CDM Comments

CESTA Letter to CDM Board on El Chaparral Hydroelectric Project (El Salvador)

Túnel de 370 metros para desviar el río temporalmente,  mientras se hacen las excavaciones del dique.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Current Status: Registered (March 1, 2010) PROYECTO HIDROELECTRICO EL CHAPARRAL GENERALIDADES Ubicación: Río Torola, departamento de San Miguel zona oriental de El Salvador Potencia estimada: 66.1 MW, Potencia estimada de energía: 232 GW/ año Costo de la obra: 222 millones de dólares de los que $163 serán otorgados por el Banco Centroamericano de Integración Económica (BCIE) y el resto por el Estado salvadoreño Porcentaje de ejecución de la obra a diciembre del 2009 según CEL el 12% Empresa que la construye firma Italiana ASTALDI Resumen CE

Letter to SGS Re Kamchay Hydroelectric BOT Project (Cambodia)

Construction work at the Kamchay Dam site - 2008 © Marcus Rhinelander
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Current Status: At Validation (as of Mar 2010) Jirote Na Nakorn Managing Director SGS (THAILAND) LIMITED 100 Nanglinchee Road, Chongnonsee Yannawa 10120 Bangkok Thailand cc CDM Executive Board, SGS Headquarters Re: Submission for carbon credits of the Kamchay Hydroelectric BOT Project March 11, 2010 Dear Jirote Na Nakorn, We are writing to express our concern over the application for carbon credits of Kamchay Hydroelectric BOT Project in Cambodia, which applied for validation back in the fall of 2008. While we missed the public comment period, our partners in Cambod

Letter to CDM Board on the ERSA Airuroca Small Hydro Project (Brazil)

Thursday, July 9, 2009
Current status: At Validation (as of Jan 2010) TO CDM Executive BOARD c/c Paolo Teramo - RINA Subject: The ERSA Airuroca Small Hydro Project in Brazil does not meet the requirements for the Clean Development Mechanism. Belo Horizonte, July 9, 2009 Dear Sirs, We would like to contest ERSA ́s Aiuruoca Small Dam Project under a few comments: ERSA says it is developing and implementing an environment and social management system - but the environmental bodies (IBAMA, IEF and SUPRAM-Varginha) have not recommended the environmental license for the project, as you can read

FUNDICCEP Comments to AENOR Regarding the Pedregalito Hydroelectric Project (Panama)

View of machinery Piedra River from the Interamerican Highway
Friday, October 2, 2009
Position to sustain our opposition to the granting of Certificates of Emission Reduction (CERs), to the hydroelectric company Hydro Pedregalito (Panama Power Holdings) on the Chico "Piedra" River in the province of Chiriqui, district of Boqueron in the Republic of Panama View of machinery Piedra River from the Interamerican Highway Foundation for Comprehensive Community Development and Conservation of Ecosystems of Panama (FUNDICCEP) Environmental impacts The project does not take into account a study of the basin that would have allowed the National Environmental A

Comments to Deloitte Regarding the 500MW Caojie Hydropower Project (China)

Friday, August 14, 2009
Current Status: At Validation (as of Jan 2010) Comments on the Caojie Hydropower Project (China)Submitted to Deloitte Tohmatsu Evaluation and Certification Organization Project Overview: Status: Under constructionLocation: Jialing River, Chongqing CityProject Participants: Japan (Mitsubishi Corporation); Chongqing Navigation Construction and Development Co. Ltd.Total Installed Capacity: 500 MWCost: 5.33 billion yuanClaimed Emission Reductions: 1,595,171 tCO2e/year (47,855,130 tCO2e over 30 years)Summary of Concerns The large Caojie Hydropower Project in Chongqing City is non-additional and h

Comments to BV Cert Regarding Xeset 2 Hydropower Project (Laos)

Friday, August 7, 2009
Current Status: At Validation (as of Jan 2010) International Rivers Comments on Xeset 2 Hydropower Project, Lao PDRSubmitted to the Project Validator, Bureau Veritas Certification Holding Summary of Comments: The project is not additional. The project attracted financing from the China Export- Import Bank, and will start generating power this month. The project will not lead to a net reduction in greenhouse gas emissions since the main alternative source of generation for domestic needs in Southern Laos is hydropower. The PDD states that the project will displace electricity imports from Thai

SANDRP Comments Re the Rampur Hydroelectric Project (India)

River Sutlej makes its way to Rampur Busher in Himachal Pradesh
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Current Status: Registered on 29 Sept 2011 Comments about the proposed CDM credits for the Rampur Hydroelectric project in India, called "Hydro electric power project by SJVNL in Himachal Pradesh" in the PDD River Sutlej makes its way to Rampur Busher in Himachal Pradesh Himanshu Joshi Based on reading of the Project Design Document dated Dec 3, 2008 (version 1 as available on the UNFCCC website) for the above project and having monitored India's power sector and this project over the last few years we reach the conclusion that it will not be appropriate to accept the proje

SANDRP Comments Re the Myntdu Leshka Hydroelectric Project (India)

Saturday, July 4, 2009
Current Status: At Validation (as of Aug 2009) Comments about the proposed CDM credits for the Myntdu Leshka Hydroelectric project in Meghalaya India Based on reading of the Project Design Document dated Aug 22 2008 (version 1 as available on the UNFCCC website) for the above project and having monitored India's power sector and this project over the last few years we reach the conclusion that it will not be appropriate to accept the project for CDM credits. Some of the main reasons for this conclusion are listed below. 1. The project is clearly not additional: In section B.5 for

NGO Forum on Cambodia Comments Re Buon Kuop Hydroelectric Project (Vietnam)

Monday, June 29, 2009
Comments on the Clean Development Mechanism Project Design Document for the Buon Kuop Hydropower Project, Viet Nam June 29, 2009 Comments prepared by Chhith Sam Ath and Ame Trandem, The NGO Forum on Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Background Information The Srepok River is a 400 km tributary of the Mekong River, which originates in the Central Highlands of Vietnam and then flows into Cambodia's provinces of Mondulkiri, Ratanakiri and Stung Treng where it merges into the Sesan River. The Sesan River then joins the Sekong River which later converges into the Mekong River. Th

3SPN Comments Re Buon Kuop Hydroelectric Project (Vietnam)

Monday, June 29, 2009
Comments on the Clean Design Mechanism Validation of Buon Kuop Hydroelectric Project, Vietnam Comments by Meach Mean, Coordinator, 3S Rivers Protection Network (3SPN), Banlung Town, Ratanakiri and Paul Humphrey, Advisor, 3S Rivers Protection Network (3SPN), Banlung Town, Ratanakiri. 3S Rivers Protection Network (3SPN) submits the following comments regarding the Buon Kuop Hydroelectric Project (BKHP) in Vietnam. In summary, the BKHP is ineligible for CDM validation and registration because; 1. The project does not meet CDM requirements regarding sustainable development, 2. BKHP fail

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