5 MW Solar Photovoltaic Power Project by Backbone Enterprises Limited in Gujarat, India
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Host party(ies) India
Methodology(ies) AMS-I.D. ver. 17
Standardised Baselines N/A
Estimated annual reductions* 9,527
Start date of first crediting period. 31 Jan 13
Length of first crediting period. 7 years
DOE/AE PJR CDM
Period for comments 07 Dec 12 - 05 Jan 13
PP(s) for which DOE have a contractual obligation Backbone Enterprises 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 (689 KB)
Local stakeholder consultation report: N/A
Impact assessment summary: N/A
Submission of comments to the DOE/AE Compilation of submitted inputs: 
1.	Why the project proponent selected this location?
2.	What is installation cost of the project?
3.	How they acquired land for the project? What was the way to acquire the land? 
4.	Is there any benefits received from state/central government to develop this project?
5.	Will this project have impact on temperature in surrounding area?
6.	What would be impact of negative environmental conditions of area upon project? What would be alternatives in that case?
7.	How many skilled/unskilled people from surrounding area will be employed at this project during commissioning and operation?
8.	How the project will work to reduce rate of migration in urban areas – do project proponent have any specific plan to achieve this objective?
9.	List of stakeholders and minutes of stakeholder meeting is not attached with PDD.
10.	The PDD says on page 2: “The project will contribute to the sustainable development of the region during its entire operational life.” – what will be the proposed activities for project proponent’s contribution to the sustainable development?

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

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