Ethiopia lighting VPA-SSC-DD - MyClimate

SMALL-SCALE VOLUNTARY PROGRAMME ACTIVITY DESIGN DOCUMENT FORM
(Voluntary-SSC-VPA-DD) - Version 01
NAME /TITLE OF THE VPoA: Solar Lighting in Rural Ethiopia VPoA
SECTION B. Eligibility of small-scale VPA and Estimation of emissions reductions
B.1. Title and reference of the Registered VPoA to which small-scale VPA is added:
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Solar Lighting in Rural Ethiopia VPoA
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B.2. Justification of the why the small-scale VPA is eligible to be included in the Registered VPoA :
No Criteria
1. Only VPAs that install solar home (lighting) systems
that supply rural households with electricity are
eligible to be included in the programme.
2. The total capacity of the solar panels included in a
VPA does not exceed 5 MW, according to EB 60,
Annex 25, Guidelines for demonstrating additionality
of micro-scale project activities.
Retroactive activities applying under the scheme shall
undergo a pre-feasibility assessment as per Gold
Standard Requirements. Further, the additionality of
retroactive projects shall be proved using the
guidelines given in Attachment A to Appendix B and
cannot be deemed additional.
3. Solar Technicians have undergone training in the
installation and maintenance of solar systems at SEF’s
“International Solar Energy School”.
4. The project takes place within Federal Democratic
Republic of Ethiopia, which represents the project
boundary. Only rural households that are not
connected to the electricity grid can be included in a
VPA.
5. Measures are in place to recycle batteries. Solar
Technicians will collect the batteries or verify the
same once they were informed by a household that the
battery is defect or is not working. The collected
batteries will be recycled locally or returned to the
Confirmed. The VPA supplies solar
systems to rural households.
Confirmed. The VPA is projected to sell
0.6MWp of SHSs. Thus, it is unlikely
that sales will exceed the 5MW
threshold. Yet, if any SHSs that are to
be sold exceed the 5MW limit, they are
not included in this VPA but will be
count towards VPA2.
The project activity is not a retroactive
activity.
Confirmed. All Solar Technicians have
undergone theoretical and practical
training on how to plan, implement,
operate and maintain solar projects and
systems. Training courses take place at
SEF’s “International Solar Energy
School”. The duration of a typical
training is six months.
Yes. The VPA is located in Ethiopia
and only households which have had no
access to the local grid, as stated, were
included in the VPA.
Yes, as momentarily there are no local
recycling facilities, the batteries would
be collected and shipped back to the
manufacturer for recycling. As of now,
no batteries had to be displaced.