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Example of requirements for issuance of

LoAs for PoAs

Miss Penporn PetchsriThailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization

(Public Organization)

Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (Public Organization)

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Outline

Background

Issuance of LoA for CDM-PoAs in Thailand

Status of CDM Projects in Thailand

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Issues and possible solutions

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Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (Public Organization)Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (Public Organization)

MNREMNREMNRE

Appointed

ONEPONEP

CabinetCabinetCabinet

TGO ONEP

� Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment (MNRE) as CDM DNA

THAILAND in July 2003

� TGO is the CDM DNA Office since July 7 2007

� Office of Natural Resources & Environmental Policy & Planning (ONEP)under MNRE as National focal point of UNFCCC , the co-secretariat with

TGO for National Committee on Climate Change

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Objectives and Duties! Analyzing and screening the CDM projects for issuance of the Letter of

Approval (LoA) and monitoring the projects! Promoting CDM projects and CERs market ! Managing all information regarding the approved CDM projects and

CER�s value! To be the Information Clearing House of Greenhouse Gas! Enhancing the capacity building of the government and private sectors on

greenhouse gas management! Promoting the public outreach regarding greenhouse gas! Promoting and supporting all activities related to mitigation measure of

climate change

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TGOTGO��s Organization Chart s Organization Chart The TGO (Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization) Board:

"Responsible for a final decision on CDM project approval and issuing Letters of Approval (LoA) for CDM project proponents that fulfil Thailand's sustainable development criteria. "The chairman of the TGO Board is nominated by the Cabinet.

The TGO Board Representatives

(1) Government (5 representatives)

� Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment(Permanent Secretary)

� Office of Natural Resources and EnvironmentalPolicy and Planning

� Department of Alternative Energy Developmentand Efficiency

� Office of Transportation and Traffic Policy and Planning

� Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization

(2) Private sector experts (5 Representatives)� energy expert � business administrative expert� forestry expert� industrial expert � technology expert

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Review and Monitoring office

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Issuance of Letter of Approval (LoA) for CDM-PoAs

in Thailand

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Approval Procedure for CDM-PoAs in Thailand

Submit application documents to TGO

Initial Screening (20 working days)

Consideration by Sub-committee of TGO Board

Approval by TGO Board

C/ME

Issuance of Letter of Approval

Not Approved

Approved

Incomplete

Re‐submit

Complete

Recommendation

Max.180

days

C/ME submits application documents to TGO as follows

(1) Request form for C/ME approval and relating evidences of Juristic person and experts

(2) PoA-DD(3) CPA-DD of Initial CPAs(4) PoA report (consisting PoA

description and the environmental & sustainable development framework)

(5) IEE-SD Report of Initial CPA orEIA Report (If required by Environmental Law)

(6) CDs

Concernedagencies*

1.1. 1.1.

2.2.

Review and Monitoring office of TGO checks the completeness of the application documents within 20 working days

2.2.

3.13.1

3.23.2

TGO send documents to relevant agencies. At this stage, the relevant agencies are requested to assess the project eligibility.

3.13.1

Note : * Concerned agencies such as- Department of Industrial Works, Ministry of Industry- Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency, Ministry of Energy- Department of Livestock Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives.

Sub-committee of TGO Board considers the C/ME qualification and the proposed program based on SD criteria.

3.23.2


Approval Procedure for CDM-PoA in Thailand

Submit application documents to TGO

Initial Screening(20 working days)

Consideration by Sub-committee of TGO Board

Approval by TGO Board

C/ME

Issuance of Letter of Approval

Not Approved

Approved

Incomplete

Re‐submit

Complete

Recommendation

Max.180

days

Concernedagencies*

1.1.

2.2.

LoA signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment sends to C/ME.

5.5.

3.13.1

3.23.2

4.4.TGO board makes the final decision to approve or reject the program.

4.4.

5.5.

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2. POA-DD 3. CPA-DD of Initial CPA4. PoA report according to TGO guideline

5. IEE-SD Report of the initial CPA according to TGO guideline/EIA (if required by environmental law)

1. Request form for C/ME approval and relating evidences of Juristic person and experts depending on type of Juristic person(Certification letter/evidence of juristic person, List of Shareholders, List ofexperts specifying name qualification and experience, Curriculum Vitae of Experts etc.)

List of Required Documents

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1. Introduction2.Project Description

3.Environmental & sustainable development framework

(E&SD Framework)4. CPA Monitoring Plan6. Plan for Coordinating with TGO7. Qualification and function of C/ME

1. Introduction2.Project Description 3.Existing environment 4.Initial environmental impact evaluation and sustainable potential5.Mitigation measures to prevent

environmental impact


Qualification of juristic person apply to C/ME

Sustainability and Environmental impact of PoA and Initial CPAs

Approval Criteria for Issuing LoA for CDM-PoAs

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Qualifications of the Coordinating/Managing Entity (C/ME)

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1. Juristic Person Type

(1) Governmental Agency/University/Agency under Supervision of the Government or(2) Thai Juristic Person established under Thailand �s Law or (3) Foreign Juristic Person established under Thailand �s Law

(must obtain a license/certificate to operate business from the Department of Foreign Business Development, Ministry of Commerce, Thailand) or

(4)Foreign Juristic Person established under Foreign �s Law which its branch located in Thailand

(must have the branches office located in Thailand and obtain a license/certificateto operate business from the Department of Foreign Development , Ministry of Commerce, Thailand)


Qualifications of the Coordinating/Managing Entity (C/ME)

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2. There are at least 2 experts in C/ME and the experts must have at least 3 years related experiences .

3. Both entity and experts have related experience in 4 areas including

(1) Development of CDM projects

(2) Coordinating and managing the projects under the program/group of projects

(3) Providing trainings on CDM projects

(4) Having experience in operating the same type of the proposed project

(Ex: Experience in Biogas is required to be C/ME for Biogas Project )


Sustainability and Environmental impact of CDM-PoAs

Initial CPAs

(Sustainable Development criteria : SD criteria)

4 Categories 24 Indicators

Evaluation by TGO (Scoring)

-1 Negative impact to the area

0 No impact to the area, or equivalent to the baseline scenario

+1,+2 Positive Effect on the area, or shows contribution to the

surrounding area of the project

Approval Criteria

All projects activities under Initial CPA meet SD-criteria

Total Score is positive and Score of each category is positive

All Project Activities under Initial CPAs

� Eligibility criteria

� Environmental Preventive &

Mitigation Measures based on

SD criteria

PoA Report PoA Report IEE-SD Report of Initial CPA/ EIA IEE-SD Report of Initial CPA/ EIA

The Completion, Suitability and

Sufficiency of the environmental

measures proposed by C/ME in the

E&SD-Framework

Environmental & Sustainable

Development Framework

(E&SD-Framework)

proposed by C/ME

- Approved E&SD-Framework will be used

as the guideline for implementation of the

next CPA.

- Approved E&SD-Framework will be used

as the guideline for implementation of the

next CPA.

Approval Criteria


1. Natural Resources and Environment 1. Natural Resources and Environment 2. Social 2. Social

3. Technology Development and/or Technology Transfer3. Technology Development and/or Technology Transfer

4. Economic 4. Economic

1.1 Environmental Indicators

(1) Reduction of Greenhouse gases

under the Kyoto Protocol

(2) Air pollution

(3) Noise pollution

(4) Odor

(5) Wastewater management

(6) Waste management

(7) Soil contamination

(8) Underground water contamination

(9) Hazardous waste management

1.2 Natural Resources Indicators

(10) Water demand and Utilization

efficiency

(11) Soil/coastal/river bank erosion

(12) Green areas

(13) Other indicators that have significant

impact

(1) Employment

(2) Additional stakeholder income

(3) Renewable energy utilization

(4) Energy efficiency

(5) Local content

(1) Technology development

(2) End of project life plan or end of crediting period

plan that the project activity has adopted

(3) Capacity building for personnel

(1) Public participation

(2) Support of social , cultural, and sufficiency

economy development activities

(3) Workers and nearby community health

Sustainable Development Criteria for CDM projects in Thailand

Notification of The Board of Directors of Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization on Sustainable Development Criteria for Clean

Development Mechanism Project B.E. 2553 (2010) No. 1/2553


Scoring

-1 indicates Negative impact to the area

0 indicates No impact / equivalent to the baseline scenario+1 , +2 indicates Positive impact to the area, or shows contribution

to the surrounding area of the project

The proposed CDM project will be evaluated that it contributes to sustainable development in Thailand only if the score of each category and the total score is positive.

Sustainable Development Criteria

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Example : SD criteria & scoring

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Status of CDM Project in Thailand


Current Status of CDM projects in Thailand (as of 19 March, 2012)

PDD (Project Design Document)

Host country approval

Validation

GHG Emission Monitoring

Verification/ Certification

Issuance

Registration

The number of CDM Projects

168 Projects(10.12 MtCO2e/y)

67 Projects(3.50 MtCO2e/y)

10 Projects(1.045 MtCO2e)

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CDM-PoA

3 PoAs


CDM projects approved by the Thai DNA (as of 19 March, 2012)

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CDM-PoAs approved by Thai DNA (as of 29 February, 2012)

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No. Title C/ME Project Type

Project Detail

Emission Reduction(tCO2e/y)

Project Status

PoA Initial CPAs

1. Thailand Small Scale Livestock

Waste Management

Program Energy

Research and Development

Institute of Chiang Mai University

Biogas Generate electricity

and/or heat from pig farm wastewater

360,000 55,774 Approval Date(27 May 2011)

Under validation process by DOE

2. Biomass Power Development Programme in

Thailand

Advance Carbon

Securities Ventures Co. Ltd. (ACSV)

Biomass Generate electricity

from Biomass

474,260 37,941 Approval Date(21 Sep 2011)


3. Small �Scale Renewable

Energy PoA in Thailand

Carbon Coordinating Management Entity Limited

Renewable

Energy

Generate electricity

from Renewable

Energy

- 8,272 Approval Date(25 Jan 2012)



CDM projects registered at CDM EB (as of 29 February, 2012)

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Issues & potential Solution

1. For the cross border-PoA which the initial CPA is not located in Thailand, the information in PoA-DD and initial CPA DD located in other host country is not sufficient to evaluate the environmental impact and sustainability of PoA in Thailand.

- It may be required to submit the Environmental and Sustainable Development Framework of the PoA and/or have the initial CPA in the host country .

2. In the case of PoA covering with many technologies but submitting only one technology for the initial CPA (for example, PoA is the renewable energy program consisting with solar power, hydro power, biomass power , biogas power etc. , and C/ME submits the solar power as the first CPA. It is very difficult to evaluate the environmental impact and sustainability of the PoA and first CPA.

- To ensure sustainability of the PoA and give DNA more confidence to issue LoA, Thai DNA determines that C/ME must propose the E&SD Framework of every technologies for consideration.

- To facilitate the approval process, Thai DNA is now in the process to develop the examples of E&SD Framework for the biogas, biomass , solar power, hydro power projects.

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Issues & potential Solution

3. The revocation of the C/ME in case the C/ME makes up the information or discontinues the PoA.

- Thai DNA keeps the right to revoke the permission of C/ME or change the C/ME for that registered PoA, respectively.


Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (Public Organization)

9th floor, The Government Complex Building B 120 Moo 3 Chaengwattana Road, Laksi, Bangkok 10210 THAILAND

Tel + 662 141 9841-48 Fax + 662 143 8404E-mail: [email protected] URL : www.tgo.or.th

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