Experience with Monitoring & Reporting in the EU-ETS 12 May 2005 Glass Technical session VII Guy Tackels CPIV 89, Avenue Louise (Box2) B Brussels Phone Fax European Glass Industry Very diverse (Flat glass, Container, Special glass, Tableware, Fibreglass, etc) Size from t CO 2 /year up to more t/y for an installation In France, on 50 installations, 30% are above t/y and 40% are below t/y Glass quality is essential. This requires a very stable process, running continuously. Glass industry Two main sources for CO 2 : Combustion : HFO and NG Process emissions coming from the raw materials (carbonates decomposition) Other sources are generally of minor importance : Diesel oil, SO 2 scrubbing, ( with sometime de minimis approach applicable) Sales Acid gases scrubbing Carbonates CO2 Main remarks about the questionnaire Definition of a Source , boundaries Definition of unreasonably high cost Difficult to comment a document not yet used in practice In annex IX (Glass) Method B : alkali oxides is not recommended in practice Tiers level not always easy to prove Pragmatic attitude required from the verification body. Important to take into account verification costs Main remarks about the questionnaire Continuous monitoring unrealistic Do not add a new system when others are already existing (UK CCA, WBCSD/WRI adapted to glass industry, ) Discussion with industry will be helpful. Level playing field : Same glass factory could be treated differently in different MS Etc CO2 monitoring in the glass industry CO2 from combustion CO2 from process : decomposition of carbonates from raw materials (mainly sodium carbonates, calcium carbonates and dolomite) What is the simplest solution? For monitoring? For verification? Some suggestions from the glass industry The combustion products used on the site are mainly Heavy fuel oil Natural gas The best and more accurate data are coming from the bills from the suppliers (including stock corrections) For raw materials, same conclusion : the bills from the suppliers give the best accurate results Data used for commercial purpose are quite sufficient to monitor CO2 Monitoring plan must be based on bills Definition of the source must be clarified No sub-metering required to monitor the total emission of an installation The verification will be simplified and total cost will be kept at reasonable level A last suggestion Monitoring plans should be harmonised at EU level. Why not to work on a single document A calculation tool developed by the CPIV could be a good starting point. This tool was adapted from the WBCSD/WRI reporting system THANK YOU!