Neue Energie- statt Emissionsquelle
Der Betreiber PT Medco E&P Indonesia (MEPI) fängt das bei der Erdölförderung austretende Gas auf, statt es, wie bislang üblich, abzufackeln. Es wird anschließend u. a. zu Trockengas sowie Flüssiggas aufbereitet und somit zu einer nutzbaren Energiequelle umgewandelt. Beim konventionell stattfindenden Abfackeln des Gases werden Treibhausgasemissionen, insbesondere von Methan und Kohlenstoffdioxid freigesetzt. Durch das Projekt werden diese Emissionen vermieden, jährlich entspricht dies einer durchschnittlichen Menge von 86.022 Tonnen CO2.
Die lokale Luftqualität wird verbessert und der Region steht darüber hinaus eine sauberere und kostengünstigere Kraftstoffquelle zur Verfügung, die zur Deckung des wachsenden Energiebedarfs beiträgt. Dadurch kann auch die Abhängigkeit des Landes von Ölimporten verringert werden.
Methane is a greenhouse gas emitted by many processes including livestock farming, waste management, sewage treatment, oil production, and coal mining. When released into the atmosphere, it oxidises first to carbon monoxide and then to carbon dioxide, making it a major contributor to global warming. Climate projects avoid these emissions by capturing the gas and using it to generate heat or electricity, or by processing the gas into dry and liquid gas. In this way, the gas is not released into the atmosphere and is used to generate energy instead. Gas recovery projects in the ClimatePartner portfolio are registered with international standards.
TypeReduction
LocationIndonesia, Kaji-Semoga
StandardVCS
TechnologyGas Recovery
Registry ID409
Verified byTÜV NORD CERT GmbH
Estimated annual emission reductions86,022 t CO₂
Four criteria for projects to meet quality thresholds
The life cycle of a climate project
A climate project has a set life cycle consisting of various phases, from the feasibility assessment to the retirement of Verified Emission Reductions (VERs).The project developer reviews the general feasibility of the project, the project design, and the financing. Then, the Project Design Document (PDD) is prepared, which contains all the basic information about the project, such as the objective, location, timeline, and duration.
In this phase, independent auditors examine the PDD and the information it contains. This phase often also involves field visits with on-side interviews and analyses. Auditors are accredited, impartial assessors who have to be approved by the relevant standard as a validation and verification body (VVB). TÜV Nord/Süd, S&A Carbon LLC., and SCS Global Services are examples of VVBs."
Once validated, the project can be registered with a standard such as the Verified Carbon Standard or the Gold Standard. All high-quality climate projects are based on international standards. They provide the framework for project design, construction, carbon accounting, and monitoring. Recognised standards make the climate project system and the projects themselves resilient, traceable, and credible.
After the climate project has been registered, the monitoring begins. Here, the project developers monitor and document the data of the project activities and progress. The duration of the monitoring phase varies from project to project: it can cover two years, but documentation over five or seven years is also possible.
At the end of each monitoring phase, a VVB checks and assesses whether the values and project activities stated in the monitoring report are correct. As with validation, visits to the project site are often part of the verification process.
Once verified, the emission reductions that were confirmed in the verification phase can be issued as VERs. The steps of monitoring, verification, and issuance of VERs are repeated regularly and are therefore considered as a cycle.
Once a VER has been used, it must be retired. This process is also reflected in the registry. If the financing of a climate project is done through ClimatePartner, the VERs are bundled in a system certified by TÜV Austria and then retired on a regular basis. This ensures that each VER can no longer be sold and is only used once, preventing double counting.
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