Proyecto Hidroeléctrico del Río Taquesi 

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Reducción de Emisiones de CO2

CO2 Emission Calculation
Total generation = 84.3 MW
Plant life = 35 years
 

Project certified by USIJI: February 2, 2000
Project Company Rating: Thomson Financial has rated Hidroeléctrica Boliviana Bank Watch with an "A" rating (investment grade).

Baseline Calculation:

There are no greenhouse gas sources at the project site included in the emissions baseline/reference case. Sources affected by the project include simple cycle combustion turbines located in the Santa Cruz area that would not operate if the proposed renewable energy project were completed. Those combustion turbines are sources of carbon dioxide in the baseline case.

The proposed project involves reduction of emissions of carbon dioxide through the displacement of electrical energy produced by simple cycle combustion turbines in the reference case. The project will supply electrical energy to the La Paz area from run-of-river hydropower facilities and thereby reduce emissions of carbon dioxide from the alternate electrical energy source.

The project involves the construction of two- new run-of-river hydroelectric projects, which will replace other forms of generation which are less efficient and more polluting to the environment. In order to explain how this project will generate reductions of GHG, it is necessary to consider the Bolivian wholesale electric market. Under the Electricity Law, the National Dispatch Committee (the "Committee") dispatches all Bolivian electric production (other than self-generation and small amounts in isolated systems) in the order of an economic marginal cost of production. The rates will be determined on an unregulated, competitive marginal cost basis. The lowest priced electricity is dispatched first; HB will be one of the most efficient, one of the lowest cost generators on the market, and one of the first to be dispatched on the national grid.

By providing the grid with cleaner power, HB will displace less efficient electric supply that would have emitted more GHG. The Taquesi Hydroelectric Project will replace other forms of generation such as generation using natural gas or diesel fuel.

Monitoring and Verification:

The single most important criteria of the US Initiative on Joint Implementation (USIJI) in project evaluation is whether or not there are real reductions in emissions associated with the implementation of a project-and an evaluation of the estimated reductions. HB is in the process of acquiring a third party verifier, to ensure that the emissions that have been reduced as a result of operations of the project. The mission of such company will be to provide and ensure that the quantity of Emissions Reductions reported as a result of plant operations are accurate. AirPermits.com performed initial CO2 emissions calculation of the project.