WWF NEPAL GOLD STANDARD BIOGAS VOLUNTARY EMISSION REDUCTION (VER) PROJECT. Monitoring Period: to (incl.

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1 VERIFICATION REPORT - 3 RD PERIODIC VERIFICATION WWF NEPAL GOLD STANDARD BIOGAS VOLUNTARY EMISSION REDUCTION (VER) PROJECT UMWELTSTIFTUNG WWF REBSTÖCKER STRAßE FRANKFURT GERMANY PROJECT ID: GS504 Monitoring Period: to (incl. both days) Report No.: /201-GS-V03 Date: TÜV NORD CERT GmbH JI/CDM Certification Program Langemarckstraße, Essen, Germany Phone: Fax: S01-VA50-A1 Rev.7 /

2 Retroactive Verification Report: WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project Verification Report: Report No. Rev. No. Date of 1 st issue: Date of this rev /201-GS-V Project: Title: GS Project Registration Date: Project Participant(s): Applied methodology/ies: WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project Host party: Government of Nepal Private and/or public entity(ies) project participants: 1. Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology (MoEST) /Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC) 2. Biogas Sector Partnership (BSP) - Nepal, 3. WWF Nepal Program (PP) Title: Indicative programme, baseline, and monitoring methodology for Small Scale Biodigester version 1.0 Project ID: GS504 Other involved parties: No.: N/A Scope: 1 Monitoring: Monitoring period (MP): No. of days: MP No to (both days included) Monitoring report: Title: version: version: Verification team / Technical Review and Approval Emission reductions: [t CO 2e] Summary of Verification Opinion: WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project Verification Team: Technical review: approval: Pankaj Mohan -TL Prabhat Kumar-TM Vineet Kumar Garg- TM Rohit Gupta-TM Samir Beqqal Stefan Winter Stefan Winter Verified amount As per draft MR: As per PDD: 48,040 48,040 52,312 WWF Nepal Program has commissioned the TÜV NORD JI/CDM Certification Program to carry out the retroactive verification of the project: WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project, with regard to the relevant requirements for CDM project activities. The project reduces GHG emissions due to the use of biogas digester plant that will displace fossil fuels and / or nonrenewable biomass (firewood). This verification covers the period from to (both days included). In the course of the verification, twelve (12) Corrective Action Requests (CAR), two (2) Clarification Requests (CL) were raised and successfully closed. Two (2) Forward Action Requests (FAR) were also raised. The verification is based on the draft monitoring report, revised monitoring report, the monitoring plan as set out in the registered PDD, the validation report, emission reduction calculation spreadsheet and supporting documents made available to the TÜV NORD JI/CDM CP by the project participant. As a result of this verification, the verifier confirms that: all operations of the project are implemented and installed as planned and described in the validated project design document. the monitoring plan is in accordance with the applied approved GS methodology,i.e., Indicative programme, baseline, and monitoring methodology for Small Scale Biodigester, (version 1) the installed equipment essential for measuring parameters required for calculating emission reductions are calibrated appropriately. the monitoring system is in place and functional. The project has generated Page 2 of 106

3 Retroactive Verification Report: WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project GHG emission reductions. As the result of the retroactive verification, the verifier confirms that the GHG emission reductions are calculated without material misstatements in a conservative and appropriate manner. TÜV NORD JI/CDM CP herewith confirms that the project has achieved emission reductions in the above mentioned reporting period as follows: Total Emission reductions: 48,040 t CO 2e Document information: Filename: FVR_GS-V03_ WWF Nepal_12-201_PM.doc 106 No. of pages: Page 3 of 106

4 Retroactive Verification Report: WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project Abbreviations: AEPC ASS BG BSP BSP-N BUS CA CAR CDM CER CFCC CO 2 CO 2eq CL ER FAR GHG MFI MOF MP MR PA PDD PP QA/QC QC of ASS TAL UNFCCC WWF XLS Alternative Energy Promotion Center After Sale Service Biogas Biogas Support Program Biogas Sector Partnership Nepal Biogas User Survey Corrective Action / Clarification Action Corrective Action Request Clean Development Mechanism Certified Emission Reduction Community Forest Coordination Committee Carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide equivalent Clarification Request Emission Reduction Forward Action Request Greenhouse gas(es) Micro Finance Institutions Ministry of Forest Monitoring Plan Monitoring Report Project Activity Project Design Document Project Participant Quality Assurance / Quality Control Quality control of plants undergone After sale service Terai Arc Landscape United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change World Wildlife Fund Emission Reduction Calculation Spread Sheet Page 4 of 106

5 Retroactive Verification Report: WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project Table of Contents Page 1. INTRODUCTION Objective Scope 7 2. GHG PROJECT DESCRIPTION Project Characteristics Project Verification History Involved Parties and Project Participants Project Location Technical Project Description METHODOLOGY AND VERIFICATION SEQUENCE Verification Steps Contract review Appointment of team members and technical reviewers Verification Planning Desk review On-site assessment verification reporting Resolution of CARs, CLs and FARs reporting Technical review approval VERIFICATION FINDINGS SUMMARY OF VERIFICATION ASSESSMENTS Implementation of the project Project history Special events Compliance with the monitoring plan Compliance with the monitoring methodology Monitoring parameters Monitoring report ER Calculation Quality Management Comparison with ex-ante estimated emission reductions Overall Aspects of the Verification 37 Page 5 of 106

6 Retroactive Verification Report: WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project Hints for next periodic Verification VERIFICATION OPINION REFERENCES ANNEX 1: VERIFICATION PROTOCOL Page 6 of 106

7 Retroactive Verification Report: WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project 1. INTRODUCTION The Client WWF Nepal Program has commissioned the TÜV NORD JI/CDM Certification Program (CP) to carry out the retroactive verification of the project WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project with regard to the relevant requirements for GS project activities. The verifiers have reviewed the implementation of the monitoring plan (MP) in the registered Gold Standard GS registry project number GS 504. GHG data for the monitoring period covering from to (both days included) was verified in detailed manner applying the set of requirements, audit practices and principles as required under the Validation and Verification Manual /VVM/ of the UNFCCC. This report summarizes the findings and conclusions of the 3 rd verification of the above mentioned GS registered project activity Objective The objective of the verification is the review and ex-post determination by an independent entity of the GHG emission reductions. It includes the verification of the: - implementation and operation of the project activity as given in the PDD, - compliance with applied approved methodology and the provisions of the monitoring plan, - data given in the monitoring report by checking the monitoring records, the emissions reduction calculation and supporting evidence, - accuracy of the monitoring equipment, - quality of evidence, - significance of reporting risks and risks of material misstatements Scope The verification of this registered project is based on the validated project design document, the monitoring report /MR01/, emission reduction calculation spread sheet /XLS1//XLS2/, supporting documents made available to the verifier and information collected through performing interviews and during the on-site assessment. Furthermore publicly available information was considered as far as available and required. The verification is carried out on the basis of the following requirements, applicable for this project activity: - Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol /KP/, Page 7 of 106

8 Retroactive Verification Report: WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project - guidelines for the implementation of Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol as presented in the Marrakech Accords under decision 3/CMP.1 /MA/, and subsequent decisions made by the Executive Board and COP/MOP, - other relevant rules, including the host country legislation, - CDM Validation and Verification Manual /VVM/, - monitoring plan as given in the GS registered PDD, - Approved CDM Methodology Indicative programme, baseline, and monitoring methodology for Small Scale Biodigester Version1. Page 8 of 106

9 Retroactive Verification Report: WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project 2. GHG PROJECT DESCRIPTION 2.1. Project Characteristics Essential data of the project is presented in the following Table 2-1. Table 2-1: Project Characteristics Item Data Project title WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project Project size Large Scale Small Scale Project Scope Type A.1 renewable energy, A.1.1 Ecologically sound biomass, Biogas and liquid bio-fuels Applied Methodology Indicative programme, baseline, and monitoring methodology for Small Scale Biodigester Version 1.0 Technical Area(s) 1.1 & 1.2 Thermal energy generation &Renewable Energies Gold standard GS504 registration No. Crediting period Renewable Crediting Period Fixed Crediting Period (10 y) 2.2. Project Verification History Essential events since the registration of the project are presented in the following Table 2-2. Table 2-2: Project verification history # Item Time Status 1 Date of GS registration Start of crediting period Request for revision of / deviation from the N/A monitoring plan 4 Retroactive Monitoring period to Issued Second monitoring Period to Issued Third monitoring Period to This verification 2.3. Involved Parties and Project Participants The following parties to the Kyoto Protocol and project participants are involved in this project activity (Table 2-3). Page 9 of 106

10 Retroactive Verification Report: WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project Table 2-3: Project Parties and project participants Characteristic Party Entity Project Participant Host party Nepal Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology (MoEST) - public No entity/alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC) Government Agency Biogas Sector Partnership (BSP) - Nepal, Non-Government Organization WWF Nepal Program, Non-Government Organization, Project Developer No Yes Other involved party/ies Project Location The details of the project location are given in table 2-4: Table 2-4: Project Location No. Project Location Host Country Nepal Region: Terai Region of Nepal District: Kailali, Bardiya, Banke, Dang, Kanchanpur, Makwanpur, Parsa, Palpa, and Chitwan Project location address: N/A 2.5. Technical Project Description The project activity aims to install 7,500 bio digester plants in the Landscape of Terai, Nepal. At the time of 3 rd periodic verification 7,500 bio digesters were installed till December The minimum criterion for the installation of the system is the availability of 2 cattle. The cattle dung is fed into the bio digesters. Under the anaerobic conditions methane is produced which will be used for cooking. Utilization of this cooking gas reduces the consumption of non-renewable firewood which is normally collected by the women of the families in the forests nearby. Complimentary to the installation of the bio digester toilets became constructed, which are connected to the bio digesters as well. The system is therefore not solely depending on the amount of dung to be fed. Beneficial for users is the improved sanitation in the households due to the available toilet. The slurry of the bio digesters flows into a sink and can be used as fertilizer. The total emission reductions within the monitoring period due to reducing Page 10 of 106

11 Retroactive Verification Report: WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project the amount of non-renewable biomass for cooking and methane avoidance by handling of animal waste amounts to 48,040 tco 2eq according to the MR submitted for verification. The key parameters for the project are given in table 2-5: Table 2-5: Biogas Plant: Technical data of the plant Type: GGC 2047, fixed dome Manufacturer: As per year wise updated list of recognised Biogas Company by BSP. Feeding materials: Cattle dung and water and Human excreta (optional) Parameter Unit Value Quantity: Number 7,500 Size m3 4, 6 and 8 Minimum required cattle 2 Feasible height m Up to 2,100 altitude Page 11 of 106

12 Retroactive Verification Report: WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project 3. METHODOLOGY AND VERIFICATION SEQUENCE 3.1. Verification Steps The verification consisted of the following steps: Contract review Appointment of team members and technical reviewers Publication of the monitoring report A desk review of the Monitoring Report submitted by the client and additional supporting documents with the use of customised verification protocol /CPM/ according to the Validation and Verification Manual /VVM/, Verification planning, On-Site assessment, Background investigation and follow-up interviews with personnel of the project developer and its contractors, verification reporting Resolution of corrective actions (if any) verification reporting Technical review approval of the verification. The sequence of the verification is given in the table 3.1 below: Table 3.1: Verification sequence Topic Time Assignment of 3 rd periodic verification On-site visit to reporting finalised reporting finalised Technical review finalised Contract review To assure that the project falls within the scopes for which accreditation is held, the necessary competences to carry out the verification can be provided, Page 12 of 106

13 Qualification Status 2) Scheme competence 3) Technical competence 4) Verification competence 5) Host country Competence On-site visit Retroactive Verification Report: WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project Impartiality issues are clear and in line with the CDM accreditation requirements a contract review was carried out before the contract was signed Appointment of team members and technical reviewers On the basis of a competence analysis and individual availabilities a verification team, consistent of one team leader and 3 additional team members, was appointed. Furthermore also the personnel for the technical review and the final approval was determined. The list of involved personnel, the tasks assigned and the qualification status are summarized in the table 3-2 below. Table 3-2: Involved Personnel Name Company Function 1) Mr. Ms. Pankaj Mohan TUV India Pvt. Ltd. TL SA 1.1 & 1.2 Mr. Ms. Prabhat Kumar TUV India Pvt. Ltd. TM A) LA 1.2 Mr. Ms. Vineet Kumar Garg TUV India Pvt. Ltd. TM A)) A Mr. Ms. Rohit Gupta TUV India Pvt. Ltd. TM A) TE 1.2 Mr. Ms. Samir Beqqal TÜV NORD CERT GmbH TR B) LA - Mr. Ms. Stefan Winter TÜV NORD CERT GmbH TR/FA B) SA 1.1 & 1.2-1) 2) 3) TL: Team Leader; TM: Team Member, TR: Technical review; OT: Observer-Team, OR: Observer-TR; FA: approval GHG Auditor Status: A: Assessor; LA: Lead Assessor; SA: Senior Assessor; T: Trainee; TE: Technical Expert GHG auditor status (at least Assessor) Page 13 of 106

14 Retroactive Verification Report: WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project 4) 5) A) B) As per S01-MU03 or S01-VA070-A2 (such as 1.1, 1.2, ) In case of verification projects Team Member: GHG auditor (at least Assessor status), Technical Expert (incl. Host Country Expert or Verification Expert), not ETE No team member 3.4. Verification Planning In order to ensure a complete, transparent and timely execution of the verification task the team leader has planned the complete sequence of events necessary to arrive at a substantiated final verification opinion. Various tools have been established in order to ensure an effective verification planning. Risk analysis and detailed audit testing planning For the identification of potential reporting risks and the necessary detailed audit testing procedures for residual risk areas table A-1 is used. The structure and content of this table is given in table 3-3 below. Table 3-3: Table A-1; Identification of verification risk areas Table A-1: GHG calculation procedures and management control testing / Detailed audit testing of residual risk areas and random testing Identification of potential reporting risk The following potential risks were identified and divided and structured according to the possible areas of occurance. Identification, assessment and testing of management controls The potential risks of raw data generation have been identified in the course of the monitoring system implementation. The following measures were taken in order to minimize the corresponding risks. The following measures are implemented: Areas of residual risks Despite the measures implemented in order to reduce the occurrence probability the following residual risks remain and have to be addressed in the course of every verification. Additional verification testing performed The additional verification testing performed is described. Testing may include: - Sample cross checking of manual transfers of data - Recalculation - Spreadsheet walk throughs to check links and equations - Inspection of calibration and maintenance records for key equipment - Check sampling analysis results Discussions with process engineers Conclusions and Areas Requiring Improvement (including Forward Action Requests) Having investigated the residual risks, the conclusions should be noted here. Errors and uncertainties are highlighted. Page 14 of 106

15 Retroactive Verification Report: WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project Table A-1: GHG calculation procedures and management control testing / Detailed audit testing of residual risk areas and random testing Identification of potential reporting risk Identification, assessment and testing of management controls Areas of residual risks Additional verification testing performed who have detailed knowledge of process uncertainty/error bands. Conclusions and Areas Requiring Improvement (including Forward Action Requests) The completed table A-1 is enclosed in the annex 1 (table A-1) to this report. Project specific periodic verification checklist In order to ensure transparency and consideration of all relevant assessment criteria, a project specific verification protocol has been developed. The protocol shows, in a transparent manner, criteria and requirements, means and results of the verification. The verification protocol serves the following purposes: - It organises, details and clarifies the requirements a VCS project is expected to meet for verification - It ensures a transparent verification process where the verifying DOE documents how a particular requirement has been proved and the result of the verification. The basic structure of this project specific verification protocol for the periodic verification is described in table 3-4. Page 15 of 106

16 Retroactive Verification Report: WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project Table 3-4: Structure of the project specific periodic verification checklist Table A-2: Periodic verification checklist Verification Team Comments The checklist items in Table A-2 are linked to the various requirements the monitoring of the project should meet. The checklist is organised in various sections as per the requirements of the topic and the individual project activity. It further includes guidance for the verification team. Gives reference to the information source on which the assessment is based on. The section is used to elaborate and discuss the checklist item in detail. It includes the assessment of the verification team and how the assessment was carried out. The reporting requirements of the VVM shall be covered in this section. Conclusion Assessment based on evidence provided if the criterion is fulfilled (), or a CAR, CL or FAR (see below) is raised. The assessment refers to the draft verification stage. Conclusion In case of a corrective action or a clarification the final assessment at the final verification stage is given. The periodic verification checklist (verification protocol) is the backbone of the complete verification starting from the desk review until final assessment. Detailed assessments and findings are discussed within this checklist and not necessarily repeated in the main text of this report. The completed verification protocol is enclosed in the annex (table A-2) to this report Desk review During the desk review all documents initially provided by the client and publicly available documents relevant for the verification were reviewed. The main documents are listed below: the last revision of the PDD including the monitoring plan, the last revision of the validation report /VAL/, the monitoring report, including the claimed emission reductions for the project, the emission reduction calculation spreadsheet /XLS1/. Other supporting documents, such as publicly available information on the UNFCCC and GS website and background information were also reviewed On-site assessment As most essential part of the verification exercise it is indispensable to carry out an inspection on site in order to verify that the project is implemented in accordance with the applicable criteria. Furthermore the on-site assessment is necessary to check the monitoring data with respect to accuracy to ensure the calculation of emission reductions. The main tasks covered during the site visit include, but are not limited to: Page 16 of 106

17 Retroactive Verification Report: WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project The on-site assessment included an investigation of whether all relevant equipment (here referred as Bio gas digesters) is installed and works as anticipated. The operating staff was interviewed and observed in order to check the risks of inappropriate operation and data collection procedures. Information processes for generating, aggregating and reporting the selected monitored/performance parameters were reviewed. The monitoring processes, routines and documentations were audited to check their proper application. The monitoring data were checked completely. The data aggregation trails were checked via spot sample down to the level of the performance monitoring/biogas digester operations. The complete verification team attended the site visit. Before and during the on-site visit the verification team performed interviews with the project participants to confirm selected information and to resolve issues identified in the document review. Representatives of WWF Nepal Program and Biogas Sector Partnership (BSP) Nepal including the operational staff of the plant were interviewed. The main topics of the interviews are summarised in Table 3-5. Table 3-5: Interviewed persons and interview topics Interviewed Persons / Entities Projects & Operations Personnel : (refer to Table 7.4) Interview topics - General aspects of the project - Technical equipment and operation - Changes since validation - Monitoring related to operations of Biogas plants - Remaining issues from validation and first verification - Quality management system - Involved personnel and responsibilities - Training and practice of the operational personnel - Implementation of the monitoring plan - Monitoring data management - Data uncertainty and residual risks - GHG calculation - Procedural aspects of the verification - Maintenance - Environmental aspect - Sustainable Matrix Page 17 of 106

18 Retroactive Verification Report: WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project 3.7. verification reporting On the basis of the desk review, the on-site visit, follow-up interviews and further background investigation the verification protocol is completed. This protocol together with a general project and procedural description of the verification and a detailed list of the verification findings form the draft verification report. This report is sent to the client for resolution of raised CARs, CLs and FARs Resolution of CARs, CLs and FARs Nonconformities raised during the verification can either be seen as a non-fulfilment of criteria ensuring the proper implementation of a project or where a risk to deliver high quality emission reductions is identified. Corrective Action Requests (CARs) are issued, if: Non-conformities with the monitoring plan or methodology are found in monitoring and reporting, or if the evidence provided to prove conformity is insufficient; Mistakes have been made in applying assumptions, data or calculations of emission reductions which will impair the estimate of emission reductions; Issues identified in a FAR during validation or previous verifications requiring actions by the project participants to be verified during verification have not been resolved. The verification team uses the term Clarification Request (CL), which is be issued if: information is insufficient or not clear enough to determine whether the applicable GS requirements have been met. Forward Action Requests (FAR) indicate essential risks for further periodic verifications. Forward Action Requests are issued, if: the monitoring and reporting require attention and / or adjustment for the next verification period. For a detailed list of all CARs, CLs and FARs raised in the course of the verification pl. refer to chapter reporting Upon successful closure of all raised CARs and CLs the final verification report including a positive verification opinion can be issued. In case not all essential issues could finally be resolved, a final report including a negative verification opinion is issued. The final report summarizes the final assessments w.r.t. all applicable criteria. Page 18 of 106

19 Retroactive Verification Report: WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project Technical review Before submission of the final verification report a technical review of the whole verification procedure is carried out. The technical reviewer is a competent GHG auditor being appointed for the scope this project falls under. The technical reviewer is not considered to be part of the verification team and thus not involved in the decision making process up to the technical review. As a result of the technical review process the verification opinion and the topic specific assessments as prepared by the verification team leader may be confirmed or revised. Furthermore reporting improvements might be achieved approval After successful technical review an overall (esp. procedural) assessment of the complete verification will be carried out by a senior assessor located in the accredited premises of TÜV NORD. After this step the request for issuance can be started. Page 19 of 106

20 Retroactive Verification Report: WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project 4. VERIFICATION FINDINGS In the following paragraphs the findings from the desk review of the monitoring report, the calculation spreadsheet /XLS1//XLS2/, GS registered PDD, Validation Report /VAL/, verification report for 1 st verification & 2 nd verification /VER-01//VER- 02/ and other supporting documents, as well as from the on-site assessment and the interviews are summarised. The summary of CAR, CL and FAR issued are shown in Table 4-1: Table 4-1: Summary of CAR, CL and FAR Verification topic No. of CAR No. of CL No. of FAR H - Project history U - Update on Changes and Incidents R - Monitoring Report General P - Monitoring Parameters C - Emission Reduction Calculation Q - Quality Management SUM The following tables include all raised CARs, CLs and FARs and the assessments of the same by the verification team. For an in depth evaluation of all verification items it should be referred to the verification protocols (see Annex). Finding Classification CAR CL FAR Description of finding 1. The MR and ER sheet suffers inconsistencies w.r.t. to Describe the finding in unambiguous style; address the spelling mistakes, variable font style etc. For example, the context (e.g. section) font style of Section 1.2 of the MR is Calibri 11, whereas the MR is written in Arial 10 from the beginning. H1 2. List of Abbreviations is not complete w.r.t. the MR. Section 1.7 of the MR mentions VDC, but it is not present in the List of Abbreviations. Similarly, Section 2.2 of the MR mentions NRB, but it is not present in the List of Abbreviations. 3. Section 1.4 of the MR has a footnote missing for Page 20 of 106

21 Retroactive Verification Report: WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project Finding Government of Nepal. H1 Corrective Action #1 This section shall be filled by the PP. It shall address the corrective action taken in details. 1. The revised MR, Version 2 has made the necessary changes to bring consistencies w.r.t. spelling mistakes, variable font style etc. 2. The List of Abbreviations is now complete in the MR, Version 2 3. The superscript was a type mistake as there was not supposed to be any footnote. The superscript has been deleted in the MR, Version 2 DOE Assessment #1 The assessment shall encompass all open issues in annex A- 1. In case of non-closure, additional corrective action and DOE assessments (#2, #3, etc.) shall be added. 1. VT has checked the revised MR, Version 02 and has found that corrections w.r.t. typo errors, spelling mistakes, varying font style etc. has been corrected wherever required. VT is of the opinion that the revised MR is in this issue. Hence, this part of the CAR is closed. 2. List of Abbreviations have been updated in the revised MR. Hence, this part of the CAR is closed. 3. The superscript has been deleted in the revised MR. Hence, this part of the CAR has lost its significance. However, CAR is closed. Conclusion Tick the appropriate checkbox CAR H1 is closed. To be checked during the first periodic verification Additional action should be taken (finding remains open) The finding is closed Finding Classification CAR CL FAR Description of finding Describe the finding in unambiguous style; address the context (e.g. section) 1. The roles and responsibility of the PP is generically written and is not corresponding to the verification period under consideration. H2 2. The MR mentions that WWF Nepal shall raise awareness on biogas in its working areas. PP has not demonstrated the same and documentary evidence for same is missing. 3. In the registered document, it is written that BSP would prepare the monitoring report, whereas in the MR submitted to the VT, it is written that WWF Nepal would prepare the monitoring report. PP is required to provide a justification in this respect. Page 21 of 106

22 Retroactive Verification Report: WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project Finding Corrective Action #1 This section shall be filled by the PP. It shall address the corrective action taken in details. H2 1. The roles and responsibilities of PP now have been made specific to the verification period. 2. WWF does organize awareness programs on biogas in its working areas. In November 2010, when a grant was given to Mr. Gopal Khanal to organize a cycle rally on biodiversity conservation and climate change; raising awareness on biogas projects and its impacts was also an important objective. The contract document and the photos are attached as evidence. Refer: WJ92_Gopal Khanal BIOGAS AWARENESS.pdf Awareness on CC and Biogas rally.jpg 3. The MR is prepared as a joint effort as the monitoring is done by BSP Nepal; but since the PP submits the document, it coordinates the work to prepare and submit the MR. The language has been modified in the MR, Version 2 under section 1.3, Roles and Responsibilities DOE Assessment #1 The assessment shall encompass all open issues in annex A- 1. In case of non-closure, additional corrective action and DOE assessments (#2, #3, etc.) shall be added. 1. The updated MR does not reflect any change in the roles and responsibilities section of the MR. However, an organization chart is provided as an annexure to the revised MR. PP should clarify what changes it is referring to. This part of the CAR is open. 2. The documentary evidence provided by the PP illustrates that there were awareness programs on climate change done by the PP. The awareness program was conducted in the month of November 2010 and it also falls within the crediting period. However, as WWF is known to conduct frequent programs on similar issues, it cannot be verified that this specific awareness program was conducted for the biogas project or whether any element of the biogas program was included as a part of this program or not. Hence, this part of the CAR is open. 3. Justification provided by the PP is not clear. However, VT has checked the revised MR and found that the revised line now mentions that WWF will jointly work with BSP Nepal to prepare the monitoring report. Since, WWF would provide an assistance to prepare the MR to BSP, this is acceptable. Hence, this part of the CAR is closed. Page 22 of 106

23 Retroactive Verification Report: WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project Finding Corrective Action #2 This section shall be filled by the PP. It shall address the corrective action taken in details. DOE Assessment #2 The assessment shall encompass all open issues in annex A- 1. In case of non-closure, additional corrective action and DOE assessments (#2, #3, etc.) shall be added. H2 Since, all the parts of the CAR are not closed, this CAR is not closed. Sine WWF was still working on the 1st phase of the biogas project during the mentioned dates (November 2010) and did not have any other biogas projects as WWF completed the 7500 biogas only in June 2011; thus the intended awareness was for the first phase- WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas VER Project. WWF will take precaution so as to mention project specific biogas awareness programs in the future 1. PP has not provided any response against first part of this CAR. Hence, the CAR is open. 2. The justification provided by the PP is acceptable to the VT. Hence, this part of the CAR is closed. 3. This part of the CAR was already closed. Since, all the parts of this CAR is not closed, this CAR is open Corrective Action #3 This section shall be filled by the PP. It shall address the corrective action taken in details. DOE Assessment #3 The assessment shall encompass all open issues in annex A- 1. In case of non-closure, additional corrective action and DOE assessments (#2, #3, etc.) shall be added. Conclusion Tick the appropriate checkbox 1. The roles and responsibilities of PP now have been made specific to the verification period in the MR Version 3 under section 1.3 Roles and Responsibilities of the Project Proponent for the Verification Period; Page The roles and responsibilities have been made specific to the verification period. CAR H2 is closed. To be checked during the first periodic verification Additional action should be taken (finding remains open) The finding is closed Finding Classification CAR CL FAR Description of finding Many of the monitoring parameters, ID Describe the finding in unambiguous style; address the 2,3,4,5,6,7,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17 are not being adequately context (e.g. section) justified or explained. PP needs to provide the appropriate unit, applicable QA/QC procedures etc. in the MR. Corrective Action #1 This section shall be filled by the PP. It shall address the corrective action taken in details. H3 The monitoring parameters have now been adequately justified or explained in the MR, Version 2. The appropriate parameters have also been provided section 3.2 in the MR, Version 2 Page 23 of 106

24 Retroactive Verification Report: WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project Finding DOE Assessment #1 The assessment shall encompass all open issues in annex A- 1. In case of non-closure, additional corrective action and DOE assessments (#2, #3, etc.) shall be added. Conclusion Tick the appropriate checkbox Finding H3 The revised MR now adequately justifies the data parameters to be monitored and is also in-line with the registered project. This is acceptable to the VT. Hence, CAR H3 is closed. To be checked during the first periodic verification Additional action should be taken (finding remains open) The finding is closed Classification CAR CL FAR Description of finding During the site visit, at two instances it was seen that the Describe the finding in unambiguous style; address the households have complained about faulty biogas meters, context (e.g. section) overflowing toilets etc. WWF Nepal/BSP is required to provide a justification on how these complaints are taken care off as a part of ASS. Corrective Action #1 This section shall be filled by the PP. It shall address the corrective action taken in details. DOE Assessment #1 The assessment shall encompass all open issues in annex A- 1. In case of non-closure, additional corrective action and DOE assessments (#2, #3, etc.) shall be added. Conclusion Tick the appropriate checkbox H4 All the biogas users have a Biogas User s Manual. The manual also has a complaint form that can be filled and duly sent to BSP Nepal if the biogas constructing company does not respond. However, this said, the company offers a warranty for 3 periods for all types of complaints, after three years, the biogas user has to pay for his or her maintenances, which sometimes is probably not done as it does not affect the functioning of the biogas plant. WWF had written to BSP Nepal to take this corrective action into account in the near future requesting BSP to talk to the users during ASS and monitoring of the plants to ensure proper maintenances as such things do not cost much. BSP Nepal has responded positively Refer: 1. Request Letter to BSP from WWF.pdf 2. Response Letter from BSP to WWF.jpeg VT has received both the documents and has found that WWF has sent a request letter to BSP for the above mentioned corrective action. Since, the number of households reported such problems is less than 5% of the total sample size selected by the VT and under the acceptable range as per EB 65, Annex 2, it is acceptable. Hence, CAR H4 is closed. To be checked during the first periodic verification Additional action should be taken (finding remains open) The finding is closed Page 24 of 106

25 Retroactive Verification Report: WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project Finding Classification CAR CL FAR Description of finding The MR does not describe all the monitoring parameters as Describe the finding in unambiguous style; address the discussed in the registered PDD. Sales Registration/Monitoring and context (e.g. section) Performance Monitoring are not included as a part of MR, however, the same is mentioned in the registered project document. Corrective Action #1 This section shall be filled by the PP. It shall address the corrective action taken in details. DOE Assessment #1 The assessment shall encompass all open issues in annex A- 1. In case of non-closure, additional corrective action and DOE assessments (#2, #3, etc.) shall be added. Conclusion Tick the appropriate checkbox H5 This has now been mentioned in the MR, Version 2 The revised MR mentions all the monitoring parameters present in the registered project document along with the required justifications. Hence, this CAR H5 is closed. To be checked during the first periodic verification Additional action should be taken (finding remains open) The finding is closed Finding Classification CAR CL FAR Description of finding Monitoring Parameter ID 6: It is observed during the site visit that Describe the finding in unambiguous style; address the most of the household accepted that after the implementation of the bio digesters their fuel wood consumption has greatly been reduced context (e.g. section) and now happens occasionally. WWF Nepal/ BSP should clearly explain the procedure adopted for totalling the current wood Corrective Action #1 This section shall be filled by the PP. It shall address the corrective action taken in details. DOE Assessment #1 The assessment shall encompass all open issues in annex A- 1. In case of non-closure, additional corrective action and DOE assessments (#2, #3, etc.) shall be added. Corrective Action #2 This section shall be filled by the PP. It shall address the corrective action taken in details. DOE Assessment #2 The assessment shall encompass all open issues in annex A- 1. In case of non-closure, additional corrective action and H6 consumption in such cases. This procedure has now been mentioned in the revised MR, Version 2 in the Table for Monitoring Parameter ID 6 under the section of: Any Comments and section 3.3 Obtaining of data, data handling, processing and storage Refer: Information for WWF.jpg The description provided in the Any Comments column is not adequate. It is not clear from the justification provided that how WWF arrives at the daily consumption figures when biogas users responded that the fuel-wood consumption is now occasional. Hence, CL is open. The procedures are also mentioned in: Section 3.3 Obtaining of data, data handling, processing and storage in the MR Version 3 in Page 24 PP has updated the MR to reflect how the daily figure of fuel wood consumption is recorded by BSP. The method is clear and is acceptable to VT. CL H6 is closed. Page 25 of 106

26 Retroactive Verification Report: WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project Finding DOE assessments (#2, #3, etc.) shall be added. Conclusion Tick the appropriate checkbox H6 To be checked during the first periodic verification Additional action should be taken (finding remains open) The finding is closed Finding Classification CAR CL FAR Description of finding Section 5 of the MR declares that WWF Nepal is planning a second Describe the finding in unambiguous style; address the phase of similar project activity would take place. PP should clearly demonstrate how the segregation would happen of the biodigesters context (e.g. section) constructed in the first phase to the biodigesters constructed in the Corrective Action #1 This section shall be filled by the PP. It shall address the corrective action taken in details. DOE Assessment #1 The assessment shall encompass all open issues in annex A- 1. In case of non-closure, additional corrective action and DOE assessments (#2, #3, etc.) shall be added. Conclusion Tick the appropriate checkbox H7 second phase. WWF Nepal will discuss with BSP Nepal for a unique identification code so as to segregate the second phase plants from the first phase. A probable idea is to have a number marking of the year the project begins in the beginning of the identification code. WWF Nepal has also noted this point in its request letter to BSP Nepal regarding corrective actions. BSP Nepal has responded that it will take this into account in the second phase Refer: 1. Request Letter to BSP from WWF.pdf 2. Response Letter from BSP to WWF.jpeg WWF Nepal will also discuss this issue with the Gold Standards and BSP Nepal prior to starting the construction of the project so as to maintain a distinguishable unique identification. WWF is planning to start the second phase soon, and the area that would be covered in the second phase might overlap with the area included in Phase I. Hence, there is a requirement that the biogas plants are distinguished for both the phases. Hence, VT should check this issue at the time of next verification. FAR is open. To be checked during the first periodic verification Additional action should be taken (finding remains open) The finding is closed Finding Classification CAR CL FAR Description of finding As observed from ER calculation spreadsheet/xls1/ emission Describe the finding in unambiguous style; address the reduction values have not been rounded down. Hence caused the context (e.g. section) risk of over-estimation of ERs &leading to non conservativeness. Corrective Action #1 This section shall be filled by the PP. It shall address the cor- C1 As observed by the VT, the conservative estimate has been used by rounding off the Project Emissions of the nine excel sheets C128 have been rounded down in the nine different excel sheets. Page 26 of 106

27 Retroactive Verification Report: WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project rective action taken in details. The revised ER is tons of CO2eq in the MR, version 2 DOE Assessment #1 The assessment shall encompass all open issues in annex A- 1. In case of non-closure, additional corrective action and DOE assessments (#2, #3, etc.) shall be added. Corrective Action #2 This section shall be filled by the PP. It shall address the corrective action taken in details. DOE Assessment #2 The assessment shall encompass all open issues in annex A- 1. In case of non-closure, additional corrective action and DOE assessments (#2, #3, etc.) shall be added. Conclusion Tick the appropriate checkbox The ER values have now been rounded down in the revised excel sheet\xls2\ resulting the lowering of net ER numbers. However, the same is not reflected throughout in the revised MR, Version 02. Hence, CAR is open. This has now been mentioned in the MR Version 3 under Section 5: Additional Information in Page 29 PP has updated the MR. The emission reductions are consistent in the ER sheet and the revised MR. CAR is closed. To be checked during the first periodic verification Additional action should be taken (finding remains open) The finding is closed Finding Classification CAR CL FAR Description of finding Describe the finding in unambiguous style; address the context (e.g. section) 1. The source of considering the confidence level of 1.96 is not mentioned in the ER sheet submitted to the DOE. 2. Few comments from Anil Kr. Raut are present in the ER sheet. PP should explain the necessity for those comments C2 3. ER sheet does not mention the source of input parameters at many places. PP needs to provide the input values at all relevant places 4. ER sheet in the spreadsheet named Livestock_sample data mentions cattle and buffalo as two separate heads. However, row C58 of spreadsheet Emission_GS_Meth mentions average number of cows per household. PP needs to explain this discrepancy. Page 27 of 106

28 Retroactive Verification Report: WWF Nepal Gold Standard Biogas Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER) Project Finding Corrective Action #1 This section shall be filled by the PP. It shall address the corrective action taken in details. DOE Assessment #1 The assessment shall encompass all open issues in annex A- 1. In case of non-closure, additional corrective action and DOE assessments (#2, #3, etc.) shall be added. Conclusion Tick the appropriate checkbox Finding C2 1. The value of Z = 1.96 when considering 95% Confidence Interval. A reference from the website has been submitted in the ER sheets Source: 2. The comment has been deleted in the nine ER sheets 3. The source of the input parameters have now been mentioned in the nine ER sheets 4. Cattle actually meant cow hence in the ER sheets, Livestock_sample data mentioned cattle. The cattle has been changed to cow in the nine ER sheets under Livestock_sample data so as to maintain consistency with C The source has been mentioned in the revised ER /XLS2/ sheets. This part of the CAR is closed. 2. The comments are deleted from the revised ER /XLS2/ sheets. This part of the CAR is closed. 3. The source of input parameters are included in the revised ER /XLS2/ sheets. This part of the CAR is closed. 4. The word cattle has been replaced with cow revised ER /XLS2/ sheets. This part of the CAR is closed. Since, all the parts of this CAR are closed, CAR is closed. To be checked during the first periodic verification Additional action should be taken (finding remains open) The finding is closed Classification CAR CL FAR Description of finding Section 5 of the MR does not include a comparative analysis Describe the finding in unambiguous style; address the between the ex-ante emission reduction and ex-post emission context (e.g. section) reduction. Corrective Action #1 This section shall be filled by the PP. It shall address the corrective action taken in details. DOE Assessment #1 The assessment shall encompass all open issues in annex A-1. In case of non-closure, additional corrective action and DOE assessments (#2, #3, etc.) shall be added. Conclusion C3 Section 5 in the MR, Version 2 now includes a comparative analysis between the ex-ante emission reduction and ex-post emission reduction The revised MR provides a table showing ex-ante emission reduction and ex-post emission reduction in Section 5. This is acceptable by the VT. Hence, CAR C3 is closed. To be checked during the first periodic verification Page 28 of 106