1. Electricity baselines under the CDM
Opportunities or constraints?
Einar Telnes
Montreal, CoP11/MoP1, December 3, 2005

2. What is the present situation?
Individual methodologies with limited application
AM 0004-ATBiopower-to be removed by year end
AM005-El Gallo
AM 000- TA Sugars
AM0015-Vale do Rosario-to be removed by year end
AM019-Lihir
AM0026-Chile renewable
Consolidated methodologies:
ACM 0002 –Grid connected renewable electricity generation
ACM0006- Biomass based renewable electricity generation
ACM 0007-Conversion from single cycle to combined cycle generation
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3. Personal observations:
Individual methodologies are extremely limited in scope, almost applicable to the one underlying project only
Arbitrary setting of capacity limits (AM 0005, EUETS) is limiting the prospects of good hydro projects to come forward
Even the consolidated methodologies are restricted in scope, limiting the applicability options to a few projects only
Date availability
Data accuracy
Regulators impact
Difficult to combine present methodologies for electricity generation with fuel switch
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4. Hydro projects
Do hydro-based systems require particular consideration? If so how?
Reservoir based and run of river hydro are two different animals…
Run of river has less environmental impacts and also less issues around sustainable development
Reservoir based hydro research indicate that methane caused by large biomass submersion can offset significant amounts of credits generated by electricity supply
Large dam based hydro has also hydrological and agricultural impacts, in addtion to the potential relocation of residents
But: There are opportunities for LARGE dam-based hydro projects that will have very limited impacts as described above.
Is there a need for more elaborated assessment criteria that relates to large hydro?
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5. What are the constraints?
The present methodology do not really reflect the potential that is embedded in electricity generation projects
There is little flexibility in judgement of sustainable development impacts among regulators, Large hydro is a no-no!
The WCD criteria is “overshadowing” the CDM?
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6. What can be done?
More close interaction between the Methodology Panael and project developers
Intensified efforts to broaden methodologies and act on identified constraints
More option-based methodology criterai, like ACM 002
Other……
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