Info Report Check
Submission incomplete:
The paragraph 366 of VVS for PA version 2 states that if, during the verification of a certain monitoring period, the DOE identifies that the calibration has been delayed and the calibration has been implemented after the monitoring period in consideration (i.e. the results of delayed calibration are available), referring to the illustrative examples in the appendix below, the DOE may conclude its verification, provided the following conservative approach is adopted in the calculation of GHG emission reductions or net anthropogenic GHG removals.
The monitoring plan requires the annual AST test for the monitoring parameters of FN2O, tail gas,h (Mass flow of N2O in the gaseous stream of the tail gas in the hour h), Vt,db (Volumetric flow of the gaseous stream in time interval t on a dry basis) and v i,t,db (Volumetric fraction of greenhouse gas i in a time interval t on a dry basis) and the monitoring report indicates the delayed AST test by stating that QAL2 including AST was done on 31/08/2016 – 02/09/2016 and the subsequent AST test was done on 13 – 15 September 2017. Further, the monitoring report (p 8-9) states that the error of 5.82 % was applied to the N2O concentration and the error of 5.76 % was applied for the stack gas flow for the delayed calibration period of 3 – 15 September 2017. However, the DOE did not verify the actual errors identified and applied for the delayed period and the spreadsheet does not clearly show how the errors have been transparently applied to the calculation as per paragraph 366 of the VVS.