DATE OF SUBMISSION: 04 DECEMBER 2009
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
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QUESTION 2085
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
2085. Mrs S V Kalyan (DA) to ask the Minister of Energy:
(1) What is the (a) total number of clean development mechanism
(CDM) projects that have (i) received final approval and (ii)
letters of no objection from the designated national authority,
(b) estimated emission level of annual emissions reductions of
each of these projects and (c) current backlog of CDM projects
awaiting (i) final approval and (ii) letters of no objection;
(2) Whether any initiatives are being taken by her department to
increase the rates of investment in CDM projects; if not, why
not; if so, what initiatives;
(3) What are the major barriers to the uptake of a greater number of
CDM projects?
REPLY
(1) As at 21 October 2009 , 131 CDM projects have been submitted
to the DNA for initial review and approval â 102 letters of No
Objection and 29 letters of approval. Out of the 29 PDDs, 17 are
registered with the CDM Executive Board. The 17 registered
projects are:
I. Kuyasa Low-Cost Housing Energy Upgrade Project (7 000
tonnes CO2e/annum) in Khayelitsha, Cape Town;
II. Lawley Fuel Switch Project (107 000 tonnes CO2e/annum) in
Lenasia, South of Johannesburg;
III. PetroSA Biogas to Energy Project (29 000 tonnes
CO2e/annum) in Mossel Bay,
IV. Durban Landfill Gas to Electricity Project (69 000 tonnes
CO2e/annum) in Durban,
V. Rosslyn SAB Brewery Fuel Switch Project (107 000 tonnes
CO2e/annum) in Rossyln, North of Pretoria;
VI. Tugela CFB10 Conversion form Coal to Bark Project (70 000
tonnes CO2e/annum) in Tugela;
VII. Mondi Richards Bay Biomass Project (222 000 tonnes
CO2e/annum) in Richards Bay;
VIII. Omnia N20 Destruction Project (576 000 tonnes CO2e/annum)
in Sasolburg;
IX. EnviroServ Chloorkop Landfill Gas Project (188 000 tonnes
CO2e/annum) in Chloorkop, East Rand â
X. Transalloys Manganese Alloy Smelter Energy (83 000
CO2e/annum) in Highveld Steel and Vanadium Corporation
Ltdâs Witbank facility
XI. Sasol Nitrous Oxide Abatement Project (610 000 CO2e/annum)
in Secunda and Sasolburg.
XII. EnviroServ Chloorkop Landfill Gas Recovery(188 000
CO2e/annum) in Chloorkop landfill
XIII. Nitrous Oxide Emission Reduction Project â Plant 9 (250
000 CO2e/annum) in Modderfontein.
XIV. Nitrous Oxide Emission Reduction project âPlant 11 (264
000 CO2e/annum) in Modderfontein
XV. Kanhym Farm Manure to Energy Project (27 000 CO2e/annum)
XVI. Durban Landfill gas to Electricity Project â Bisasar Road
Landfill (352 000CO2e/annum).
XVII. Alton Landfill Gas to Electricity project (70
000CO2e/annum)
⢠Collectively, these projects have potential to reduce about
2.9 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) per annum.
2) The DNA is conducting a series of capacity building and
awareness raising events â workshops, seminars, meetings within
companies and municipalities, as part of its campaign to promote
CDM activities in South Africa.
⪠In 2009/10 fiscal year, the DNA conducted six provincial
CDM awareness-raising workshops â North West, Gauteng,
Western Cape, KwaZulu Natal, Eastern Cape Free State.
Similar workshops will be conducted in the three remaining
provinces â Northern Cape, Mpumalanga and Limpopo â in this
financial year.
⪠Two sector workshops ( renewable energy and carbon
finance)
⪠As part of its promotional activities, the DNA is also
producing CDM information booklets for role players and the
public. This financial year, three CDM sector booklets
were developed viz (a) Designated National Authority
Guidance for applicants of CDM in South Africa, (b) CDM in
the forestry sector, and (c) CDM in the Agricultural
sector.
3) There are a number of reasons why the pace of CDM project
development in South Africa has not been as rapid as one might
expect. These range from awareness of the need to respond to
climate change and awareness of the CDM itself, to more specific
reasons such as the suitability of project methodologies and the
structure of the electricity market. Some of these reasons are
intrinsic to the carbon market globally; for instance the whole
CDM registration process is bureaucratic with high transaction
costs â (feasibility study, project implementation costs) and
uncertainties around the post 2012 regime when the Kyoto
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