Comments on the CDM Project Design Document (PDD) for the AES Changuinola I (a.k.a. Chan 75) Large Hydroelectric Dam Project: A Case of “Greenwash Additionality”

Submitted by International Rivers to the project validator TÜV SÜD
August 8, 2008

Project Overview:

The following assessment by International Rivers compares the compliance report for the 135 MW Xiaoxi Dam to the Strategic Priorities of the World Commission on Dams, and the requirements of the German Emissions Trading Authority. The report is of very low quality and does not provide a basis for the German government to accept the project as WCD compatible.

RE: A review of proposed CDM project—Jorethang Loop—should include whether it met the stakeholder consultation requirements

Dear CDM Executive Board members,

Jorethang Loop is a 96 MW hydro project in India which the Executive Board will consider reviewing in its 37th meeting.

Comments about the proposed CDM credits for Tala Hydroelectric project in Bhutan and export of hydropower to India

Based on reading of the PDD dated Dec 16, 2007 (as available on the UNFCCC website) for the above project and having monitored India’s power sector over the last few years we reach the conclusion that it will not be appropriate to accept the project for CDM cr

Official CDM project name is "Substitution of grid power generation through transmission of renewable electricity generated in a hydro power generating station"

Submitted to DNV

Update 17 December, 2007: 3 members of the CDM's Executive Board have requested a review of this project on the basis of concerns over its additionality. The full board will consider the request for review at its 37th meeting 30 Jan-1 Feb 2008.

SANDRP Comments on Project Design Document for the Jorethang Loop Hydroelectric Project, Sikkim, India

Submitted to DNV

There are several grounds on which the 880 MW Campos Novos Dam should be rejected: lack of adequate stakeholder consultations (due to suppression of stakeholder voices, including unjustified arrests); illegal practices involved in the development of the project; and blatant non-additionality. 

Comments on the CDM Project Design Document for Jinjitan Hydro Project

Submitted to Dr. Sven Kolmetz, TÜV SÜD Industrie Service GmbH 

Barbara Haya
Consultant, International Rivers
PhD Candidate, University of California, Berkeley
bhaya [at] berkeley [dot] edu

Hans Jürgen Stehr
Chair CDM Executive Board
CDM Secretariat
CDMinfo [at] unfccc [dot] int

October 12, 2007