Biomass – VCS – VER – Brazil – $$

The Nobrecel project is a co-generation project using biomass residues as fuel in Pindamonhangaba city, Brazil.

The project activity consists of renewable energy generation by installing a new biomass boiler and a new turbine. This new cogeneration plant replaces fuel-oil-fired boilers and reduces the electricity consumption from the grid. The new boiler only burns wood biomass residues. The turbine has the capacity to generate 8 MW of electricity.

As well as producing emission reductions the project is also helping the Host Country fulfill its goal of promoting sustainable development. Specifically, the project contributes to local environmental sustainability since it will decrease use of fossil fuels and replaces the use with an alternative renewable source.

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Geothermal – VCS – VER – Guatemala – $$$

This geothermal power project, with an expected installed capacity of 25 MW is located in Guatemala.

The project will harness the power of heat stored beneath the earths surface to generate a clean, sustainable and reliable electricity source for the local communities. Increasing electricity capacity, specifically renewable energy, is an integral part of Guatemalas development strategy. This project will help to diversify the electricity portfolio of Guatemala and provide greater stability to consumers and the national economy, whilst meeting Guatemalas increasing electricity demands.

Key social and environmental benefits:

• The project will directly generate approximately 500 temporary jobs during the construction phase and 20 permanent operational jobs;
• Geothermal-derived electricity is relatively free of seasonal or fuel-driven supply fluctuations, therefore the project increases stability of power supply to consumers and to the national economy;
• The project includes a program to reduce flooding of the local area through the repair of road infrastructure and the reforestation of hillsides with over 5,000 trees

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Afforestation – VER- Canada – $$

The McPhee Project is an afforestation project located about 20 km northwest of the City of Prince George in Northern British Columbia. The project, developed by Borealis Offsets, involves a change of land use from agricultural and marginal, unused bare land (rough pasture) to a permanent, managed sub-boreal forest ecosystem.

120,000 trees of mixed, native species will be planted on 75HA, which will result in an increase in permanent carbon stocks of approximately 55,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent. The McPhee Creek project is a micro-project, absorbing and permanently storing less than 5000 tonnes CO2 annually.

• Phase One of the project involved spring and summer planting in 2008 of approximately 56,000 hybrid spruce, interior lodgepole pine, and interior Douglas fir trees.
• Phase Two of the project will be completed in June 2009, with the planting of approximately 64,000 trees of the same type.

Seedlings have been grown from seeds taken from local trees and have been selected based on their suitability for localized site ecology, elevation above sea level and latitude & longitude. The risk of natural disturbance, through insect, fire or disease, is minimized by the selection of a low-risk project area, planting mixed, native species and allowing the ingress of native deciduous trees.

• Besides GHG removals, the project provides secondary social and environmental benefits and will:
• Restore native bio-diversity, including the creation, maintenance and protection of wildlife habitat & fish bearing streams.
• Create economic opportunity and diversification in northern communities outside traditional resource extraction industries.
• Replace beetle destroyed forest on public land with new forests on private land that can support the return the sub-boreal forest to a carbon sink.
• Respect, and protect where applicable, aboriginal cultural heritage.
• Make forest stands available for ongoing, long term academic research on carbon sequestration.

Verification: The emissions reductions from Phase One of this project were validated and verified to the ISO14064-2 standard in December, 2008. Phase Two will be completed, validated and verified to ISO 14064-2 in the spring and summer of 2009

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Wind – Gold Standard – VER – Turkey – $$$

The Zorlu Osmaniye wind farm is made up of 54 General Electric 2.5xl (2.5MW) wind turbines (for a total of 135 MW), and is located on Gokcedag mountain between Bahce and Hasanbeyli towns in the Osmaniye Province, Turkey.

The wind farm is expected to become fully operational by the end of 2009, and will be Turkeys largest wind farm. Zorlu Enerji, the project developer, took the voluntary initiative to certify their contribution to the reduction of carbon emissions from the national grid of Turkey, under the stringent guidelines of the Gold Standard.

The project contributes to sustainable development through:

• creating employment opportunities for the communities surrounding the Project location, both during construction and operation;
• transferring knowledge to site employees who will be trained in the installation, operation, and maintenance of wind turbines;
• contributing to local and regional economies, since the cables, transformers, construction equipment, and subcontractors are locally sourced; and
• diversifying the sources of electricity generation, and supporting Turkey in meeting its growing energy demand.

The project was registered under the Gold Standard in May 2009, and will monitor its sustainability impact through noise levels, employment numbers and quality, socio economic improvements to the region and ensuring public access to the site. To expand on its Corporate Social Responsibility efforts, Zorlu Enerji subcontracted a firm to conduct a socio economic needs assessment and designed intervention projects to further develop the communities surrounding the project site.

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