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1 GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT CONTENTS A. Project title B. Project description C. Proof of project eligibility D. Unique Project Identification E. Outcome stakeholder consultation process F. Outcome sustainability assessment G. Sustainability monitoring plan H. Additionality and conservativeness deviations Annex 1 ODA declarations 1

2 SECTION A. Project Title [See Toolkit 1.6] Xuyong household biogas Gold Standard VER Project Version 3 Date: 21/12/2011 History: Revision according to feedback from GS, version 3, 21/12/2011 Revision according to findings from GS, version 2, 12/12/2011 First submission to GS for validation, version 1, 07/09/2011 SECTION B. Project description [See Toolkit 1.6] The purpose of Xuyong household biogas Gold Standard VER project (hereafter referred to The Project ) is to support two thousand (2,000) households in the aim of constructing biogas digesters for household use. The Project aims at realizing one digester, three renovations, which literally means: build one digester, retrofit kitchen, toilet and animal pens. The Project, on one hand, reduces CO 2 emissions due to the replacement of traditional fossil fuel consumption for cooking with biogas (a type of clean renewable energy), on the other hand, avoids methane emissions by replacing the traditional animal management system (pit storage) with digesters. The emission reduction is estimated to be 4,499tCO 2e annually. Furthermore, the Project will improve the quality of life and the sanitary conditions of the locals, and contribute to the local sustainable development. The Project is organized and implemented by Chengdu Oasis Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (hereafter Chengdu Oasis) in cooperation with Xuyong Rural Energy Office (hereafter Xuyong REO). Chengdu Oasis is responsible for the development of the Gold Standard documentation for the Project. The design of the Project s biogas digesters will be based on national standards established by the Chinese government. The design and construction of the Project s digesters are certified by technicians accredited by the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture. The supervision on the construction quality of the project s digesters will be held by Xuyong REO. The construction of the Project started in June 2011 while the complete of construction of the digesters is scheduled to be in Apr

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4 SECTION C. Proof of project eligibility C.1. Scale of the Project [See Toolkit 1.2.a] Please tick where applicable: Project Type Large Small þ C.2. Host Country [See Toolkit 1.2.b] P. R. China 4

5 C.3. Project Type [See Toolkit 1.2.c and Toolkit Annex C] Please tick where applicable: Project type Yes No Does your project activity classify as a Renewable Energy project? þ Does your project activity classify as an End-use Energy Efficiency Improvement project? Please justify the eligibility of your project activity: According to the current Gold Standard rules, Xuyong household biogas Gold Standard VER project (hereafter The project ) is considered eligible if all of the following conditions are satisfied: - The project is a micro-scale VER project with emission reduction <5,000t CO 2e per annum for each year of the crediting period; - The project is located in P.R. China, which is a Non-Annex 1 Country under the Kyoto Protocol ; - The project generates heat from biogas thus replacing fossil fuels. All the biogas is generated by animal manure (renewable biomass) and is intended for household cooking use. No flaring (combustion without energetic use) takes place. Equally, the methane from baseline manure treatment system (pit storage) is avoided; - The emission reduction of greenhouse gases (GHG) intended to be achieved by the project includes methane (CH 4) and carbon dioxide (CO 2), two GHGs that are eligible under Gold Standard; - No Official Development Assistance (ODA) is used for project implementation; - It was never previously announced that the project would proceed without revenues from carbon credits; - No credits related to GHG reductions of this project are otherwise committed under another mechanism other than the Gold Standard one, therefore no double counting would occur from the issuance of Gold Standard carbon credits originating from this project. Pre Announcement Yes No Was your project previously announced? þ Explain your statement on pre announcement 5

6 C.4. Greenhouse gas [See Toolkit 1.2.d] Greenhouse Gas Carbon dioxide þ Methane þ Nitrous oxide C.5. Project Registration Type [See Toolkit 1.2.f] Project Registration Type Regular þ Pre-feasibility assessment Retroactive projects (T.2.5.1) Preliminary evaluation (eg: Large Hydro or palm oil-related project) (T.2.5.2) Rejected by UNFCCC (T2.5.3) If Retroactive, please indicate Start Date of Construction dd/mm/yyyy: 6

7 SECTION D. Unique project identification D.1. GPS-coordinates of project location [See Toolkit 1.6] Latitude Longitude Coordinates 28 6' 4.2" N ' 1.8" E Explain given coordinates 2000 bio-digesters will be installed in different villages of Xuyong county, Luzhou city. The given geo-coordinate above is of Xuyong County 1. All the targeted villages and bio-digesters are in the 11 towns (see red circles in Figure 3 below). Each participating household will be given a unique identification number after the successful construction and commission of a bio-digester. In addition, an electronic list of all the participating households including the household s name, digester identification number, name of village and GPS coordinates of the village will be created and archived until two years after the end of the crediting period. D.2. Map [See Toolkit 1.6] All of the bio-digesters will be located in Xuyong, Jiangmen, Longfeng, Luopu, Lianghe, Guanxing, Yinshan, Moni, Chishui, Macheng and Shiba towns, Luzhou City, Sichuan Province

8 GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT Figure 1 Location of Sichuan province shown on the map of China Figure 2 Map of Sichuan Province 8

9 GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT Figure 3 Map of Xuyong County (11 red circles stand for 11 project towns) All the targeted villages and bio-digesters are in the 11 towns (see red circles above). Each participating household will be given a unique identification number after the successful construction and commission of a bio-digester and the identification number will also be applied to the digester. In addition, an electronic list of all the participating households including the household s name, digester identification number, name of village and GPS coordinates of the village will be created and archived until two years after the end of the crediting period. SECTION E. E.1. 9 Outcome stakeholder consultation process Assessment of stakeholder comments

10 [See Toolkit Annex J] GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT [See Local Stakeholder Consultation Report B.5 and insert table from ii Assessment of comments. Insert a summary of alterations based on comments] Stakeholder comment Comment 1: How can we get the money and when? Comment 2: for how many years can we get the money? Comment 3: Why only 2,000 households are involved in the project? Comment 4: What is the volume of each digester used in the project? Was comment taken into account (Yes/ No)? Yes Explanation (Why? How?) The development of the Project follows the current GS rules and project plan. Chengdu Oasis and Science Technology Co., Ltd, as project developer, will try to implement the Project and realize its related revenue for the households. However, for this to be achieved, the efforts of each party involved in the Project are necessary, including the efforts of Xuyong REO, of the biogas service stations, the households, the technicians and so on. Yes It is designed to be for 10 years Yes It is the first project developed by the project developer and it is planned to control the project s emissions reduction below 5000t CO2e: therefore only 2,000 households are involved. Yes 10m 3 Comment 5: Will you provide training to households for Yes For a safe utilization of biogas, basic training of 10

11 biogas use and digester s maintenance? Comment 6: Will the construction of one digester, three renovations be guaranteed? Yes digester s maintenance and biogas stove use will be provided to households. This will be guaranteed, as the design of biogas digesters will be based on national standards established by the Chinese government. Besides, the design and construction of the digesters are certified by technicians accredited by the Ministry of Agriculture and Xuyong REO will have strict supervision on the construction quality of the digesters. Mention of the above is made also in the non-technical summary. E.2. Stakeholder Feedback Round Please describe report how the feedback round was organised, what the outcomes were and how you followed up on the feedback. [See Toolkit 2.11] The stakeholder feedback round will be done as follows: By sending the first draft meeting memo (including its comments) to all participating stakeholders following a similar way as with the first round, i.e. display it in the villages and on the website of Xuyong agriculture bureau for two months. The stakeholders will be asked to provide their comments. All of the three documents (PDD, Passport and LSC report) will be published on the website of Xuyong agriculture bureau and GS registry for comments for two months. The stakeholders, who are not able to participate in the stakeholder meeting, including the five international GS supporting 11

12 NGOs (WWF, Greenpeace, Helio International, Mercy Corps and Reeep), are also welcomed to give their comments. The meeting memo of local stakeholder consultation has been distributed to villages of Xuyong country for comments from May 2011 and no comments were received. The link of three documents (PDD, Passport and LSC report) have been public at GS registry website and Xuyong agriculture bureau website 2 for comments starting from 24 Oct 2011 for two months. Five international GS supporting NGOs were also invited to give their comments and the link of three documents (PDD, Passport and LSC report) was also sent to them by . Until now, no comments are received. SECTION F. Outcome Sustainability assessment F.1. Do no harm Assessment [See Toolkit and Toolkit Annex H] Safeguarding principles Description of relevance to my project Assessment of my project risks breaching it (low, medium, high) Mitigation measure Human rights 1 The project respects internationally proclaimed human rights including dignity, cultural property and uniqueness of indigenous people. The project is not complicit in Human Rights abuses. 2 The project does not involve and is not complicit in involuntary resettlement. The Project is energy demand-oriented and the households who are included in the Project participate to the Project voluntarily. The Project is not complicit in Human Rights abuses. The biogas digester is constructed in the yard of each household involved in the Project and will not result in any person s Low Low

13 3 The project does not involve and is not complicit in the alteration, damage or removal of any critical cultural heritage. Labour Standards 4 The project respects the employees freedom of association and their right to collective bargaining and is not complicit in restrictions of these freedoms and rights 5 The project does not involve and is not complicit in any form of forced or compulsory labour. 6 The project does not employ and is not complicit in any form of child labour. 7 The project does not involve and is not complicit in any form of discrimination based on gender, race, religion, sexual orientation or any other basis. 8 The project provides workers with a safe and healthy work environment and is not complicit in exposing workers to unsafe or unhealthy work environments relocation. The biogas digester is constructed in the yard of each household, where no critical cultural heritage is to be found. The design and construction of the digesters are conducted by qualified technicians who are willing to work for the Project against a reasonable wage payment which follows current wage prices in the local market. The design and construction of the digesters are conducted by qualified technicians who are willing to work for the Project against a reasonable wage which follows wage prices in the local market. All the technicians involved in the Project are certified by the Ministry of Agriculture and children are not allowed to be employed under the Project. All villagers are eligible to work the project regardless of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation or any other basis. The design and construction of the digesters are conducted by qualified technicians, who are certified by the Ministry of Agriculture. The Low Low Low Low Low Low 13

14 Environmental Protection 9 The project takes a precautionary approach in regard to environmental challenges and is not complicit in practices contrary to the precautionary principle. technology applied in the Project is mature and widely known. The labour environment of the workers is safe and healthy. The construction of household biogas digesters has obvious positive effect on the local environment and is largely encouraged by the local governments. There exists no environmental threat. Low 10 The project does not involve and is not complicit in significant conversion or degradation of critical natural habitats, including those that are (a) legally protected, (b) officially proposed for protection, (c) identified by authoritative sources for their high conservation value or (d) recognized as protected by traditional local communities Anti-Corruption 11 The project does not involve and is not complicit in corruption Furthermore, the Project takes a precautionary approach (to avoid risk of environmental harm). Examples are: the employment of qualified technicians, the supervision on quality control by Xuyong REO, maintenance support, etc. The Project does not involve any effect on degradation, conversion of any critical natural habitat. The cost of construction and implementation of digesters will be paid by household farmers and Low Low 14

15 backed by a transparent system of subsidies that provided to each household involved in the Project. Additional relevant critical issues for my project type Description of relevance to my project Assessment of relevance to my project (low, medium, high) Mitigation measure No additional relevant critical issue F.2. Sustainable Development matrix [See Toolkit and Toolkit Annex I] Insert table in section C3 from your Stakeholder Consultation report (Sustainable Development matrix). Indicator Mitigation measure Relevance to achieving MDG Chosen parameter and explanation Preliminary score Gold Standard indicators of sustainable development If relevant, copy mitigation measure from Do No Harm assessment, and include mitigation measure used to neutralise a score of - Check and Describe how your indicator is related to local MDG goals Defined by project developer Negative impact: score - in case negative impact is not fully mitigated, score 0 in case impact is planned to be fully mitigated No change in impact: score 0 Positive impact: score + 15

16 Indicator Mitigation measure Relevance to achieving MDG Chosen parameter and explanation Preliminary score Air quality Ensure environmental Sustainability Target 7A: Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes and reverse the loss of environmental resources Explanation: The cooking smoke in the kitchen will be decreased due to switch to biogas use, thus causing improvement of air quality. Parameter: Smoke concentration in kitchen + Water quality and quantity Ensure environmental Sustainability Target 7C: Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation The digesters are not close to existing water resources, which means no harm to water is expected. 0 Ensure environmental Sustainability Soil condition Target 7B: Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss No harm to soil is expected to rise from the Project. 0 Other pollutants Ensure environmental Sustainability There is no noise impact associated with 0 16

17 Indicator Mitigation measure Relevance to achieving MDG Chosen parameter and explanation Preliminary score Target 7B: Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss the Project nor is any other pollutant impact expected to rise during Project construction s period. Biodiversity Ensure environmental Sustainability Target 7B: Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss No harm to biodiversity is expected to rise form the Project and the Project can also reduce the use of a certain amount of wood. 0 Explanation: Quality of employment Eradicate extreme hunger and poverty Target 1B: Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people The design and construction of the digesters are conducted by qualified technicians, who are certified by the Mininstry of Agriculture. The technology applied in the Project is mature and widely known. The labour environment offered to workers is safe and healthy. 0 17

18 Indicator Mitigation measure Relevance to achieving MDG Chosen parameter and explanation Preliminary score Explanation: Livelihood of the poor Biogas use will reduce the frequency of illness incidence (eye infection, lung problems, respiratory problems, headaches, nausea and coughs, etc) associated with indoor air pollution caused by traditional methods for household cooking. + Furthermore, the Project will improve the sanitation condition of households by the three renovations introduced by the project. Parameter: Frequency of illness Sanitation 18

19 Indicator Mitigation measure Relevance to achieving MDG Chosen parameter and explanation Preliminary score condition of toilet and pig pen in the households Access to affordable and clean energy services Explanation: Via the Project people will have access to the use of biogas for cooking which is clean renewable energy. The use of biogas will replace the existing traditional fossil fuel consumption for household use. + Parameter: Change in traditional fuel consumption (% of total energy requirements) Human and institutional capacity Explanation: The use of biogas will promote gender equality and empower women by reducing time spent on cooking + Furthermore, the households will obtain training for safe biogas 19

20 Indicator Mitigation measure Relevance to achieving MDG Chosen parameter and explanation Preliminary score use. Parameter: Daily cooking time Training material Quantitative employment and income generation Balance of payments and investment Technology transfer and technological self-reliance Explanation: According to Xuyong REO and stakeholders alike, the technicians are employed by the farmers directly and some income will be generated + Not applicable 0 The technology is locally available and mature. 0 Justification choices, data source and provision of references A justification paragraph and reference source is required for each indicator, regardless of score Air quality Smoke: The households involved in the Project will switch from use of coal stoves to that of biogas stoves, which will decrease the concentration of smoke in the kitchen. Reference: Smoke from the combustion of solid fuels contains a large number of potentially hazardous pollutants, including particulates, carbon monoxide, benzo[a]pyrene, formaldehyde, and nitrogen dioxide. 20

21 Indicator GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT Mitigation measure Relevance to achieving MDG Chosen parameter and explanation Preliminary score Exposure to these pollutants, especially small particulates, is widely believed to be a risk factor for a number of health damages, including acute respiratory infections (ARI), chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), cancers, cataracts, and low birth weight. Understanding Household Demand for Indoor Air Pollution Control in Developing Countries by Larson B and Rosen S (2001) Observed health effects include respiratory illnesses, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, weakening of the immune system, and reduction in lung function. Arsenic poisoning and fluorosis resulting from the use of poisonous coal have been observed in certain regions of China. Although attempts have been made in a few studies to identify specific coal smoke constituents responsible for specific adverse health effects, the majority of indoor air measurements include those of only particulate matter, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and/or nitrogen dioxide. These measurements indicate that pollution levels in households using solid fuel generally exceed China s indoor air quality standards. Junfeng Zhang and Kirk R. Smith (2007) Biogas can reduce indoor air pollution. Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Updates Monitoring plan: Qualitative questions about smoke in the kitchen have been included in both the baseline and monitoring surveys. Water quality and quantity 0 Soil condition 0 Other pollutants 0 Biodiversity 0 Quality of employment 0 Livelihood of the poor Frequency of illness: The use of biogas use will reduce the frequency of illness associated with indoor air pollution. 21

22 Indicator Mitigation measure Relevance to achieving MDG Chosen parameter and explanation Preliminary score Reference: D=9596 Installing latrines and biogas fueled stoves will lower the incidence of common diseases such as eye infections, respiratory disease, smoking-induced coughs, diarrhea, dysentery, and parasites among both adults and children. Cited from a carbon finance project: a biogas programme in Nepal. Monitoring plan: Project households included in the Project will be asked whether they have experienced some of the main diseases mentioned above due to indoor air pollution. Access to affordable and clean energy services Change in traditional fuel consumption (% of total energy requirements for cooking) The use of biogas will reduce the proportion of coal used for cooking. Reference: From the data disclosed by Sichuan s rural energy office s website it is shown that the use of biogas through digesters can save around 1.2 tonnes of coal each year. Monitoring plan: In the baseline survey, current baseline coal consumption will be surveyed. After the construction of the digesters the coal consumption will be monitored in the monitoring survey. The change in traditional fuel consumption (% of total energy requirements for cooking) will be calculated based on baseline data and monitoring data. Human and institutional capacity Daily cooking time: When compared with coal stove usage, cooking time required under biogas stove usage is reduced significantly. 22

23 Indicator GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT Mitigation measure Relevance to achieving MDG Chosen parameter and explanation Preliminary score Reference: D=9596 The new stove is cleaner, faster and more reliable. Before, smoke used to irritate my eyes, and nose and lungs, and I had less energy. Now I don t have any of these problems. Before, I used to spend three hours preparing a meal. With the new stove I spend half that time. Now I can use that extra time to do other things at home. Punyadumari Sanjel, age 70 Monitoring plan: Daily cooking time will be asked in the monitoring survey. Households can use biogas and know the basic maintenance of digesters and biogas stoves Reference: National standard of biogas stove use (GB/T ) and digester maintenance (GB/T ) Monitoring plan: Training material will be retrieved from biogas service systems and the biogas association. Quantitative employment and income generation + The participating households need to employ certificated technicians to construct bio-digesters, the technicians can generate income from participating households for the construction of bio-digesters. Monitoring plan: Technicians will be visited and ask if they participate the biodigesters consturciton and if they are more satisfied with the payment than before. 23

24 Indicator Mitigation measure Relevance to achieving MDG Chosen parameter and explanation Preliminary score Balance of payments and investment 0 Technology transfer and technological self-reliance 0 SECTION G. Sustainability Monitoring Plan [See Toolkit and Toolkit Annex I] Copy Table for each indicator No 1 Indicator Mitigation measure Repeat for each parameter Air quality Chosen parameter Smoke quantity in the kitchen while cooking Current situation of parameter 2.06 Estimation of baseline situation 2.06 of parameter Future target for parameter 0.75 Way of monitoring How Along with ER monitoring survey When By who Once a year Assigned by Xuyong REO No 2 Indicator Livelihood of the poor Mitigation measure Repeat for each parameter Chosen parameter Frequency of illness Current situation of parameter 1.97 Estimation of baseline situation 1.97 of parameter Future target for parameter 0.68 Way of monitoring How Along with ER monitoring survey When By who Once a year Assigned by Xuyong REO No 3 24

25 Indicator Mitigation measure Repeat for each parameter GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT Access to affordable and clean energy services Chosen parameter Change in traditional fuel consumption (% of total energy requirements) Current situation of parameter 100% Estimation of baseline situation 100% of parameter Future target for parameter 65% Way of monitoring How Along with ER monitoring survey When By who Once a year Assigned by Xuyong REO No 4 Indicator Human and institutional capacity Mitigation measure Repeat for each parameter Chosen parameter Current situation of parameter Estimation of baseline situation of parameter Daily cooking time 107min 107min Future target for parameter 73min Way of monitoring How Along with ER monitoring survey When Once a year By who Assigned by Xuyong REO Chosen parameter Number of Households trained to use biogas and know the basic maintenance of digesters and biogas stoves Current situation of parameter 0 Estimation of baseline situation 0 of parameter Future target for parameter 2,000 Way of monitoring How Training materials and attendance list When Once a year By who Local biogas service station and biogas association No 5 Indicator Quantitative employment and income generation Mitigation measure Repeat for each parameter Chosen parameter Technicians will be visited and asked if they participated the bio-digesters construction and if they are more satisfied with the payment than before 25

26 Current situation of parameter - Estimation of baseline situation - of parameter GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT Future target for parameter - Way of monitoring How Along with ER monitoring survey When Once a year By who Assigned by Xuyong REO Additional remarks monitoring In order to quantify change from baseline to project situation for qualitative parameters, a system of marks has been created. Based on this, qualitative change could be calculated to be as average, percentage, etc. Smoke: Do you have a lot of smoke in the kitchen while cooking? 3=a lot of smoke very often; 2=lots of smoke sometimes; 1=just a little smoke; 0=no smoke Frequency of illness: Do you suffer from this kind of disease, e.g. cough, headache, eyes infection, etc? 3=very often; 2=often; 1=sometimes; 0=never SECTION H. Additionality and conservativeness This section is only applicable if the section on additionality and/or your choice of baseline does not follow Gold Standard guidance H.1. Additionality [See Toolkit 2.3] H.2. Conservativeness [See Toolkit 2.2] 26

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28 GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT ANNEX 1 ODA declaration [See Toolkit Annex D] 28

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