Biodiesel Fuel (BDF) production from organic oils of Jatropha and usage in Vietnam
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Host party(ies) Viet Nam
Methodology(ies) AMS-III.AK.
Standardised Baselines N/A
Estimated annual reductions* 7,531
Start date of first crediting period. 01 Oct 11
Length of first crediting period. 7 years
DOE/AE LRQA Ltd
Period for comments 08 Dec 10 - 06 Jan 11
PP(s) for which DOE have a contractual obligation Revo International INC.
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 (789 KB)
Local stakeholder consultation report: N/A
Impact assessment summary: N/A
Submission of comments to the DOE/AE Compilation of submitted inputs: 
The baseline scenario determination is not clear in the PDD. It will be more appropriate and useful to provide a historical data mining on the fossil fuel [i.e., Diesel or petrol] utilization by the vehicles, which will use biodiesel from this project activity. 

Indeed, there is also need of proving that the lands in which Jatropha cultivation has been done has low opportunity cost as well as fulfill the degraded and/or waste land definition of UNFCCC. At present the PDD covers a very open-ended statement which merely claims that the lands are degraded. A testimonial in that front will be useful. In the same length, a justification and documentary evidence on the possible continuous availability of feedstock to produce biodiesel will be necessary. 

In additionality and barrier analysis, the rationale in establishing the barrier analysis is weak. Can the project participant quantify/justify the barrier as per the recent guidelines of EB, UNFCCC? In barrier analysis, it is now mandatory to quantify the barriers with suitable indicator. Indeed, we shall incorporate this aspect in our forthcoming projects [EB.50, Annex. 13]. As well as, we shall define the lifetime of the biogas digester [machine/equipments] as per the provision made in EB.50, Annex. 15. The monitoring plan is unclear. How did you consider about the sampling methodology for the monitoring? 

Keshav C Das
Carbon Finance Advisor
SNV Netherlands Development Organisation 
Nepal
Bakhundole, Lalitpur
P.O. Box: 1966, Kathmandu, Nepal
T: +977 1 5523444  F: +977 1 5523155
E: kdas@snvworld.org  
SNV | Connecting People’s Capacities | 
http://www.snvworld.org
Submitted by: Keshav C Das 
The baseline scenario determination is not clear in the PDD. It will be more appropriate and useful to provide a historical data mining on the fossil fuel [i.e., Diesel or petrol] utilization by the vehicles, which will use biodiesel from this project activity. 

Indeed, there is also need of proving that the lands in which Jatropha cultivation has been done has low opportunity cost as well as fulfill the degraded and/or waste land definition of UNFCCC. At present the PDD covers a very open-ended statement which merely claims that the lands are degraded. A testimonial in that front will be useful. In the same length, a justification and documentary evidence on the possible continuous availability of feedstock to produce biodiesel will be necessary. 

In additionality and barrier analysis, the rationale in establishing the barrier analysis is weak. Can the project participant quantify/justify the barrier as per the recent guidelines of EB, UNFCCC? In barrier analysis, it is now mandatory to quantify the barriers with suitable indicator. [EB.50, Annex. 13. The monitoring plan is unclear. How did you consider about the sampling methodology for the monitoring? 

Keshav C Das
Carbon Finance Advisor
SNV Netherlands Development Organisation 
Nepal
Bakhundole, Lalitpur
P.O. Box: 1966, Kathmandu, Nepal
T: +977 1 5523444  F: +977 1 5523155
E: kdas@snvworld.org  
SNV | Connecting People’s Capacities | 
http://www.snvworld.org
Submitted by: Keshav C Das

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