WP 2 : Technology transfer in the CDM TETRIS PROJECT TEAM MEETING 21 June 2006, Amsterdam Frauke Haake, Heleen de Coninck

Registered projects under the CDM  As of 1st January 2006 –63 projects –total of 28 MtCO 2 -eq per year  In the meantime –number has risen to more than 200 projects –Around 100 MtCO 2 -eq per year  Analysis outdated but still relevant  No significant new technologies introduced in the expanded project portfolio

Results on technology transfer in the CDM Same criteria as WP5 on Joint Implementation:  Country origin of technology –Data origin: PDDs, contact with project developers –Possibilities: European Union, Host country, Other countries (Japan, USA, etc), No data  New or improved technology –Looking at current technologies used in host countries –Based on PDD, independent data on the country conditions  Capacity building or knowledge transfer –Based on PDD and expert judgment Decreasing data certainty

Technologies used - GHG reduction

Technologies used - Number of projects

Technology transfer - origin of technology LFG: mainly Netherlands N 2 O reduction: mainly from France HFC-23 destruction: Japan, the UK and Germany Methane capture: host country Hydropower: diverse origins: Spain, France, Japan, Switzerland and the United States and host countries Wind energy: Spain and Denmark Bio-energy: host country

Technology transfer - new or improved

Technology transfer - capacity building/knowledge transfer

Conclusion  Technology mostly from either the EU or the host country.  Over one third of the projects uses technology from EU  Especially technologies in the non-CO 2 greenhouse gases and some renewable energy technologies appear to have been exported.  Much of the technology is locally produced, mainly in bio-energy, thermal/efficiency and some hydropower and landfill gas projects.  In almost 60% of the projects, new or improved technology is used  Capacity building or knowledge transfer appears to have taken place in almost half of the projects  Technology transfer takes place more in projects that reduce non- CO 2 greenhouse gases rather than in renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. The exception is wind energy.