CDM Comments

We request that the Kamchay Hydropower Project in Cambodia, which applied for validation in the fall of 2008 and has now reapplied, not be validated and allowed to apply for CDM credits, because it is not an additional project, was carried out in a poor manner and carries adverse environmental and social impacts.  To review International Rivers’ concerns regarding the Kamchay Dam and its pre

CDM Executive Board
UNFCCC Secretariat
Martin Luther King Strasse 8
P.O. Box 260124
D-53153
Germany

Subject: Unsolicited letter regarding the registration of the Bujagali Hydropower Project

Dear Mr. Hession,

Submitted to the Colombian Institute for Technical Standards and Certification

Additionality

There are several important inaccuracies in the investment analysis that must be corrected and verified. The financial benefits of the project to the developer are greater than what is included in the PDD:

Submitted to the China Environmental United Certification Center Co., Ltd.

We are writing to express our concerns over the application for validation of the Nam Ngum 5 Hydropower Project in Lao PDR.

Submission of the Citizens Concern for Dams and Development to Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance Ltd.

Project Overview:

We request that the Thuong Kon Tum Hydropower Project not be validated and allowed to apply for CDM credits, because it is not an additional project, carries adverse environmental and social impacts, is unlikely to offset carbon emissions and has a record of poor planning, which makes it a risky venture.

1) Weak claims of additionality

Project Overview:

• Project Title: Sujiahekou Hydropower Station
• Status: Under construction
• Location: Tengchong County, Baoshan City, Yunnan Province, China
• Project Participants:
  • Yunnan Baoshan Binglangjiang Hydropower Development Co., Ltd (project owner)
  • Carbon Asset Management Sweden Pte Ltd.
• Claimed Total Installed Capacity: 315 MW (3*105 MW)
• Claimed Annual Emission Reductions: 880,979 tCO2e/year
• Planned starting date of the first credit period: January 1, 2012

To the CDM Executive Board
Martin Luther King Strasse 8
P. O. Box 260124
D-53153

Re: CDM Project Application #3237: Barro Blanco Hydroelectric Project.

February 7, 2011

Dear Chair of the CDM Executive Board:

Submitted to Spanish Association for Standardisation and Certification

La Yesca is a business-as-usual dam project that has already secured almost a billion dollars in project financing, is nearing the final stages of construction, and in no way requires – and has never been dependent upon – CDM income to be completed. It is therefore non-additional.