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Difficulties in Verification of a PoA : DOEs Perspective. Workshop on Programme of Activities ( PoA ) under the CDM: Challenges and Road Ahead 07 th - 8 th , May 2011, Bonn. Organised by UNFCCC Secretariat. by Dr. Kaviraj Singh. Content.
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Difficulties in Verification of a PoA: DOEs Perspective Workshop on Programme of Activities (PoA) under the CDM: Challenges and Road Ahead 07th - 8th, May 2011, Bonn Organised by UNFCCC Secretariat by Dr. Kaviraj Singh
Content • Current status of PoAs: validation/verification • Procedures: CDM PA vis-à-vis PoA • Template availability • Complexities in verification • Further guidance from UNFCCC • Questions
Current status of PoAs: • Total PoAs registered: 08 • Under verification: 01 (or more) • Under validation : 164 (Webhosted for ISHC)
Change in project design? • Change in the number of PA equipment installation • Given the number in millions • Robust monitoring of implementation • Change in the rated capacity • Minor & Major • Implementation in different geographical areas than the ones mentioned in the registered PoA • Municipalities • Region within a country & Across the countries • The impact of these changes: • Additionality/Scale/Applicability
Revision in monitoring plan? • PoA-DD not inline to applied methodology • If PoA DD is reivsed, does it require to change in all CPAs? • CPA-DD doesn’t follow the applied methodology • Is revision in affected CPA DD is acceptable? • Only implemented CPA-DD doesn’t follow the PoA-DD • EB55 Annex 38, para 19 & 20: • Once changes have been approved inline to the revised/replaced meth, does it require the existing CPAs (as default) to follow the new PoA?
Deviation from the registered PoA-DD & CPA-DD • PoA-DD • CPA-DD only • Deviation from PoA as well as CPA-DD
Complexities in verification of PoAs • Data Sampling • Huge sets of data to be verified • Assurance on information provided by third parties (for PP) • Extra time and efforts (on site) required by DOE • More clarity on issues (discussed later)
Data Sampling for monitored parameters • Appropriateness of the sample size in the registered PoA DD • Identification of the representative sample size for the monitored data • More clarity required, within the PoA section in methodologies, on appropriate sampling plan requirements
Huge sets of data to deal with • Number of project devices may be thousands/millions • Significant time and efforts required • Need of statistical expert in team • Robust data processing systems for PPs • Technical difficulties (size) in uploading the files
Assurance on hired third party • No defined criteria (competency/accreditation) about the selection of third party • Protocols to be used by third party for data collection and analysis should be made available in the PoA-DD • Involved parties should have the accreditation from the government bodies or other authorized entities
Extra efforts of DOEs may require on site • Requires more time and efforts (as compared to CDM projects) on site • Complete assessment team shall visit the site • Geographical and sociological constrains on site • Need to increase the sample size if variations in collected data • Economical constrains, on the required efforts, for DOEs
Further guidance from UN • Response from UN on some project specific clarifications as exceptional case • More clarity on procedures for change in project design/RMP/deviations cases • Specific guidance for sampling of CPAs and data collection • Availability of PoA specific templates and forms
Employed 59,000 people and operate a network of more than 1,000 offices and laboratories around the world • Verification of 27.4% of the total projects got CER issued (still stands on top)* • Validation of 10.9% of the total registered projects* Questions? Dr. Kaviraj Singh Regional Operation Manager (ME & SEAP)Phone: +91 1246776360 Mobile: +91 9871712968 Email: kaviraj.singh@sgs.com Web: www.climatechange.sgs.com Thanks You *UNEP RISO (http://cdmpipeline.org/) March, 2011