Letaba Biomass to Energy PDD - MyClimate

purposes (i.e. agriculture), and not be
abandoned 4 , this methodology is not
applicable, if the value of any of the following
indicators is larger than 50%........”
This methodology is not applicable under a
Programme of Activities.
Phase 3
PROJECT DESIGN DOCUMENT FORM (GS-VER-PDD)
Voluntary Offset Projects - Version 01
Not applicable – the project activity is not
programmatic
AMS II.D “Energy Efficiency and fuel switching measures for industrial facilities”
Applicability criterion Comment
“This category comprises any energy efficiency
and fuel switching measure implemented at a
single industrial or mining and mineral production
facility….”
“This category covers project activities
aimed primarily at energy efficiency….”
“The measures may replace, modify or retrofit
existing facilities….”
“The aggregate energy savings of a single project
may not exceed the equivalent of 60 GWhe per
year…..”
“This category is applicable to project activities
where it is possible to directly measure and
record the energy use within the project boundary
(e.g. electricity and/or fossil fuel consumption)…. “
“This category is applicable to project activities
where the impact of the measures implemented
(improvements in energy efficiency) by the project
activity can be clearly distinguished from changes
in energy use due to other variables not
influenced by the project activity (signal to noise
ratio).”
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In Phase 3 at Letaba Estates the intervention is very
specifically one aimed at energy efficiency in an
existing industrial facility by retro-fitting a Vapour
Absorption Chiller to utilise waste heat in order to
provide cooling to the store rooms where the fruit
juice is kept.
In Phase 3 the intervention is very specifically one
aimed at energy efficiency
The intervention is a retro-fit (installation of a Vapour
Absorption Chiller to utilise waste heat in order to
provide cooling to the store rooms where the fruit
juice is kept).
The aggregate savings will be in the order of 4 GWe
per annum – well under the threshold. The change in
energy usage will not be affected by other changes in
the plant set-up as it pertains to the cooling
requirement while the other planned interventions
pertain to the heating requirement. Furthermore, the
cooling is presently done electrically while the heat is
provided by the combustion of coal.
It is possible to directly record the energy use within
the project boundary by measuring the electrical load
with and without the VAC being on.
It is possible to directly record the energy use within
the project boundary by measuring the electrical load
with and without the VAC being on.
B.2. Description of how the methodology is applied in the context of the project activity:
4 please see “Attachment C (information on leakage in biomass project activities) b ” for details on relevant cases