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PROJECT DESIGN DOCUMENT FORM (GS-VER-PDD) Voluntary Offset Projects - Version 01 o Drafting twenty six different versions of a Heads of Agreement between BioTherm Energy and Letaba Estates in order to find a way forward acceptable to both parties; o Drafting a new Gold Standard methodology after the applied CDM methodology became inapplicable and there was no approved methodology under which a combination of energy efficiency and fuel switching to biomass could be accommodated. o Engaging the authorities to get regulatory clearances. Sub-step 3b: Identified barriers would not prevent the implementation of Alternative Scenario-1 which is continuation of current practice This template shall not be altered. It shall be completed without modifying/adding headings or logo, format or font. page 18 The current practice scenario is the use of coal in both the peel driers and the boilers and the use of grid electricity for cooling. In essence the choice is between coal (status quo) and biomass (the project activity). Nothing prevents the coal route from proceeding into the future as the existing boilers can be kept in operation and the plant has operated in this fashion for more than forty years. The boilers can be kept in operation for a long time yet and should they become dysfunctional the chances are very good that second hand coal boilers can be obtained at low cost. The peel driers were built to operate on coal. Furthermore, there is expertise and experience at the plant on how to operate using coal. The coal is uniform and requires far less manpower to administer than biomass. Risk is low. Coal does not have the inherent danger of production losses or any technological uncertainty. It is thus submitted that the project activity faces barriers that would prevent the project activity from being implemented without carbon finance and further that there is an alternative that does not face these barriers being the continued use of coal. Table 1: Barriers faced by the two alternatives: Barrier Alternative 1: Continuation of the current situation Alternative 2: Project Activity without Gold Standard registration Barrier of prevailing practice n/a X Technological barrier n/a X Financial barrier (including risks) n/a X Step 4 Common practice analysis Sub-step 4a and b The project proponent is unaware of any similar project in South Africa that is not a CDM project. B.4. Description of how the definition of the project boundary related to the baseline methodology selected is applied to the project activity: Phases 1-2 Ecologically sound fuel switch to biomass with reduced energy requirement The project boundary is the physical, geographical site where the fuel combustion affected by the fuel-switching measure occurs, being the juicing plant at Letaba Estates. Phase 3
PROJECT DESIGN DOCUMENT FORM (GS-VER-PDD) Voluntary Offset Projects - Version 01 This template shall not be altered. It shall be completed without modifying/adding headings or logo, format or font. page 19 AMS II.D paragraph 4 stipulates that the project boundary is the physical, geographical site of the industrial or mining and mineral production facility, processes or equipment that are affected by the project activity. This will be the juicing plant at Letaba Estates, inclusive of the cooling room. B.5. Details of baseline information, including the date of completion of the baseline study and the name of person (s)/entity (ies) determining the baseline: Baseline compiled by Martin Kruse of BioTherm Energy (Pty) Ltd (martin.kruse@wspgroup.com tel +27 83 282 0846) and documented by Johan van den Berg of CDM Africa Climate Solutions (Pty) Ltd (johanvdb@cdmafrica.com tel +27 82 925 5680), reformulated for version 16 of the PDD on 26 June 2008 and retained in later versions. SECTION C. Duration of the project activity / Crediting period C.1 Duration of the project activity: C.1.1. Starting date of the project activity: 1 October 2009. C.1.2. Expected operational lifetime of the project activity: Operationally, the fuel switching will continue indefinitely and both the converted peel driers and the multifuel boilers are projected to last 15 years or more. The VAC will last 15 years or more. C.2 Choice of the crediting period and related information: C.2.1. Renewable crediting period Not applicable left open on purpose C.2.1.1. Starting date of the first crediting period: Not applicable left open on purpose C.2.1.2. Length of the first crediting period: Not applicable left open on purpose C.2.2. Fixed crediting period: C.2.2.1. Starting date: 1 January 2009
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