CDM AR WG report / New submissions (Methodologies / A/R Methodologies)

(1) Report of CDM Afforestation and Reforestation Working Group: Please be informed that the report of the seventh meeting of the CDM Afforestation and Reforestation Working Group (A/R WG) and its annexes are now available in the AR WG section of UNFCCC CDM web site: <http://cdm.unfccc.int/Panels/ar>. The documents mentioned above are also accessible through the “latest documents” section (right upper corner) on the main page of the UNFCCC CDM web site <http://cdm.unfccc.int/>. (2) Proposed new methodologies: The following proposals on new baseline and monitoring methodologies have been submitted to the CDM Executive Board for its review and are available for public input from 16 February - 08 March 2006: NM0144: Energy efficiency improvements carried out by an Energy Service Company (ESCO) in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia to replace old boilers with new ones NM0145: Reduction of Flaring and Use of Recovered Gas for Methanol Production NM0146: Transalloys Manganese Alloy Smelter Energy Efficiency Project in South Africa NM0147: Methane abatement through composting NM0148: Fuel switch project for generation of cleaner power NM0149: Coal to natural gas feedstock conversion for the large-scale manufacture of Pure gas at Sasol facilities, South Africa NM0150: Ghana efficient lighting retrofit project NM0151: CEG Gas Distribution Pipeline Replacement Project in Rio de Janeiro NM0152: Celpa, Celtins and Cemat grid connection of isolated systems CDM Project NM0153: Grid connected electricity generation plant of 220 MW capacity using Natural Gas (NG) as fuel and based on combined cycle technology of Reliance Energy Limited –Samalkot, Andhra Pradesh NM0154: Vikram Cement (VC): Energy efficiency improvement by up-gradation of preheater in cement manufacturing NM0155: Waste gas utilisation for steam and power generation at RIL Jamnagar refinery The above submitted documents are available under the following link: http://cdm.unfccc.int/methodologies/process (3) Proposed new AR methodologies: The following proposals on new Afforestation/Reforestation baseline and monitoring methodologies have been submitted to the CDM Executive Board for its review and are available for public input from 16 February - 08 March 2006: ARNM0019: Reforestation around Pico Bonito National Park, Honduras ARNM0020: Afforestation for Combating Desertification in Aohan County, Northern China The submitted documents are available under the following link: http://cdm.unfccc.int/methodologies/ARmethodologies/process