Info Report Check
Submission incomplete:
1: The PP/DOE are requested to present in the PDD the step-wise calculation of ex-ante emission reductions, including how the selected values are applied in each equations, as per PS version 09.0 paragraph 53.
1. While calculating the Net electricity fed to the Grid, the Excel spreadsheet assumed an operating time of 360 per year (Spreadsheet Hoja 1, C4-10), implying that the recovered biogas will be mostly used for power generation in the whole year. The DOE also confirmed that “once the landfill gas project described in the PDD is implemented, the electricity required for the operation of the project activity will be obtained from the electricity generated from the landfill gas and it is expected that the use of electricity from to Colombian interconnected electrical system will be occasional (page 17 of the validation report)”. However, when the project emissions from the flaring (PEflare) is calculated, PP still assumes an operation time of 8760h/365d for the flare (spreadsheet “PEflare” cell F65). The DOE was requested to provide additional information on how it had validated the operation times for power generation and flaring for the same year.

2. It was reported that the Net Electricity generation supplied by the project plant to the grid in year y (EGy) was 13,500 MWh/year (p42 of the submitted PDD). However, in the submitted validation report and the attached spreadsheet, Quantity of net electricity generation that is produced and fed into the grid as a result of the implementation of the proposed CDM project activity in year y (EGPJ,y) was confirmed to be 14,705 MWh/yr (p18, p19 of the validation report). The DOE was required to provide clarification on how it had validated this figure.

3. As for the parameter DOCj (Fraction of degradable organic carbon in the waste type j). The DOE stated that it verified the application of the default values suggested by the tool for every waste type. It was not identified any material mistake for this approach (p15 of the validation report). However, in the submitted PDD, a waste type of “Organic matter” was included (p18 of the submitted PDD), which is not specified in the applicable tool. The DOE was requested to provide additional information on how it had validated this waste type as per the applicable Tool.

4. In the submitted spreadsheet for Baseline Emission Calculation, a parameter named collection capacity with a value of 25% had been applied (cell C51). The DOE is required to provide additional information on how it has validated its source of this parameter.


2: The PP/DOE are requested to list and detail in the PDD all the data and parameters to be monitored as required by the applied methodology(ies) and/or the selected standardized baseline(s), as per PS version 09.0 paragraph 64.
1. In the submitted PDD, the parameters that need to be monitored ex-post shall be provided in the section of B7.1 of the PDD

3: The DOE is requested to verify that the estimates for data and parameters that will be monitored are reasonable as per VVS version 09.0 paragraphs 142 (b), 144 (a) (b) (c) and 145.
1. While calculating the Net electricity fed to the Grid, the Excel spreadsheet assumed an operating time of 360 per year (Spreadsheet Hoja 1, C4-10), implying that the recovered biogas will be mostly used for power generation in the whole year. The DOE also confirmed that “once the landfill gas project described in the PDD is implemented, the electricity required for the operation of the project activity will be obtained from the electricity generated from the landfill gas and it is expected that the use of electricity from to Colombian interconnected electrical system will be occasional (page 17 of the validation report)”. However, when the project emissions from the flaring (PEflare) is calculated, PP still assumes an operation time of 8760h/365d for the flare (spreadsheet “PEflare” cell F65). The DOE was requested to provide additional information on how it had validated the operation times for power generation and flaring for the same year.

2. It was reported that the Net Electricity generation supplied by the project plant to the grid in year y (EGy) was 13,500 MWh/year (p42 of the submitted PDD). However, in the submitted validation report and the attached spreadsheet, Quantity of net electricity generation that is produced and fed into the grid as a result of the implementation of the proposed CDM project activity in year y (EGPJ,y) was confirmed to be 14,705 MWh/yr (p18, p19 of the validation report). The DOE was required to provide clarification on how it had validated this figure.

3. As for the parameter DOCj (Fraction of degradable organic carbon in the waste type j). The DOE stated that it verified the application of the default values suggested by the tool for every waste type. It was not identified any material mistake for this approach (p15 of the validation report). However, in the submitted PDD, a waste type of “Organic matter” was included (p18 of the submitted PDD), which is not specified in the applicable tool. The DOE was requested to provide additional information on how it had validated this waste type as per the applicable Tool.

4. In the submitted spreadsheet for Baseline Emission Calculation, a parameter named collection capacity with a value of 25% had been applied (cell C51). The DOE is required to provide additional information on how it has validated its source of this parameter.