Feasibility assessment
Perspectives Feasibility assessment
Knowing your project’s chances
Not all projects that reduce CO2 emissions or other greenhouse gases can be registered as a CDM/JI project. While some limitations in the UNFCCC-regulations are quite obvious (e.g. no positive decision on the eligibility of a certain project type as Carbon Capture and Sequestration), others are hidden in the detailed baseline specifications.
Therefore, whether you have just heard about or you have already gained some experience in CDM/JI, what you are looking for as a project developer is a reliable independent assessment of the chances and risks of your project idea to become registered as a CDM/JI project. An assessment of the amounts of CERs/ERUs that can be expected from the project activity is also essential for an investment decision.
Due to our long-standing experience in CDM/JI feasibility assessment and CDM/JI project management across various types of projects and countries, we have the required expertise to clearly identify the CDM/JI potential of your project idea in terms of the:
- probability of achieving CDM/JI validation/registration,
- estimation of The CER/ERU volumes to be expected, and
- timelines for potential registration of the project as a CDM/JI project.
Our independent assessment reflects the current UNFCCC-regulations as well as the situation in the host country while including empirical evidence from validated and registered CDM/JI projects. Perspectives maintains a database of all CDM/JI projects that have been submitted since December 2003. Every month we record the current status of all submitted projects. We are therefore in a unique position to provide you with precise information on how the CDM/JI projects of the type you have been offered have fared under CDM/JI so far. This includes for example:
- an overview of the estimated CER/ERU volumes of all projects of the same kind in validation stage or registered CDM projects, and
- the investigation of the deviation (in %) from issued CER/ERUs to estimated CER/ERU volumes from registered projects.
Background:
Before a project idea can be registered as a CDM/JI project, an application for the project must be made for CDM/JI status in a CDM/JI registration process (referred to as the CDM/JI project cycle) laid down by two international rule-making bodies,
- the CDM Executive Board (CDM EB)
- the JI Supervisory Committee (JISC).
The international rules for CDM/JI do not allow all types of projects to qualify under CDM/JI. Proposed projects need to comply with a set of criteria laid down by the rule-making bodies. Additionally, the CER/ERU volumes that can be expected from your project idea need to be calculated on the basis of an approved methodology. Therefore, the availability of an approved methodology that is applicable to your project idea is paramount for successful CDM/JI project implementation. If no such methodology is available, we can assist you in the development of a methodology (also see CDM/JI methodology development).
References
| Project Name | Client | Project Description | Location | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDM Pre-Assessment (two technologies) | confidential | CDM Pre-Assessment of two technologies | not specified | 2009-2010 |
| CDM PoA Feasibility Assessment | confidential | CDM PoA Feasibility Assessment for solar water heaters | South Africa | 2009 |
| CDM Pre- Assessment Energy Efficient Lightning | confidential | CDM Feasability Assessment Energy Efficient Lighting | Eritrea | 2009 |
| CDM Feasability Assessment argricultural project | confidential | CDM Feasability Assessment for an agricultural project | Bandladesh | 2009 |
| CDM Feasibility Study Pyrolysis | confidential | CDM Feasibility Assessment for a waste -to-energy project | - | 2009 |
| CDM Feasibility and Project Management Cement Industrie | confidential | CDM Feasibility studies and project management for several project activities in the cement industry | international | 2009 |
| CDM Feasibility Sewage Sludge Treatment | Applied CleanTech | CDM Feasibility for a sewage sludge treatment technology | Israel | 2008 |
| JI Feasibility energy efficiency Industrie | Quarzwerke | JI Feasibility Assessment on Silicia Drying Technology in Russia | Russia | 2008 |
| CDM Feasibility Hydro Power | SNPower | CDM Feasibility Assessment on hydro power plant | Philippines | 2008 |
| CDM Feasibility supercritical power generation | AES | CDM Feasibility Assessment on supercritical power plant | Pakistan | 2008 |
| CDM Feasibility gas power generation | AES | CDM Feasibility Assessment on a gas fired power plant | Cameroon | 2008 |
| CDM Feasibility CO2- Recovery | Fatima Group | CDM Feasibility Assessment for a CO2- Recovery project in fertilizer industry | Pakistan | 2008 |
| Risk assessment afforestation II | confidential | PIN evaluation of an afforestation project for charcoal production. | Africa | 2008 |
| CDM feasibility afforestation | FIT Timber Growth Fund | CDM-feasibility study for an afforestation project for commercial wood production according to FSC. | Brazil | 2008 |
| CDM in the building sector | GTZ | Presentation of status of CDM projects in the building sector. | Tunisia | 2008 |
| CDM in China - Study | World Bank | Contribution to World Bank's Study on CDM in China - chapter on current status of CDM market. | China | 2007 - 2008 |
| CDM Feasibility Ethylene Oxide | confidential | Feasibility study on CDM methodology development for CO2 emission reduction in the ethylene oxide production. | confidential | 2008 |
| GTZ Africa | GTZ | Support of GTZ's CDM capacity building in Africa | Africa | 2007 - 2008 |
| CDM Feasibility wastewater treatment Indonesia | German Technology Provider | CDM feasibility assessment for two SSC waste water treatment projects in Indonesia. | Indonesia | 2008 |
| CDM Guide Book 2007 | DEFRA | Development of a CDM guide book that summarises relevant CDM rules and explains approved methodologies. | International | 2007- 2008 |
| CFL Programme of Activities | GTZ | Support in understanding UNFCCC rules for CDM Programmes of Activities; preparation of CFL programme in India. | India | 2007 |
| CDM-Potential at Indian Railways | Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) | Analysis of the CDM-Potential at Indian Railways. | India | 2007 |
| Rajburi wastewater project | Rajburi Ethanol and Sugar Co. Ltd. | Development of a Gold Standard PDD according to AM0013; management of CDM project cycle; Channelling of Gold Standard CERs. Perspectives is not longer involved in brokering | Thailand | 2007 |
| Saha Cogen | Envima Thailand | CDM feasibility assessment for a CHP-Installation in Thailand: analysis of applicable methodologies, estimation of CER-volumes, initial additionality check. | Thailand | 2007 |
| FS India Hydro | Indian hydro power plant developer | CDM feasibility study for a small-scale hydro power plant in India. | India | 2006 - 2007 |
| Shell CDM project feasibility | Shell Trading International | CDM feasibility assessment for three potential CDM projects. | confidential | 2006 - 2007 |
| Development of CDM project database* | German Ministry for the Environment | Development of criteria to evaluate quality of German JI/CDM projects | international | 2003 - 2005 |
| Chinese PIN/PDD assessment | Confidential | Assessment of 2 PINs and 1 PDD from China submitted to a CER purchasing vehicle. | China | 2007 |
| CDM Guide | International food processing company | Establishment of guidelines for in-house CDM and JI project identification and development for one of the largest international food processing companies (in cooperation with EUtech) | international | 2006 |
| Economic project assessment | Confidential | Assessment of the economic attractiveness of various types of prominent CDM project types | international | 2006 |
| Technological CDM potential | Confidential | CDM feasibility study for a potential CDM project in India for a world-leading supplier of power plant equipment | India | 2006 |
| JI feasibility in Poland | Confidential | JI feasibility study for a wind park in Poland | Poland | 2006 - 2007 |
| CRIEPI I | Hamburg Institute of International Economics | Evaluation of the CDM potential of selected large-scale energy efficiency technologies in the heavy industry and power generation | international | 2005 |
| Offset project selection | Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) | Selection of a potential CDM project to be contracted by the GTZ on the basis of a portfolio of 15 projects preliminarily identified by GTZ. | international | 2005 |
| Power plant project check | Siemens AG | CDM feasibility assessment for a CDM project idea in the power generation sector. | confidential | 2005 |
| Potential of Kyoto Mechanisms* | Volkswagen AG | Analysis of different options for the use of the Kyoto Mechanisms in German climate policy and identification of new business segments and products for VW. | Germany | 2000 |