Letaba Biomass to Energy PDD - MyClimate

Access to essential services (water, health,
education, access to facilities, etc.) Access to
essential services will be taken as an indicator of
social sustainability, measured by the number of
additional people gaining access in comparison
with the baseline. Access must be directly related
to the service and not an unintended impact.
Access to affordable clean energy services The
CDM and JI provide an important opportunity to
improve the coverage of reliable and affordable
clean energy services, especially to the poor and
in rural areas. Where of a relevant scale, security
of energy supply (an indicator of a country’s ability
to generate the power that is needed for services
and the economy in comparison with the baseline),
should be taken into account.
Empowerment The sub-indicator is used to
evaluate the project’s contribution to improving the
access of local people to and their participation in
community institutions and decision-making
processes.
Education/skills The sub-indicator is used to
assess how the project activity enhances and/or
requires improved and more widespread education
and skills in the community.
Gender equality The sub-indicator is used to
assess how the project activity requires or
enhances improvement of the empowerment,
education/skills and livelihoods of women in the
community.
Total score 5
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historical economic imbalances in the
country. Considered the small size of the
project, we judge this a major positive
impact.
0 The project does not change access to
essential service in a direct way.
1 The Letaba factory is supplied with an
affordable, clean energy source. However,
no poor people will directly benefit, since
the energy is entirely used on-site. This is
therefore a minor positive impact.
0 The project does not particularly lead to
empowerment in the sense of this indicator.
Indirectly, the shareholding held by BEE
(“Black Economic Empowerment”) persons
will contribute towards the eradication of
historical economic imbalances in the
country.
1 The project will lead to local skills
development in the installation and
maintenance of the peel driers and biomass
boiler.
0 Gender equality is not particularly enhanced
through the project, however, it is ensured
that no adverse impact on gender equality
is caused by the project.
C Economic and technological development
Indicator Score Comment
Employment (numbers) Net employment
1 10-15 contracting and 1-3 permanent jobs
generation will be taken as an indicator of
will be generated. Considering the small
economic sustainability, measured by the number
size of the project, this is a considerable
of additional jobs directly created by the CDM
project in comparison with the baseline.
positive impact.
Sustainability of the balance of payments Net 0 Since neither in the baseline nor in the