CDM AR WG report / CDM SSC WG report / Other methodological issues

CDM AR WG report / CDM SSC WG report / Other methodological issues

1) Please be informed that the below listed documents are available on the
UNFCCC CDM website:

a) The report of the fifteenth meeting of the CDM Afforestation and
Reforestation Working Group (AR WG) is available in the AR WG page of the
UNFCCC CDM website: <http://cdm.unfccc.int/Panels/ar>.

b) The report of the eleventh meeting of the Small Scale Working Group (SSC
WG) is available in the SSC WG page of the UNFCCC CDM website: <
http://cdm.unfccc.int/Panels/ssc_wg>.

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2) Methodologies

a) The following proposed new baseline and monitoring methodologies have
been re-submitted (B cases) for consideration by the Meth Panel and are
available on the UNFCCC CDM website:

NM0181-rev: Introduction of a new primary district heating system - Houma
District Heating project, Shanxi Province, P.R.C.

b) The following proposed new methodologies were sent from the Meth Panel
through the DOE to the project participants to invite clarifications to the
preliminary recommendations and technical clarifications to the following
proposed new methodologies were provided:

NM0194-rev: Green House Gas (GHG) emission reduction by ‘Manufacturing of
natural surfactant Alpha Olefin Sulphonate (AOS)
NM0197-rev: India – Accelerated Chiller Replacement Program
NM0202-rev: AzDRES Power Plant Energy Efficiency and Change in fuel mix
NM0208: Afam Integrated Gas and Power (AIGP) project
NM0209: Reduction in GHGs emission from primary aluminium smelter at
Hindalco, Hirakud India
NM0211: Boiler replacement project at the Clinical Centre in Skopje,
Macedonia
NM0216: Improved electrical energy efficiency by open slag bath operations
in ferroalloy production (Highveld Vanadium-Iron Smelter Energy Efficiency
Project)
NM0220: Avoided emissions from biomass wastes through use as feed stock in
pulp and paper production, Kunak,Sabah

The above submitted documentation is available under the following link: <
http://cdm.unfccc.int/goto/MPpropmeth>

c) In addition, new requests for revision and new requests for
clarification of approved methodologies have been received. Further
information on these submissions is available on the UNFCCC CDM web site at
http://cdm.unfccc.int/goto/MPrev (for revisions) and at
http://cdm.unfccc.int/goto/MPclar (for clarifications).

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3) Afforestation/Reforestation Methodologies

a) The following proposed new baseline and monitoring methodologies have
been re-submitted (B cases) for consideration by the Working Group on
Afforestation and Reforestation (AR WG) and are available in the UNFCCC CDM
web site:

ARNM0032-rev: "San Carlos" Grassland Restoration through Afforestation

b) The following proposed new A/R methodologies were sent from the
Afforestation/Reforestation Working Group (AR WG) through the DOE to the
project participants to invite clarifications to the preliminary
recommendations and technical clarifications to the following proposed new
A/R methodologies were provided:

ARNM0034: AES-Tiete Afforestation/Reforestation Project Activity around the
Borders of Hydroelectric Plant Reservoirs

The submitted documentation is available under the following link:
http://cdm.unfccc.int/goto/ARpropmeth