From discuss-owner at ghgnetwork.org Mon Dec 3 14:26:59 2007 From: discuss-owner at ghgnetwork.org (Michael Gillenwater [moderator]) Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 11:26:59 -0800 (PST) Subject: [GHG Network] WRI Joins Greenhouse Gas Management Institute to Train on Emissions Accounting Message-ID: <908244.84679.qm@web38915.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Press Release Bali, Indonesia, 3 December 2007 Contact: Mr. Gao Pronove, +1-612-284-3589, info at ghginstitute.org Mr. Paul Mackie, +1-202-729-7684, pmackie at wri.org WRI Joins Greenhouse Gas Management Institute to Train on Emissions Accounting The World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute are joining forces to train professionals on the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, the most widely used international accounting tool for government and business leaders to understand, quantify, and manage greenhouse gas emissions. "Our mission is to train and develop a community of experts with the highest standards of professional practice in measuring and managing GHG emissions," said Michael Gillenwater, dean of the new Institute. "Our philosophy is that if you cannot accurately measure GHG emissions, you cannot manage climate change." WRI's Greenhouse Gas Protocol is a perfect fit with the new nonprofit organization's focus on training and education and offering of online courses on how to measure, account and manage GHG emissions. "The content that our GHG Protocol team designs is considered a global standard," said Jonathan Lash, WRI president. "It is critical that managers ? whether they're working on projects throughout the developing world or trying to make improvements at their individual companies ? really get their heads around these issues." WRI developed the GHG Management Institute's first course on corporate GHG emissions accounting and is working with the new Institute to develop and instruct additional courses on emissions estimation methodologies and building GHG reporting programs. "Organizations and professionals around the world are now realizing that it is essential for them to educate themselves on the issue of GHG management," said Gao Pronove, the new Institute's managing director. The Institute delivers its courses through instructor-led e-learning. "What better way to impart GHG management and accounting skills than with an interactive e-learning approach that avoids emissions from transportation to workshops, trainings, and conferences?" said Manish Bapna, WRI's executive vice president and managing director. "The GHG Management Institute will promote best practices, build confidence in the professional competencies of GHG practitioners, and prepare individuals to join the fast-growing, $10 billion job market," according to Tom Baumann, the Institute's director of Professional Programs. The GHG Management Institute and WRI will officially announce their partnership at an event in Bali, Indonesia on December 7 during the United Nations annual conference on climate change. The event will be from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Bingo Room at the Grand Hyatt and is open to the public. ? 30 ? Greenhouse Gas Management Institute Tel +1-612-284-3589 www.ghginstitute.org World Resources Institute Tel +1-202-729-7684 www.wri.org About the World Resources Institute The World Resources Institute (www.wri.org) is an independent, non-partisan and nonprofit organization with a staff of more than 100 scientists, economists, policy experts, business analysts, statistical analysts, mapmakers, and communicators developing and promoting policies that will help protect the Earth and improve people's lives. About the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute The GHG Management Institute is a not-for-profit organization focused on training and education. It was founded by the Greenhouse Gas Experts Network and ClimateCHECK, in partnership with the World Resources Institute, the Carbon Disclosure Project and GoVida elearning. The Institute's courses utilize and online e-learning format to reduce training costs and provide global accessibility to its programs. E-learning allows a learner to take a course according to their own schedule and without the cost, trouble, and GHG emissions associated with traveling. The GHG Management Institute's courses are developed by the world's leading experts, and instructors are available online to answer questions. Customized training programs and blend e-learning and live workshops are also available for large organizations. Course fees are charged, but financial assistance is available for eligible applicants. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://milkyway.forumone.com/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20071203/3a14e89b/attachment.html From joy.williams at carboncapitalmarkets.com Mon Dec 3 17:59:44 2007 From: joy.williams at carboncapitalmarkets.com (Joy Williams) Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 17:59:44 -0500 (EST) Subject: [GHG Network] job openings Message-ID: <20071203225944.30961C18580@milkyway.forumone.com> Dear all, Apologies for the late notice. We have a number of openings posted on our website www.carboncapitalmarkets.com all CDM/JI related and most of which close this week. If you or anyone you know are interested in these, please contact us with your application as soon as possible! Thanks very much, Joy Williams Carbon Capital Markets Director, Carbon Logistics From discuss-owner at ghgnetwork.org Mon Dec 3 19:48:41 2007 From: discuss-owner at ghgnetwork.org (Michael Gillenwater [moderator]) Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 16:48:41 -0800 (PST) Subject: [GHG Network] Carbon Disclosure Project joins Greenhouse Gas Management Institute to Train on Emissions Disclosure Reporting Message-ID: <899721.75981.qm@web38909.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Press Release Bali, Indonesia, 3 December 2007 Contact: Mr. Gao Pronove, +1-612-284-3589, info at ghginstitute.org Carbon Disclosure Project joins Greenhouse Gas Management Institute to Train on Emissions Disclosure Reporting The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has agreed to partner with the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute, a nonprofit focused on training and education. The GHG Management Institute offers online courses on how to measure, account and manage GHG emissions that cause global climate change. "Its mission is to train and develop a community of experts with the highest standards of professional practice in measuring and managing GHG emissions," said Michael Gillenwater, dean of the Institute. "Our philosophy is that if you cannot accurately measure GHG emissions, you cannot manage climate change." In partnership with CDP, the Institute is developing courses to better equip corporate managers to respond to the CDP 6 questionnaire and utilize CDP data. The first CDP specific course will start in mid-February 2008. Paul Dickinson, CEO of the Carbon Disclosure Project, an investor-led initiative to disclose the carbon footprints of the world's largest corporations, stated that "Quantifying greenhouse gases is the first step for a company to truly understand and assess their carbon footprint. It is only after this that corporations can manage their emissions and reduce their impact." The Institute's focus is on GHG emissions accounting, inventories, management, and verification. The World Resources Institute developed the GHG Management Institute's first course on corporate GHG emissions accounting and is working with the new Institute to develop and instruct additional courses on emissions estimation methodologies and building GHG reporting programs. "Organizations and professionals around the world are now realizing that it is essential for them to educate themselves on the issue of GHG management," said Gao Pronove, the new Institute's managing director. The Institute delivers its courses through instructor-led e-learning, thereby avoiding the emissions associated with traveling to workshops and conferences. "The GHG Management Institute will promote best practices, build confidence in the professional competencies of GHG practitioners, and prepare individuals to join the fast-growing, $10 billion job market," according to Tom Baumann, the Institute's director of Professional Programs. The GHG Management Institute and the Carbon Disclosure Project will be present at the upcoming climate change conference in Bali, Indonesia. # # # Greenhouse Gas Management Institute www.ghginstitute.org Carbon Disclosure Project www.cdproject.org About the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute The GHG Management Institute is a not-for-profit organisation focused on training and education. It was founded by the Greenhouse Gas Experts Network and ClimateCHECK, in partnership with the World Resources Institute, the Carbon Disclosure Project and GoVida elearning. The Institute's courses utilize and online e-learning format to reduce training costs and provide global accessibility to its programs. E-learning allows a learner to take a course according to their own schedule and without the cost, trouble, and GHG emissions associated with traveling. The GHG Management Institute's courses are developed by the world's leading experts, and instructors are available online to answer questions. Customized training programs and blend e-learning and live workshops are also available for large organizations. Course fees are charged, but financial assistance is available for eligible applicants. About the Carbon Disclosure Project CDP is an independent not-for-profit organisation, established in 2000 to facilitate dialogue between companies and investors, supported by quality information, from which a rational response to climate change will emerge. CDP acts as a secretariat for over 300 institutional investors, holding over US$41 trillion in assets under management. On behalf of these investors, CDP sends out an annual request for information to over 2000 of the largest globally listed companies, eliciting climate information and greenhouse gas emissions data. The Carbon Disclosure Project is a special project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors in New York, with 501(c)3 charitable status. The group of investors is not a legal entity and the Carbon Disclosure Project has no authority to make any other statement on behalf of the participants. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://milkyway.forumone.com/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20071203/e37b2e9e/attachment.html From Thomas.Tomosky at trx.com Mon Dec 3 19:56:54 2007 From: Thomas.Tomosky at trx.com (Thomas Tomosky) Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 19:56:54 -0500 Subject: [GHG Network] CO2 emissions calculator for air travel Message-ID: Greetings. I am new to the Greenhouse Gas Experts Network, and would like to introduce myself and the project I am working on. My name is Dr. Thomas Tomosky and I am the Application Manager in the Travel Analytics group at TRX. One of the projects I am working on is a CO2 emissions calculator for air travel. We attempted to build this calculator in as detailed and accurate manner as possible. We decided to make the calculator and the underlying calculations transparent, so that interested parties can examine the details. The calculator has been externally verified by ICF International, a leading energy and environmental consulting firm. You can view the basic calculator at http://carbon.trx.com. What follows is a very brief description of our basic Leg Level CO2 emissions calculator. The full description is available upon request. There are 8 major steps, the last 2 steps being optional. They are: 1. Gather airline schedule data - city pair, number of miles, operating carrier, aircraft, and number of seats. We use schedule and fleet information from OAG Back Aviation Solutions. 2. Determine fuel burn rates for aircraft and distance. We obtain fuel burn rate information from the 2006 version of the EMEP/CORINAIR Emission Inventory Guidebook. This data includes both LTO and cruise fuel burn rates. 3. Calculate total CO2 emissions for the flight. We use interpolation methods to accurately determine the amount of fuel burned, and CO2 emitted, for a particular aircraft for a particular flight. 4. Allocate emissions between cargo and passengers. From the US DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, we determine the amount of cargo (freight and mail) that scheduled passenger flights transport. Based on weight percentages, we allocate the CO2 emissions between cargo and passengers. 5. Allocate emissions per cabin. Based on passenger seat pitch and width data obtained from www.SeatGuru.com, we can determine the amount of "real estate" taken up by a passenger's seat in each cabin. The greater the real estate, the greater the emissions allocated to a seat in that cabin. 6. Adjust for passenger load factors. Typically, airline flights are not 100% full, so we adjust emissions for the average number of passengers for that carrier. 7. Adjust for RFI (optional). We allow web users to adjust for the Radiative forcing Index or not, depending on their particular needs. 8. Calculate cost of CO2 emissions (optional). Since the cost of CO2 emissions is highly variable, we provide web users with information on the various emission offset options and trading markets and give them the ability to adjust the cost per metric ton of CO2 to suit their needs. For our corporate clients, we go a few steps further than the basic Leg Level calculator on the web. In our Enterprise Level calculator, we take a client's air travel footprint for a period of time, normally a calendar year, and analyze it in detail. We quantify the amount of CO2 emissions, and we compare those emissions with the emissions resulting from the use of the "greenest" carrier for each city pair and to an "average" corporate travel footprint. We recommend and quantify ways of reducing CO2 emissions by reducing travel, booking the greenest carriers, and eliminating unnecessary connections. For client trips that are not on scheduled non-stop flights, we employ a proprietary algorithm which builds reasonable connections between city pairs. This is important since connections can use different equipment, have different fuel burn rates, number of seats, and so on. If you have comments on our model, or are interested in learning more, please contact me or our VP and General Manager, Scott Gillespie. We are especially interested in new data sources which can further improve the accuracy of our model. I can be contacted at thomas.tomosky at trx.com or at 724-924-6070. Scott can be contacted at scott.gillespie at trx.com or at 440-248-4111. Thank you. Tom Thomas K. Tomosky, Ph.D. Application Manager, Travel Analytics TRX 2175 Princeton Road New Castle, PA 16101 USA www.trx.com email: thomas.tomosky at trx.com office: 724-924-6070 fax: 724-924-2867 This message is intended only for the use of the Addressee and may contain information that is PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL. If you are not the intended recipient, dissemination of this communication is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please erase all copies of the message and its attachments and notify us immediately. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://milkyway.forumone.com/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20071203/55df21d3/attachment.html From heede at climatemitigation.com Wed Dec 5 14:35:49 2007 From: heede at climatemitigation.com (Rick Heede) Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:35:49 -0700 Subject: [GHG Network] CO2 emissions calculator for air travel In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Thomas: There is often a trade-off between accuracy and user-friendliness with such calculators, but I appreciate your intent. Comments: In (3) Nice try, and works well enough on average, but ignores (for any particular flight) winds aloft, diversions, holds, taxi delays, and seasonal variables. In (4) Good. Although I do wonder if it?s ?fair? to allocate emissions on the basis of passenger weight plus baggage vs cargo. The aircraft and its flight exist chiefly for passenger air travel, a lot of aircraft weight is carried around for their comfort and safety (water, food (when it exists), toilets, stewards, seats, entertainment system, air circulation and other equipment, etc.). In (5): Sweet. In (6) I would think other categories have similar variable occupancy: day vs night flights, for example, or aircraft size, or nation of registry. Why operator? In (7): we (Climate Mitigation Services for City of Aspen Green Tags air travel calculator: www.aspenzgreen.com/offsets_calculator_air_calculated.cfm ) also included an optional RF multiplier, found the oft-used 2 to 2.5 x as out of sync with the more recent scientific assessment, and use RF of 1.89 times fuel emissions. But we exempt all flights shorter than 200 statute miles on the basis that RF relates to flights at higher altitudes than such short flights typically operate. Overall: How many passengers actually know what aircraft type they flew on? Who is your user audience? If the general public, then you might be assuming too much in some cases. I would like to review the full description, thanks. All the best, -Rick-= PS: I am currently working on a private and business aircraft fuel and emissions calculator. ****************@******************* Richard Heede Climate Mitigation Services 1626 Gateway Road Snowmass, CO 81654-9214 USA 1-970-927-9511 office 1-970-343-0707 mobile < < < On 12/3/07 5:56 PM, "Thomas Tomosky" wrote: > Greetings. I am new to the Greenhouse Gas Experts Network, and would like to > introduce myself and the project I am working on. > > My name is Dr. Thomas Tomosky and I am the Application Manager in the Travel > Analytics group at TRX. One of the projects I am working on is a CO2 > emissions calculator for air travel. We attempted to build this calculator in > as detailed and accurate manner as possible. We decided to make the > calculator and the underlying calculations transparent, so that interested > parties can examine the details. The calculator has been externally verified > by ICF International, a leading energy and environmental consulting firm. You > can view the basic calculator at http://carbon.trx.com. > > What follows is a very brief description of our basic Leg Level CO2 emissions > calculator. The full description is available upon request. There are 8 > major steps, the last 2 steps being optional. They are: > > 1. Gather airline schedule data ? city pair, number of miles, operating > carrier, aircraft, and number of seats. We use schedule and fleet information > from OAG Back Aviation Solutions. > 2. Determine fuel burn rates for aircraft and distance. We obtain fuel burn > rate information from the 2006 version of the EMEP/CORINAIR Emission Inventory > Guidebook. This data includes both LTO and cruise fuel burn rates. > 3. Calculate total CO2 emissions for the flight. We use interpolation methods > to accurately determine the amount of fuel burned, and CO2 emitted, for a > particular aircraft for a particular flight. > 4. Allocate emissions between cargo and passengers. From the US DOT, Bureau > of Transportation Statistics, we determine the amount of cargo (freight and > mail) that scheduled passenger flights transport. Based on weight > percentages, we allocate the CO2 emissions between cargo and passengers. > 5. Allocate emissions per cabin. Based on passenger seat pitch and width data > obtained from www.SeatGuru.com , we can determine > the amount of ?real estate? taken up by a passenger?s seat in each cabin. The > greater the real estate, the greater the emissions allocated to a seat in that > cabin. > 6. Adjust for passenger load factors. Typically, airline flights are not 100% > full, so we adjust emissions for the average number of passengers for that > carrier. > 7. Adjust for RFI (optional). We allow web users to adjust for the Radiative > forcing Index or not, depending on their particular needs. > 8. Calculate cost of CO2 emissions (optional). Since the cost of CO2 > emissions is highly variable, we provide web users with information on the > various emission offset options and trading markets and give them the ability > to adjust the cost per metric ton of CO2 to suit their needs. > For our corporate clients, we go a few steps further than the basic Leg Level > calculator on the web. In our Enterprise Level calculator, we take a client?s > air travel footprint for a period of time, normally a calendar year, and > analyze it in detail. We quantify the amount of CO2 emissions, and we compare > those emissions with the emissions resulting from the use of the ?greenest? > carrier for each city pair and to an ?average? corporate travel footprint. We > recommend and quantify ways of reducing CO2 emissions by reducing travel, > booking the greenest carriers, and eliminating unnecessary connections. For > client trips that are not on scheduled non-stop flights, we employ a > proprietary algorithm which builds reasonable connections between city pairs. > This is important since connections can use different equipment, have > different fuel burn rates, number of seats, and so on. > > If you have comments on our model, or are interested in learning more, please > contact me or our VP and General Manager, Scott Gillespie. We are especially > interested in new data sources which can further improve the accuracy of our > model. I can be contacted at thomas.tomosky at trx.com or at 724-924-6070. > Scott can be contacted at scott.gillespie at trx.com or at 440-248-4111. > > Thank you. > > Tom > > > Thomas K. Tomosky, Ph.D. > Application Manager, Travel Analytics > TRX > 2175 Princeton Road > New Castle, PA 16101 USA > www.trx.com > 00508BC9E12600000126423E0000F66965CFA3FB824D837B89B38F04EEF7000000B8F4C80000/w > ww.trx.com> > > email: thomas.tomosky at trx.com > office: 724-924-6070 > fax: 724-924-2867 > > This message is intended only for the use of the Addressee and may contain > information that is PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL. If you are not the intended > recipient, dissemination of this communication is prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please erase all copies of the message > and its attachments and notify us immediately. > > > _______________________________________________ > Greenhouse Gas Inventory Experts Network > www.ghgnetwork.org > > To post message: > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at ghgnetwork.org > > To unsubscribe: > http://milkyway.forumone.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss ****************@******************* Richard Heede Climate Mitigation Services 1626 Gateway Road Snowmass, CO 81654-9214 USA 1-970-927-9511 office 1-970-343-0707 mobile < < < -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://milkyway.forumone.com/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20071205/c6e0dc7f/attachment-0001.html From Thomas.Tomosky at trx.com Fri Dec 7 12:01:52 2007 From: Thomas.Tomosky at trx.com (Thomas Tomosky) Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 12:01:52 -0500 Subject: [GHG Network] CO2 emissions calculator for air travel In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Rick, Thanks for your comments. My comments to your comments: (3) - Calculate total CO2 emissions for the flight - You are right - No one can account for individual real-life particular flights unless they have monitoring equipment on that flight. Averages and interpolation are the best anyone can do. (4) - Allocate emissions between cargo and passengers - The flight will take off as long as there are enough passengers and/or enough other revenue being generated, such as paid cargo. So cargo does add to the extra, optional weight of the flight and we tried to account for it. It's as "fair" as allocating different emissions per cabin. (5) - Allocate emissions per cabin - Thanks for the "Sweet" comment! (6) - Adjust for passenger load factors - You are correct that these other factors all affect occupancy, as well as the carrier factor. However, info at the carrier level is the only publicly available info that addresses occupancy. One of the nice aspects of our model is that we can accommodate new, more accurate info. If you or anyone else has access to better info, please let me know! I'd be happy to evaluate it. (7) - Adjust for RFI (optional) - Your RF factor may be better, but it's hard to know for sure. Your exempting short flights may be a good idea as well. There is still a lot of scientific uncertainty about this issue. I was thinking of making the RF factor user-customizable but didn't want to further complicate the web site. Most users have no idea of the complexity of the issue. But, it's still on the drawing board as a possibility. You can now view a full description of our model at http://carbon.trx.com Click on the new "Documentation and Sample Report" link. I appreciate your comments. You seem to be in the nitty-gritty details as much as I am! Tom Thomas K. Tomosky, Ph.D. Application Manager, Travel Analytics TRX 2175 Princeton Road New Castle, PA 16101 USA www.trx.com email: thomas.tomosky at trx.com office: 724-924-6070 fax: 724-924-2867 This message is intended only for the use of the Addressee and may contain information that is PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL. If you are not the intended recipient, dissemination of this communication is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please erase all copies of the message and its attachments and notify us immediately. From: discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org] On Behalf Of Rick Heede Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 2:36 PM To: Thomas Tomosky; discuss at ghgnetwork.org Subject: Re: [GHG Network] CO2 emissions calculator for air travel Dear Thomas: There is often a trade-off between accuracy and user-friendliness with such calculators, but I appreciate your intent. Comments: In (3) Nice try, and works well enough on average, but ignores (for any particular flight) winds aloft, diversions, holds, taxi delays, and seasonal variables. In (4) Good. Although I do wonder if it's "fair" to allocate emissions on the basis of passenger weight plus baggage vs cargo. The aircraft and its flight exist chiefly for passenger air travel, a lot of aircraft weight is carried around for their comfort and safety (water, food (when it exists), toilets, stewards, seats, entertainment system, air circulation and other equipment, etc.). In (5): Sweet. In (6) I would think other categories have similar variable occupancy: day vs night flights, for example, or aircraft size, or nation of registry. Why operator? In (7): we (Climate Mitigation Services for City of Aspen Green Tags air travel calculator: www.aspenzgreen.com/offsets_calculator_air_calculated.cfm ) also included an optional RF multiplier, found the oft-used 2 to 2.5 x as out of sync with the more recent scientific assessment, and use RF of 1.89 times fuel emissions. But we exempt all flights shorter than 200 statute miles on the basis that RF relates to flights at higher altitudes than such short flights typically operate. Overall: How many passengers actually know what aircraft type they flew on? Who is your user audience? If the general public, then you might be assuming too much in some cases. I would like to review the full description, thanks. All the best, -Rick-= PS: I am currently working on a private and business aircraft fuel and emissions calculator. ****************@******************* Richard Heede Climate Mitigation Services 1626 Gateway Road Snowmass, CO 81654-9214 USA 1-970-927-9511 office 1-970-343-0707 mobile < < < On 12/3/07 5:56 PM, "Thomas Tomosky" wrote: Greetings. I am new to the Greenhouse Gas Experts Network, and would like to introduce myself and the project I am working on. My name is Dr. Thomas Tomosky and I am the Application Manager in the Travel Analytics group at TRX. One of the projects I am working on is a CO2 emissions calculator for air travel. We attempted to build this calculator in as detailed and accurate manner as possible. We decided to make the calculator and the underlying calculations transparent, so that interested parties can examine the details. The calculator has been externally verified by ICF International, a leading energy and environmental consulting firm. You can view the basic calculator at http://carbon.trx.com. What follows is a very brief description of our basic Leg Level CO2 emissions calculator. The full description is available upon request. There are 8 major steps, the last 2 steps being optional. They are: 1. Gather airline schedule data - city pair, number of miles, operating carrier, aircraft, and number of seats. We use schedule and fleet information from OAG Back Aviation Solutions. 2. Determine fuel burn rates for aircraft and distance. We obtain fuel burn rate information from the 2006 version of the EMEP/CORINAIR Emission Inventory Guidebook. This data includes both LTO and cruise fuel burn rates. 3. Calculate total CO2 emissions for the flight. We use interpolation methods to accurately determine the amount of fuel burned, and CO2 emitted, for a particular aircraft for a particular flight. 4. Allocate emissions between cargo and passengers. From the US DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, we determine the amount of cargo (freight and mail) that scheduled passenger flights transport. Based on weight percentages, we allocate the CO2 emissions between cargo and passengers. 5. Allocate emissions per cabin. Based on passenger seat pitch and width data obtained from www.SeatGuru.com , we can determine the amount of "real estate" taken up by a passenger's seat in each cabin. The greater the real estate, the greater the emissions allocated to a seat in that cabin. 6. Adjust for passenger load factors. Typically, airline flights are not 100% full, so we adjust emissions for the average number of passengers for that carrier. 7. Adjust for RFI (optional). We allow web users to adjust for the Radiative forcing Index or not, depending on their particular needs. 8. Calculate cost of CO2 emissions (optional). Since the cost of CO2 emissions is highly variable, we provide web users with information on the various emission offset options and trading markets and give them the ability to adjust the cost per metric ton of CO2 to suit their needs. For our corporate clients, we go a few steps further than the basic Leg Level calculator on the web. In our Enterprise Level calculator, we take a client's air travel footprint for a period of time, normally a calendar year, and analyze it in detail. We quantify the amount of CO2 emissions, and we compare those emissions with the emissions resulting from the use of the "greenest" carrier for each city pair and to an "average" corporate travel footprint. We recommend and quantify ways of reducing CO2 emissions by reducing travel, booking the greenest carriers, and eliminating unnecessary connections. For client trips that are not on scheduled non-stop flights, we employ a proprietary algorithm which builds reasonable connections between city pairs. This is important since connections can use different equipment, have different fuel burn rates, number of seats, and so on. If you have comments on our model, or are interested in learning more, please contact me or our VP and General Manager, Scott Gillespie. We are especially interested in new data sources which can further improve the accuracy of our model. I can be contacted at thomas.tomosky at trx.com or at 724-924-6070. Scott can be contacted at scott.gillespie at trx.com or at 440-248-4111. Thank you. Tom Thomas K. Tomosky, Ph.D. Application Manager, Travel Analytics TRX 2175 Princeton Road New Castle, PA 16101 USA www.trx.com email: thomas.tomosky at trx.com office: 724-924-6070 fax: 724-924-2867 This message is intended only for the use of the Addressee and may contain information that is PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL. If you are not the intended recipient, dissemination of this communication is prohibited. 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URL: http://milkyway.forumone.com/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20071210/df76f04d/attachment-0001.html From matt.spannagle at undp.org Mon Dec 10 18:17:44 2007 From: matt.spannagle at undp.org (Matt Spannagle) Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:17:44 -0800 Subject: [GHG Network] CO2 emissions calculator for air travel In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <00be01c83b82$e00aca90$977641a5@GEFADMIN> Rick & Thomas, Im heartened to see some rigour in flight emissions assessment tools - the standard of calculators that most airlines offer is pretty low, and non-transparent. The best we have seen is atmosfair. I wanted to make one comment regarding Radiative Forcing: - for stratospheric flights (long-haul) an RF factor of 2.7 is commensurate with IPCC factors. Recognising the science in IPCC is necessarily time lagged by 2 to 5 years, I agree with Rick that latest assessments would suggest an RF somewhere between 1.5 and 2.0 - noting that this is an area of climate modelling with probably the highest uncertainty. That said, I think the principle of conservativeness must be applied here. It is non-conservative to use RF = 1 except for flights < 250km. Until a consensus scientific view is achieved, it is non-conservative to use anything less than 1.5, and conservativeness would suggest of at least RF = 2. If you leave this to user discretion, I think you need to point out that RF = 1 is not appropriate for flights > 250km. For UNDP's emission calculations we use RF = 2.7 in line with IPCC. We recognise this is conservative, but given the high communication value/exposure, we believe it is important to be conservative. Yes, it makes a difference to the offset calculations, but in the bigger picture, its the difference of (approx) between 3% and 3.5% of a typical UNDP mission. Regards, Matt Spannagle Carbon Technical Advisor, MDG Carbon Facility Environment and Energy Group Bureau for Development Policy United Nations Development Program 304 East 45th st., FF-9th floor New York, NY, 10017, USA. Ph: (1) 212 906 6329 _____ From: discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Tomosky Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 9:02 AM To: Rick Heede; discuss at ghgnetwork.org Subject: Re: [GHG Network] CO2 emissions calculator for air travel Rick, Thanks for your comments. My comments to your comments: (3) - Calculate total CO2 emissions for the flight ? You are right - No one can account for individual real-life particular flights unless they have monitoring equipment on that flight. Averages and interpolation are the best anyone can do. (4) - Allocate emissions between cargo and passengers ? The flight will take off as long as there are enough passengers and/or enough other revenue being generated, such as paid cargo. So cargo does add to the extra, optional weight of the flight and we tried to account for it. It?s as ?fair? as allocating different emissions per cabin. (5) - Allocate emissions per cabin ? Thanks for the ?Sweet? comment! (6) - Adjust for passenger load factors ? You are correct that these other factors all affect occupancy, as well as the carrier factor. However, info at the carrier level is the only publicly available info that addresses occupancy. One of the nice aspects of our model is that we can accommodate new, more accurate info. If you or anyone else has access to better info, please let me know! I?d be happy to evaluate it. (7) - Adjust for RFI (optional) ? Your RF factor may be better, but it?s hard to know for sure. Your exempting short flights may be a good idea as well. There is still a lot of scientific uncertainty about this issue. I was thinking of making the RF factor user-customizable but didn?t want to further complicate the web site. Most users have no idea of the complexity of the issue. But, it?s still on the drawing board as a possibility. You can now view a full description of our model at http://carbon.trx.com Click on the new ?Documentation and Sample Report? link. I appreciate your comments. You seem to be in the nitty-gritty details as much as I am! Tom Thomas K. Tomosky, Ph.D. Application Manager, Travel Analytics TRX 2175 Princeton Road New Castle, PA 16101 USA www.trx.com email: thomas.tomosky at trx.com office: 724-924-6070 fax: 724-924-2867 This message is intended only for the use of the Addressee and may contain information that is PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL. If you are not the intended recipient, dissemination of this communication is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please erase all copies of the message and its attachments and notify us immediately. From: discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org] On Behalf Of Rick Heede Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 2:36 PM To: Thomas Tomosky; discuss at ghgnetwork.org Subject: Re: [GHG Network] CO2 emissions calculator for air travel Dear Thomas: There is often a trade-off between accuracy and user-friendliness with such calculators, but I appreciate your intent. Comments: In (3) Nice try, and works well enough on average, but ignores (for any particular flight) winds aloft, diversions, holds, taxi delays, and seasonal variables. In (4) Good. Although I do wonder if it?s ?fair? to allocate emissions on the basis of passenger weight plus baggage vs cargo. The aircraft and its flight exist chiefly for passenger air travel, a lot of aircraft weight is carried around for their comfort and safety (water, food (when it exists), toilets, stewards, seats, entertainment system, air circulation and other equipment, etc.). In (5): Sweet. In (6) I would think other categories have similar variable occupancy: day vs night flights, for example, or aircraft size, or nation of registry. Why operator? In (7): we (Climate Mitigation Services for City of Aspen Green Tags air travel calculator: www.aspenzgreen.com/offsets_calculator_air_calculated.cfm ) also included an optional RF multiplier, found the oft-used 2 to 2.5 x as out of sync with the more recent scientific assessment, and use RF of 1.89 times fuel emissions. But we exempt all flights shorter than 200 statute miles on the basis that RF relates to flights at higher altitudes than such short flights typically operate. Overall: How many passengers actually know what aircraft type they flew on? Who is your user audience? If the general public, then you might be assuming too much in some cases. I would like to review the full description, thanks. All the best, -Rick-= PS: I am currently working on a private and business aircraft fuel and emissions calculator. ****************@******************* Richard Heede Climate Mitigation Services 1626 Gateway Road Snowmass, CO 81654-9214 USA 1-970-927-9511 office 1-970-343-0707 mobile < < < On 12/3/07 5:56 PM, "Thomas Tomosky" wrote: Greetings. I am new to the Greenhouse Gas Experts Network, and would like to introduce myself and the project I am working on. My name is Dr. Thomas Tomosky and I am the Application Manager in the Travel Analytics group at TRX. One of the projects I am working on is a CO2 emissions calculator for air travel. We attempted to build this calculator in as detailed and accurate manner as possible. We decided to make the calculator and the underlying calculations transparent, so that interested parties can examine the details. The calculator has been externally verified by ICF International, a leading energy and environmental consulting firm. You can view the basic calculator at http://carbon.trx.com. What follows is a very brief description of our basic Leg Level CO2 emissions calculator. The full description is available upon request. There are 8 major steps, the last 2 steps being optional. They are: 1. Gather airline schedule data ? city pair, number of miles, operating carrier, aircraft, and number of seats. We use schedule and fleet information from OAG Back Aviation Solutions. 2. Determine fuel burn rates for aircraft and distance. We obtain fuel burn rate information from the 2006 version of the EMEP/CORINAIR Emission Inventory Guidebook. This data includes both LTO and cruise fuel burn rates. 3. Calculate total CO2 emissions for the flight. We use interpolation methods to accurately determine the amount of fuel burned, and CO2 emitted, for a particular aircraft for a particular flight. 4. Allocate emissions between cargo and passengers. From the US DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, we determine the amount of cargo (freight and mail) that scheduled passenger flights transport. Based on weight percentages, we allocate the CO2 emissions between cargo and passengers. 5. Allocate emissions per cabin. Based on passenger seat pitch and width data obtained from www.SeatGuru.com , we can determine the amount of ?real estate? taken up by a passenger?s seat in each cabin. The greater the real estate, the greater the emissions allocated to a seat in that cabin. 6. Adjust for passenger load factors. Typically, airline flights are not 100% full, so we adjust emissions for the average number of passengers for that carrier. 7. Adjust for RFI (optional). We allow web users to adjust for the Radiative forcing Index or not, depending on their particular needs. 8. Calculate cost of CO2 emissions (optional). Since the cost of CO2 emissions is highly variable, we provide web users with information on the various emission offset options and trading markets and give them the ability to adjust the cost per metric ton of CO2 to suit their needs. For our corporate clients, we go a few steps further than the basic Leg Level calculator on the web. In our Enterprise Level calculator, we take a client?s air travel footprint for a period of time, normally a calendar year, and analyze it in detail. We quantify the amount of CO2 emissions, and we compare those emissions with the emissions resulting from the use of the ?greenest? carrier for each city pair and to an ?average? corporate travel footprint. We recommend and quantify ways of reducing CO2 emissions by reducing travel, booking the greenest carriers, and eliminating unnecessary connections. For client trips that are not on scheduled non-stop flights, we employ a proprietary algorithm which builds reasonable connections between city pairs. This is important since connections can use different equipment, have different fuel burn rates, number of seats, and so on. If you have comments on our model, or are interested in learning more, please contact me or our VP and General Manager, Scott Gillespie. We are especially interested in new data sources which can further improve the accuracy of our model. I can be contacted at thomas.tomosky at trx.com or at 724-924-6070. Scott can be contacted at scott.gillespie at trx.com or at 440-248-4111. Thank you. Tom Thomas K. Tomosky, Ph.D. Application Manager, Travel Analytics TRX 2175 Princeton Road New Castle, PA 16101 USA www.trx.com email: thomas.tomosky at trx.com office: 724-924-6070 fax: 724-924-2867 This message is intended only for the use of the Addressee and may contain information that is PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL. 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URL: http://milkyway.forumone.com/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20071210/df8f54ee/attachment-0001.html From tysonclinton at clintonengineering.ca Tue Dec 11 08:08:33 2007 From: tysonclinton at clintonengineering.ca (Tyson Clinton) Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:08:33 -0500 (EST) Subject: [GHG Network] Emision Factor Message-ID: <20071211130833.4BFADC18291@milkyway.forumone.com> Hello Fernanda, For tire Derived Fuel (TDF) I have been using a factor of 3.08 tCO2e/t of tires in my projects. I found this factor by researching various internet databases. This specific factor was found at: http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/1605/coefficients.html I assumed it was in terms of CO2e (as it is not stated on the site). Also I am not sure if this factor would be appropriate for ???open burning???. If you or anyone else has some input on this emission factor I would greatly appreciate it. A question that has come up many times for me about TDF: As a fuel how should TDF be classed? ie. Is it a Fossil Fuel, Renewable, Non- Fossil Fuel, etc? This has been something I have had many discussions on with no conclusive answer; any input from the network would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Tyson _________________________________ Tyson Clinton, Eng. Energy Consultant Clinton Engineering Tel (514) 667-7240 www.clintonengineering.ca From dboodhun at mail.gov.mu Wed Dec 12 02:34:16 2007 From: dboodhun at mail.gov.mu ( D. Boodhun) Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:34:16 +0400 Subject: [GHG Network] Calculation of CER under CDM for energy from biomass. Message-ID: Greetings, Presently I am trying to calculate the potential CER that can be accrued from generation of electricity from biomass. The biomass used is bagasse which is the fibre left over after crushing sugar cane for production of sugar. In my country Mauritius sugar cane plantation is a cash crop and about 40% of the land is under sugar cane cultivation.There is already one efficient coal/bagasse power plant producing electricity for export on the national grid. There is plan to build 3 new coal/bagasse power plant. Since bagasse is not produced year round, the coal will be used during the intercrop season.Ratio of bagasse to coal is about 1 to 3. Presently 300GWh electricity is exported on the national grid from bagasse.There is potential for 300GWh more electricity from bagasse which are not being burnt. Please could you advise on the methodologies for calculation on amount of CER which my country could benefit for production of electricity from biomass. Regards. D. Boodhun Mauritius. From JEElliott at bahamaselectricity.com Wed Dec 12 09:03:22 2007 From: JEElliott at bahamaselectricity.com (JEElliott at bahamaselectricity.com) Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:03:22 -0500 Subject: [GHG Network] Information Renewables In-Reply-To: <20071211130833.4BFADC18291@milkyway.forumone.com> Message-ID: Dear colleagues, I am presently in the process of evaluating renewable technologies for implementation in the short term as part of a governmental initiative. I am interested in peer-reviewed scientific articles on (or evaluations of) the following technolgies: 1) Ocean Wave (viability / feasibility / maintenance/ life cycle cost on utility scale operations) 2) Parabolic Trough collectors (integration / maintenance / life cycle costs on utility scale operations) 3) Ocean Thermal (viability / feasibility / maintenance/ life cycle cost on utility scale operations) 4) Solar Photovoltaic (life cycle costs) 5) Biomass (Plasma gasification - viability / feasibility / maintenance/ life cycle cost on utility scale operations) 6) Biomass (life cycle costs) Thank You for your assistance This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and contain privileged or copyright information, and are intended only for the individual or entity named. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message from your system. The dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. 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In looking at most of the guidance published by the US EPA, Center for Resources Solutions and others, it seems clear that RECS can only be counted as an offset against Scope 2 emissions (if they are to be counted as a CO2 offset at all). However, several larger utilities have recently argued that Green-e certified RECS purchased in a voluntary context can be used to offset emissions from sources such as business travel. I am curious to know if anyone has a strong argument that would support this view. With thanks in advance - Chris Hunter GreenOrder, Inc. 205 Lexington Avenue, 17th Floor New York, NY 10016 o +1 212 725 4848 x234 f +1 212 725 4553 m +1 917 667 4327 www.greenorder.com chunter at greenorder.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://milkyway.forumone.com/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20071212/bc609aac/attachment.html From discuss-owner at ghgnetwork.org Thu Dec 13 01:46:15 2007 From: discuss-owner at ghgnetwork.org (Michael Gillenwater [moderator]) Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:46:15 -0800 (PST) Subject: [GHG Network] RECS as CO2 Offset: Non-Scope 2 Emissions Message-ID: <169530.94324.qm@web38909.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Chris, I am taking off my hat as the Network's moderator and putting on my researcher hat. Your question is one that I have done some research and writing on. I suggest you look at the following 2 papers, focusing on Part 1. Both papers will be published in the journal Energy Policy in the coming months. Gillenwater, M., 2007. Redefining RECs (Part 1): Untangling attributes and offsets, [Discussion paper] Science Technology and Environmental Policy Program. Princeton University , Princeton , NJ . http://www.princeton.edu/~mgillenw/REC-OffsetPaper-PartI_v2.pdf Gillenwater, M., 2007. Redefining RECs (Part 2): Untangling certificates and emission markets, [Discussion paper] Science Technology and Environmental Policy Program. Princeton University , Princeton , NJ . http://www.princeton.edu/~mgillenw/REC-OffsetPaper-PartII_v2.pdf I would also suggest that you look at the following two sets of comments submitted on behalf of the several NGOs to Green-e on their new renewable energy offset protocol. Take note that the GHG Experts Network was one of the groups submitting these comments. Environmental Resources Trust, Pew Center on Climate Change, California Climate Action Registry, and GHG Experts Network World Resources Institute For transparency, you can find more information on their protocol at: http://www.green-e.org/getcert_ghg_re_protocol.shtml You should note, that the comments from the groups above, in general are not supportive of the Green-e protocol. Although some other groups see it differently. I would be curious to hear other thoughts from Network participants on this topic. michael Michael Gillenwater Princeton University Science, Technology and Environmental Policy Program GHG Experts Network (Executive Director) GHG Management Institute (Dean of Institute) Environmental Resources Trust (Director of Verification Policy) Tel +1 202 997 3335 Skype: mwgillenwater gillenwater at alum.mit.edu ----- Original Message ---- From: Chris Hunter To: discuss at ghgnetwork.org Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 11:04:01 PM Subject: [GHG Network] RECS as CO2 Offset: Non-Scope 2 Emissions RECS as CO2 Offset: Non-Scope 2 Emissions I am investigating the validity of counting Green-e certified RECS as a CO2 offset against the emissions from anything other than Scope 2 emissions. In looking at most of the guidance published by the US EPA, Center for Resources Solutions and others, it seems clear that RECS can only be counted as an offset against Scope 2 emissions (if they are to be counted as a CO2 offset at all). However, several larger utilities have recently argued that Green-e certified RECS purchased in a voluntary context can be used to offset emissions from sources such as business travel. I am curious to know if anyone has a strong argument that would support this view. With thanks in advance - Chris Hunter GreenOrder, Inc. 205 Lexington Avenue, 17th Floor New York, NY 10016 o +1 212 725 4848 x234 f +1 212 725 4553 m +1 917 667 4327 www.greenorder.com chunter at greenorder.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://milkyway.forumone.com/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20071212/882823cc/attachment.html From korscha at gmail.com Thu Dec 13 05:58:35 2007 From: korscha at gmail.com (Ruy Korscha Anaya de la Rosa) Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:58:35 +0100 Subject: [GHG Network] Calculation of CER under CDM for energy from biomass. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <804afd080712130258q34898a19v2fdb483e09d6f15b@mail.gmail.com> Dear D. Boodhun, I hope this e-mail finds you well. You do not give too many explanations about your baseline scenario. Further, you mention that "*There is plan to build 3 new coal/bagasse power plant.*" and that "*There is potential for 300GWh more electricity from bagasse which are not being burnt*." It is not clear what is the size of each of the 3 plants in terms of output capacity. This is essential when choosing between small scale and normal scale methodologies under the CDM. Also, I do not know how you are going to present and submit your project to the CDM's Executive Board. So, I give you the two options you have: -If you go for small scale (<15 MW output capacity), (because it is easier, faster and cheaper) you would have to use Methodology AMS I.D 'Grid Connected renewable electricity generation' and you can download it from: http://cdm.unfccc.int/methodologies/SSCmethodologies/approved.html -If you go for normal scale; even though I am not sure of the baseline I am sure that the Consolidated Methodology ACM0006.-"Consolidated Methodology for Electricity Generation from Biomass Residues--Version 06" would apply. You can choose 1 of the 20 proposed scenarios in this methodology. Note that it is not possible to combine scenarios and that only one single scenario can be applied for one CDM project activity. You can download it from: http://cdm.unfccc.int/methodologies/PAmethodologies/approved.html >From your e-mail, I see that the plan to install the 3 power plants is already under way. I do not know the exact situation of such projects in Mauritius but at a first glance it looks that these projects would take place any way, with or without the sales of CERs, making the whole scheme non additional, as far as the CDM is concerned. If non-additional projects are accepted in the CDM then actually more greenhouse gas emissions are injected into the atmosphere. Unfortunately, we have seen that this kind of projects have been erroneously accepted by the Executive Board and therefore, now the assessment of the project's additionality is stricter. I feel compelled to advise you to be careful with this additionality matter and to refrain from submitting a business-as-usual project. All the best, Ruy ____________________________ Ruy Korscha Anaya de la Rosa Charg? de Projets Goodplanet / Action Carbone Domaine de Longchamp, Carrefour de Longchamp 75116 PARIS France E-mail: ruy at yannarthusbertrand.org ; ruy at actioncarbone.org Tel: +33 (0) 1 48 42 76 04 On Dec 12, 2007 8:34 AM, D. Boodhun wrote: > Greetings, > Presently I am trying to calculate the potential CER that > can be accrued from generation of electricity from biomass. > The biomass used is bagasse which is the fibre left over > after crushing sugar cane for production of sugar. > > In my country Mauritius sugar cane plantation is a cash > crop and about 40% of the land is under sugar cane > cultivation.There is already one efficient coal/bagasse > power plant producing electricity for export on the > national grid. There is plan to build 3 new coal/bagasse > power plant. Since bagasse is not produced year round, the > coal will be used during the intercrop season.Ratio of > bagasse to coal is about 1 to 3. Presently 300GWh > electricity is exported on the national grid from > bagasse.There is potential for 300GWh more electricity from > bagasse which are not being burnt. > Please could you advise on the methodologies for > calculation on amount of CER which my country could benefit > for production of electricity from biomass. > > Regards. > D. Boodhun > Mauritius. > _______________________________________________ > Greenhouse Gas Inventory Experts Network > www.ghgnetwork.org > > To post message: > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at ghgnetwork.org > > To unsubscribe: > http://milkyway.forumone.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://milkyway.forumone.com/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20071213/7055402a/attachment.html From george at lentzmeioambiente.com.br Thu Dec 13 08:48:10 2007 From: george at lentzmeioambiente.com.br (George) Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:48:10 -0300 Subject: [GHG Network] RES: [Spam] Re: Calculation of CER under CDM for energy from biomass. In-Reply-To: <804afd080712130258q34898a19v2fdb483e09d6f15b@mail.gmail.com> References: <804afd080712130258q34898a19v2fdb483e09d6f15b@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <004801c83d8e$cd6926d0$683b7470$@com.br> Dear Mr Boodhun, Greetings. In Brazil use of sugar cane bagasse is quite common for power/steam generation. Steam is supplied to alcohol/sugar plant, some power supplied to plant, surplus send to grid. As part of our usual env. licencing of these projects, the destination of bagasse is analyzed in two circumstances. ? No project, or alternative 0. I.e, bagasse usually processed into compost (with addition of manure) and used as a fertilizer in agriculture. ? Considering steam/power generation. Under alternative 0, GHGs are emitted during bagasse processing into compost and natural decay of compost in the field. Additionally, steam and power must be generated by other means, adding to the GHG total under alternative 0. Therefore, CER may arise from the offset of these emissions. Hope this may be useful to your application. Regards, George Fruehauf www.lentzmeioambiente.com.br On Dec 12, 2007 8:34 AM, D. Boodhun < dboodhun at mail.gov.mu> wrote: Greetings, Presently I am trying to calculate the potential CER that can be accrued from generation of electricity from biomass. The biomass used is bagasse which is the fibre left over after crushing sugar cane for production of sugar. In my country Mauritius sugar cane plantation is a cash crop and about 40% of the land is under sugar cane cultivation.There is already one efficient coal/bagasse power plant producing electricity for export on the national grid. There is plan to build 3 new coal/bagasse power plant. Since bagasse is not produced year round, the coal will be used during the intercrop season.Ratio of bagasse to coal is about 1 to 3. Presently 300GWh electricity is exported on the national grid from bagasse.There is potential for 300GWh more electricity from bagasse which are not being burnt. Please could you advise on the methodologies for calculation on amount of CER which my country could benefit for production of electricity from biomass. Regards. D. Boodhun Mauritius. _______________________________________________ Greenhouse Gas Inventory Experts Network www.ghgnetwork.org To post message: Discuss mailing list Discuss at ghgnetwork.org To unsubscribe: http://milkyway.forumone.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss _____ E-mail classificado pelo Identificador de Spam Inteligente. Para alterar a categoria classificada, visite o Terra Mail _____ Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo E-mail Protegido Terra. Scan engine: McAfee VirusScan / Atualizado em 12/12/2007 / Vers?o: 5.1.00/5184 Proteja o seu e-mail Terra: http://mail.terra.com.br/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://milkyway.forumone.com/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20071213/a6d7778c/attachment.html From mradcliffe at brwncald.com Thu Dec 13 16:34:55 2007 From: mradcliffe at brwncald.com (Michael Radcliffe) Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:34:55 -0500 (EST) Subject: [GHG Network] Emission factor for corn residue Message-ID: <20071213213455.33D8DC1857C@milkyway.forumone.com> Hello, Does anyone have any idea of where to find an emission factor for incinerating cron milling residue? This material is NOT cobs nor husks, but the kernel residue after it has been milled and processed. Thanks! Mike Radcliffe Brown and caldwell From Marco.Ratton at dnv.com Thu Dec 13 14:48:32 2007 From: Marco.Ratton at dnv.com (Marco.Ratton at dnv.com) Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:48:32 -0200 Subject: [GHG Network] Calculation of CER under CDM for energy frombiomass. In-Reply-To: <804afd080712130258q34898a19v2fdb483e09d6f15b@mail.gmail.com> References: <804afd080712130258q34898a19v2fdb483e09d6f15b@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <1C0B6A95CD1B644D884F2D230C4D7D44045F449A@RIO007.verit.dnv.com> Dear D. Boodhun, I strongly agree with Ruy regarding the additionality and eligibility of your potential projects. Please note that in order to have these new plants eligible as CDM project activities, you should derive the baseline scenario for your potential CDM project. You should demonstrate whether in the absence of the CDM incentives (carbon revenue) these new Greenfield plants would not be built or less efficient power plants would be built instead. If in your baseline, similar plants would be built anyway (due to an increase of sugar cane processing for example) there is no emission reduction to be claimed. Please note that it is also important to demosntrate that CDM incentives were really considered and taken into account during the project investment decision phase. Thus, I suggest you to deep check the carbon eligibility of these projects. Atenciosamente/Best regards, Marco A. Ratton -------------------------------------- Det Norske Veritas International Climate Change Services Email: marco.ratton at dnv.com Direct Phone: +55 21 3722 7540 Mobile: +55 21 8124 1944 Fax: +55 21 3722 7570 http://climatechange.dnv.com The world leading magazine Environmental Finance, covering environmental markets, investments and risk management, has chosen DNV as the best validation and verification company for climate change projects for the third consecutive year (2004, 2005, 2006). ________________________________ From: discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org] On Behalf Of Ruy Korscha Anaya de la Rosa Sent: quinta-feira, 13 de dezembro de 2007 08:59 To: D. Boodhun Cc: discuss at ghgnetwork.org Subject: Re: [GHG Network] Calculation of CER under CDM for energy frombiomass. Dear D. Boodhun, I hope this e-mail finds you well. You do not give too many explanations about your baseline scenario. Further, you mention that "There is plan to build 3 new coal/bagasse power plant. " and that "There is potential for 300GWh more electricity from bagasse which are not being burnt." It is not clear what is the size of each of the 3 plants in terms of output capacity. This is essential when choosing between small scale and normal scale methodologies under the CDM. Also, I do not know how you are going to present and submit your project to the CDM's Executive Board. So, I give you the two options you have: -If you go for small scale (<15 MW output capacity), (because it is easier, faster and cheaper) you would have to use Methodology AMS I.D 'Grid Connected renewable electricity generation' and you can download it from: http://cdm.unfccc.int/methodologies/SSCmethodologies/approved.html -If you go for normal scale; even though I am not sure of the baseline I am sure that the Consolidated Methodology ACM0006.-"Consolidated Methodology for Electricity Generation from Biomass Residues--Version 06" would apply. You can choose 1 of the 20 proposed scenarios in this methodology. Note that it is not possible to combine scenarios and that only one single scenario can be applied for one CDM project activity. You can download it from: http://cdm.unfccc.int/methodologies/PAmethodologies/approved.html >From your e-mail, I see that the plan to install the 3 power plants is already under way. I do not know the exact situation of such projects in Mauritius but at a first glance it looks that these projects would take place any way, with or without the sales of CERs, making the whole scheme non additional, as far as the CDM is concerned. If non-additional projects are accepted in the CDM then actually more greenhouse gas emissions are injected into the atmosphere. Unfortunately, we have seen that this kind of projects have been erroneously accepted by the Executive Board and therefore, now the assessment of the project's additionality is stricter. I feel compelled to advise you to be careful with this additionality matter and to refrain from submitting a business-as-usual project. All the best, Ruy ____________________________ Ruy Korscha Anaya de la Rosa Charg? de Projets Goodplanet / Action Carbone Domaine de Longchamp, Carrefour de Longchamp 75116 PARIS France E-mail: ruy at yannarthusbertrand.org ; ruy at actioncarbone.org Tel: +33 (0) 1 48 42 76 04 On Dec 12, 2007 8:34 AM, D. Boodhun < dboodhun at mail.gov.mu> wrote: Greetings, Presently I am trying to calculate the potential CER that can be accrued from generation of electricity from biomass. The biomass used is bagasse which is the fibre left over after crushing sugar cane for production of sugar. In my country Mauritius sugar cane plantation is a cash crop and about 40% of the land is under sugar cane cultivation.There is already one efficient coal/bagasse power plant producing electricity for export on the national grid. There is plan to build 3 new coal/bagasse power plant. Since bagasse is not produced year round, the coal will be used during the intercrop season.Ratio of bagasse to coal is about 1 to 3. Presently 300GWh electricity is exported on the national grid from bagasse.There is potential for 300GWh more electricity from bagasse which are not being burnt. Please could you advise on the methodologies for calculation on amount of CER which my country could benefit for production of electricity from biomass. Regards. D. Boodhun Mauritius. _______________________________________________ Greenhouse Gas Inventory Experts Network www.ghgnetwork.org To post message: Discuss mailing list Discuss at ghgnetwork.org To unsubscribe: http://milkyway.forumone.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss ************************************************************** The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are confidential and are intended solely for the addressee. 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If the answer to this is yes (and we certainly think it is), RECs are one part of the documentation that is needed to track ownership of the reductions and make sure that there is no double-claiming of the emission benefits from the renewable energy facility. We encourage you to review the comments submitted, our responses to the comments and take part in the dialogue on our website at green-e.org/climate. Lars Kvale Manager, Green-e Climate The Center For Resource Solutions 415-561-2110 lars at resource-solutions.org www.green-e.org CRS: Celebrating a Decade of Environmental Innovation From fiona.berry at arup.com Mon Dec 17 21:22:37 2007 From: fiona.berry at arup.com (Fiona) Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:22:37 -0500 (EST) Subject: [GHG Network] GHG protocol/registry in China? Message-ID: <20071218022237.9CD0CC182FA@milkyway.forumone.com> Hi All Does anyone know of any particular GHG voluntary reporting programs/registries or specific GHG protocols for China? Also, where can I find China's national GHG inventory, if it exists? Are there any GHG voluntary markets in China? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Fiona Berry From michael.rynne at holcim.com Sun Dec 16 17:27:08 2007 From: michael.rynne at holcim.com (michael.rynne at holcim.com) Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:27:08 +1300 Subject: [GHG Network] Emission Factor for TDF (Tire/Tyre Derived Fuel) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Fernanda, Tyson, There's not a whole lot available on this issue, but can I suggest the following source: http://www.deh.gov.au/settlements/publications/waste/tyres/national-approach/tyres6.html I note the figure is considerably lower than Tyson's. It's also worth looking at this report: http://www.p2pays.org/ref/34/33803.pdf The thing about this latter report is that it gives you the chemical composition of tyres (tires!!), so you can exactly calculate the post-combustion CO2 emissions from first principles (worst-case - all carbon converts to CO2, not soot etc). Internally, we use the default figure of 2,550kg CO2 per tonne of tyres. So I guess we fall somewhere in the middle of the range. If you're really serious about this, I would have a carbon analysis done - that way you'll get a usable and relevant figure (at small cost. It's a routine test). Hope this helps. Michael __________________________________ For your special attention: US $2 million in prize money is being offered for projects in sustainable construction entered in the Holcim Awards competition. Submissions and details at http://www.holcimawards.org or email mary.pauwels at holcim.com for an information booklet. 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URL: http://milkyway.forumone.com/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20071217/88dfecc2/attachment.html From gogreen at aryanecoclimate.com Tue Dec 25 05:24:16 2007 From: gogreen at aryanecoclimate.com (Abhinavaa K Jain) Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 05:24:16 -0500 (EST) Subject: [GHG Network] Algae based Biofuels Message-ID: <20071225102416.B3C42C183E5@milkyway.forumone.com> Dear All, This is Abhinavaa Jain, Chairman of Aryan Eco Climate Pvt Ltd, INDIA. We are into the CDM Consultancy & Innovative Solutions Provider in the Renewables Energy Sector. We are exploring an algae based biofuel technology which could reduce CO2 emissions from Coal based power plants. This could be an answer to the growing concern towards Land Scarcity & Food Security & could be a better alternative for any crop based biofuels ? Would like to know more details about the said technology & also the references of any such projects whether in Pilot stage or Commercial Stage ? Thanks & Best Regards, Abhinavaa K Jain, Chairman, Aryan Eco Climate, INDIA Pl Visit: www.aryanecoclimate.com E : gogreen at aryanecoclimate.com Skype : abhinavaa.jain From jbolduc at CambridgeMA.GOV Wed Dec 26 12:41:03 2007 From: jbolduc at CambridgeMA.GOV (Bolduc, John) Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 12:41:03 -0500 Subject: [GHG Network] Algae based Biofuels In-Reply-To: <20071225102416.B3C42C183E5@milkyway.forumone.com> Message-ID: Abhinavaa, there is a company called Green Fuel Technologies that has a system to capture CO2 from powerplants to grow algae and convert to biofuels. See http://www.greenfuelonline.com/. They have a pilot operation on the MIT power plant in Cambridge and I believe have larger pilots in progress elsewhere. See the press section of their website. JB -----Original Message----- From: discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org]On Behalf Of Abhinavaa K Jain Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 5:24 AM To: discuss at ghgnetwork.org Subject: [GHG Network] Algae based Biofuels Dear All, This is Abhinavaa Jain, Chairman of Aryan Eco Climate Pvt Ltd, INDIA. We are into the CDM Consultancy & Innovative Solutions Provider in the Renewables Energy Sector. We are exploring an algae based biofuel technology which could reduce CO2 emissions from Coal based power plants. This could be an answer to the growing concern towards Land Scarcity & Food Security & could be a better alternative for any crop based biofuels ? Would like to know more details about the said technology & also the references of any such projects whether in Pilot stage or Commercial Stage ? Thanks & Best Regards, Abhinavaa K Jain, Chairman, Aryan Eco Climate, INDIA Pl Visit: www.aryanecoclimate.com E : gogreen at aryanecoclimate.com Skype : abhinavaa.jain _______________________________________________ Greenhouse Gas Inventory Experts Network www.ghgnetwork.org To post message: Discuss mailing list Discuss at ghgnetwork.org To unsubscribe: http://milkyway.forumone.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss