Crunching the Hydro Numbers 2010: Second Quarter Update on the CDM

Update:

• The number of projects that entered the CDM pipeline increased in the first two quarters of 2010 (See Fig. 1).
• The percent of registered projects that were involved in the review process (which includes projects that require corrections) has been growing over the years (see Fig. 4): 9.5% in 2005, 9.1% in 2006, 19.3% in 2007, 56.9% in 2008, 70.4% in 2009, 53.7% in 2010 (as of July 1, 2010).
  
• 50% of all hydro projects in the CDM pipeline have requested registration since 2004, while 44% of all hydro projects have actually been registered. Figs. 3 and 4 show the fate of projects requesting registration and being registered by year.
• Hydro projects continue to be the most prevalent type of project in the CDM pipeline (28% of all projects). 63% of credits expected from hydro projects come from China

Click on the following graphs to see a larger version:

Fig. 1: Projects at Validation by Quarter	Fig. 2: Percentage of CDM projects at validation that are hydro
Fig. 3: Projects requesting registration by year	Fig. 4: Projects registered each year requiring a review or corrections
Fig. 5: Percent of total CERs for all hydro projects by country/region	Fig. 6: CDM projects by type

You can receive weekly email updates of new CDM hydro projects entering the pipeline and download our monthly spreadsheet by visiting our CDM spreadsheet page. You can see updates from previous quarters here. Data is based on the UNEP Risoe spreadsheet (July 1, 2010) unless otherwise stated. Feel free to contact me about any of these calculations.