Solar PV Power Project by MMPL in Fatepur, Gujarat
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Host party(ies) India
Methodology(ies) AMS-I.D. ver. 17
Standardised Baselines N/A
Estimated annual reductions* 23,699
Start date of first crediting period. 01 Aug 12
Length of first crediting period. 7 years
DOE/AE Bureau Veritas India Pvt. Ltd.
Period for comments 07 Jul 12 - 05 Aug 12
PP(s) for which DOE have a contractual obligation MI MySolar24 (P) Ltd.
The operational/applicant entity working on this project has decided to make the Project Design Document (PDD) publicly available directly on the UNFCCC CDM website.
PDD PDD (464 KB)
Local stakeholder consultation report: N/A
Impact assessment summary: N/A
Submission of comments to the DOE/AE Compilation of submitted inputs:
- What is the relation of two companies DMPL & MMPL?
- Both PDDs comparison shows same company address and same contact person. In the case if this is sister organization, why two wind based power plant of exactly same 14.99 MW in very adjacent location can not be bundled?
- Description in section A.6 is misleading as same company has tried to register two different project of similar kind in same area.	
- Why this location has been chosen for this project?
- Will this project have impact on temperature in surrounding area?
- What would be impact of negative environmental conditions of area upon project? What would be alternatives in that case?
- How many skilled/unskilled people from surrounding area will be employed at this project during commissioning and operation? 
- What is Complaint redress mechanism of a company, in case of villagers want to complain about solar panels?


From
Mahesh Pandya
Environmental Engineer
Paryavaran mitra
502, Raj Avenue, Bhaikakanagar road
Thaltej, Ahmedabad – 380059 India
Telefax - 079-26851321/1801
Submitted by: paryavaranmitra

Gujarat forum on CDM respectfully submit the following comments on the Project Design Document (PDD) for Solar PV Power Project by MMPL in Fatepur, Gujarat at village –Fatepur, Tal – Dasada, Dist – Surendranagar.
1. Similar projects, Similar PDD 
Two different projects by two different companies DMPL & MMPL are coming up for validation but after evaluating both the PDDs we like to put few points 
	Similar PDDs – just like copy-paste
	Same Company Address & same contact person 
	Same language 
If two companies are related organization the project should be bundled.

2. Location selection 
Why this location has been chosen for this project?

3. Local stakeholder Consultation 
It seems that only one meeting was organized for both the project – way of inviting people were same, total number of people present were same and so on.

4. Misleading Information 
Description in section A.6 is misleading as same company has tried to register two different project of similar kind in same area. 

5. Observation from grass-root
As per representation made by villagers to our network member (ParyavaranMitra) and after the field visit by representative from ParyavaranMitra we like to write about some ground realities 
	The land acquired for project is fertile agricultural land – so what happen when farmers lose their land – there is threat on their livelihood.
	More tahn 3000 trees are there on ground, which already contribute positively to environment in terms of maintaining carbon standards. On one hand cutting trees and on other hand establishing solar power plant – looks contradictory!   
	For local stakeholder consultation – villagers told that they didn’t get any invitation letter for consultation. Less than 23 people were present in the meeting as per the information given by villagers. Procedure of meeting was going on only   for 15 minutes.

Falguni Joshi 
Gujarat forum On CDM (Email – gujaratforumoncdm@gmail.com) 
(Gujarat Forum on CDM – is a network of Individuals & Organisations working on Environmental issue & Monitoring of CDM projects in Gujarat, India.)
Submitted by: Gujarat Forum on CDM

As per representation made by villagers to ParyavaranMitra and after the field visit by our representative we like to write about some ground realities 
	The land acquired for project is fertile agricultural land – so what happen when farmers lose their land – there is threat on their livelihood.
	More tahn 3000 trees are there on ground, which already contribute positively to environment in terms of maintaining carbon standards. On one hand cutting trees and on other hand establishing solar power plant – looks contradictory!   
	For local stakeholder consultation – villagers told that they didn’t get any invitation letter for consultation. Less than 23 people were present in the meeting as per the information given by villagers. Procedure of meeting was going on only   for 15 minutes.
Submitted by: paryavaranmitra


The comment period is over.
* Emission reductions in metric tonnes of CO2 equivalent per annum that are based on the estimates provided by the project participants in unvalidated PDDs