consolidated monitoring methodology for grid-connected electricity generation from renewable sources”. The Tool for the Demonstration and Assessment of Additionality ver. 03. B.2 Justification of the choice of the methodology and why it is applicable to the project activity: Wind power generation technology is a renewable electricity generation technology which displaces fossil fuel-fired power generation technology to supply electricity to the grid. Therefore the Project applies the consolidated baseline methodology ACM0002 approved by CDM EB to determine the project baseline and calculate GHG emission reduction achieved by wind power generation. The project meets all applicability conditions of the consolidated baseline methodology ACM0002 as follows: o The Project involves the electricity capacity additions from wind power plant.