CDM Comments

Comments on the CDM Project Design Document (PDD) for the AES Changuinola I (a.k.a. Chan 75) Large Hydroelectric Dam Project: A Case of “Greenwash Additionality”Submitted by International Rivers to the project validator TÜV SÜDAugust 8, 2008Valle del Rey village along the Changuinola River, which will be flooded by the Changuinola dams Linda Barrera Project Overview: Location: Changuinola River, La Amistad UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Buffer Zone and Mesoamerican Biological Corridor, PanamaType: 222 MW; 99m concrete dam; 1394 ha reservoir.Project Promoter: AES CorporationSocial impacts: Inc

Proposed Executive Board review of Jorethang Loop CDM application needs to include appraisal, stakeholder consultation requirementsDear CDM Executive Board members,Jorethang Loop is a proposed 96 MW hydro project in Sikkim in India which the Executive Board will consider reviewing in its 37th meeting.It is our hope that the project review will not only assess the additionality claims, but also whether the developers met the basic appraisal and stakeholder consultation requirements, among others.We had filed comments during the validation period of this project, but the project proponents have

RE: A review of proposed CDM project—Jorethang Loop—should include whether it met the stakeholder consultation requirements Dear CDM Executive Board members, Jorethang Loop is a 96 MW hydro project in India which the Executive Board will consider reviewing in its 37th meeting. It is our hope that the project review will not only assess the additionality claims, but also whether the developers met the stakeholder consultation requirements. In September 2006, NESPON, an NGO in West Bengal in India, visited villages directly affected by the Jorethang Loop hydropower project. T

Comments about the proposed CDM credits for Tala Hydroelectric project in Bhutan and export of hydropower to India Based on reading of the PDD dated Dec 16, 2007 (as available on the UNFCCC website) for the above project and having monitored India’s power sector 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: Project has been under implementation (in 1996) long before the UNFCCC CDM process started, with full fina

Official CDM project name is "Substitution of grid power generation through transmission of renewable electricity generated in a hydro power generating station" Submitted to DNV Wangchu River Robert Tyabji The non-additionality of this project should be obvious.The project started construction in October 1996 before the Kyoto Protocol was negotiated and before the Clean Development Mechanism even existed on paper. Therefore it is impossible that the CDM was considered in the decision to build the project.The PDD does not argue that the CDM was required to build the project.The PDD argues on

Update 17 December, 2007: 3 members of the CDM's Executive Board have requested a review of this project on the basis of concerns over its additionality. The full board will consider the request for review at its 37th meeting 30 Jan-1 Feb 2008. SANDRP Comments on Project Design Document for the Jorethang Loop Hydroelectric Project, Sikkim, India Submitted to DNV Based on reading of the PDD and a visit to the site and interviews with the people in the project area (by NESPON colleagues) for the proposed 96 MW Jorethang Loop Hydroelectric Project (JLHEP) in Sikkim (India) should not be validated

Current Status: Validation Terminated (as of Aug 2009) Campos Novos Dam filled Chaver83, Flickr There are several grounds on which the 880 MW Campos Novos Dam should be rejected: lack of adequate stakeholder consultations (due to suppression of stakeholder voices, including unjustified arrests); illegal practices involved in the development of the project; and blatant non-additionality. The fact that the project is already operational without CDM credits should disqualify it from any consideration for credits. It is clear that the project would be completed without the CDM because, in fact,

Current Status: At Validation (as of Aug 2009) Comments on the CDM Project Design Document for Jinjitan Hydro Project Submitted to Dr. Sven Kolmetz, TÜV SÜD Industrie Service GmbH July 11, 2007 Dear Dr. Kolmetz, I am concerned about the number of hydropower projects in China that are applying for CDM credits that appear to be non-additional. Jinjitan is one such project that seems very clearly non-additional. Its construction is almost completed, the additionality arguments contained in the PDD are exceptionally weak and undocumented, and hydropower is very common practic

Barbara HayaConsultant, International RiversPhD Candidate, University of California, Berkeleybhaya@berkeley.eduHans Jürgen StehrChair CDM Executive BoardCDM SecretariatCDMinfo@unfccc.intOctober 12, 2007 RE: Concerns about the large number of Chinese hydropower projects currently undergoing CDM validation Dear Hans Jürgen Stehr and other members of the CDM Executive Board,I am writing to express my serious concerns about the hundreds of hydropower projects from China currently entering and progressing through the CDM pipeline. Evidence strongly suggests that a majority of these projects are n

Current Status: Validation Negative (as of Aug 2009) To: Members of the validation team for the Sondu Miriu Hydro Power Project in Kenya, DNVFrom: Bryan Ashe, Earthlife Africa eThekwini, South AfricaLiane Greeff, Environmental Monitoring Group, South AfricaBarbara Haya, University of California, Berkeley and International RiversBetty Obbo, African Rivers Network, UgandaRe: Information relevant to the validation of the Sondu Miriu Hydro Project, KenyaDear members of the validation team,We would like to alert you to some information about the Sondu Miriu Hydro Power Project in Kenya that is not