Report on 1st round of National and Sectoral CDM Capacity Building Workshops in Trinidad and Tobago
Official Report by the DNA on the 1st round of National and Sectoral CDM Capacity Building Workshops in Trinidad and Tobago, held on April 12-14, 2011
Above: Dr. Jørgen Fenhann of the
UNEP Risø Centre giving a presentation on CDM Project Types at the
First National Workshop.
As prescribed by the work plan of
the project, the CDM Capacity Building First National Workshop
was successfully held in Port of Spain on April 12-13, 2011,
followed closely by the First Sectoral Workshop in Point Lisas
on April 14, 2011 with the overall aim of improving local capacity
in identifying potential projects for CDM
implementation.
Various presentations were made by Dr.
Joergen Fenhann from the UNEP Risoe Centre, and Mr. Oscar
Coto, a CDM consultant from Costa Rica. Their presentations
included elaborations of the CDM Project Cycle, CDM review and
status of the carbon market, CDM project types, CDM methodologies
and methodology selection, the Project Idea Note (PIN) and other
relevant CDM issues for Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
Other presentations were given by
local organisations including the Solid Waste Management
Company Limited (SWMCOL), the Environmental Management Authority
(EMA), Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL), the Ministry of Energy
and Energy Affairs, the Energy Chamber, the University of Trinidad
and Tobago (UTT) and the Point Lisas Industrial Port Development
Corporation Limited (PLIPDECO) on various potential CDM
opportunities for Trinidad and Tobago as well as potential
difficulties which may arise.
It was concluded that, at present, the
sector with the most potential locally for CDM is energy
efficiency, especially in the power generation sector, and it is
anticipated that the conversion of a single cycle power plant to
combined cycle will constitute one of the first CDM projects
locally. Other viable sectors for CDM locally include renewable
energy, carbon capture and sequestration and waste
management.
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Click here for the summary of presentations
and full report of the Workshops.