Info Report Check
Submission incomplete:
1: The DOE is requested to indicate if the baseline methodology is correctly applied to identify baseline scenario and alternative baseline scenarios as per applied methodology AM0029 Ver. 3 pag. 2, which requires that the identification of alternative baseline scenarios should include all possible realistic and credible alternatives that provide outputs or services comparable with the proposed CDM project activity (including the proposed project activity without CDM benefits), i.e., all type of power plants that could be constructed as alternative to the project activity within the grid boundary (as defined in “Tool to calculate emission factor for an electricity system”). In particular, the DOE is requested to provide information regarding:

(a) how the alternative of 160 MW coal power plant, substantiated by the existence of Tuas Power plant in the PDD, has comparable output/service to the proposed project activity, considering that the information in the footnotes 27 and 28 of the PDD and the document “Response to Points Raised During Completeness Check, page 2” submitted by the DOE, state that Tuas Power plant uses coal and biomass, and it also supplies chilled water and steam for industrial use;

(b) how alternative of 5 x 160 MW is not considered as large scale considered to deliver similar service as the project activity 5 plants have to be operated simultaneously, considering the PDD page 12 states: "the Government has decided not to use coal for power generation on a large scale, until the demand for LNG stabilizes".



2: The DOE shall provide information to substantiate the suitability of coal price (80 SGD/t) in line with the VVS version 03.0 paragraph 120 b,c, noting that "input values used in all investment analysis should be valid and applicable at the time of the investment decision taken by the project participant" according to EB 62, Annex 5. It is noted that the link used by the DOE to validate the project (reference /45/) shows that the coal price at the time of the investment decision (14/06/2011) was 158.87 SGD/t (for June 2011). In addition, the DOE has reported in the document “Response to Points Raised During Completeness Check” that the reference quoted also shows price of Australian Coal on a market index in later months of 2013 is around $80. However, the price of 80 SGD/t was not available at the investment decision date (14/06/2011). Furthermore, the DOE has also responded that the coal price is based on a government report. Kindly provide information regarding this reference source and date.