Comments Due by December 18, 2009
The Climate Action Reserve (CAR) has released a Destruction of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) Project Protocol and an Imported Ozone Depleting Substances Project Protocol for public comments.
The draft U.S. Ozone Depleting Substances Project Protocol and Imported Ozone Depleting Substances Project Protocol are now available for public review and comment. The U.S. and Imported ODS protocols provide methodologies for destroying ODS material sourced from the U.S. and Article 5 countries, respectively. Comments from the public are due no later than 5:00 PM PST on December 18, 2009.
Also a public workshop will be held on December 7, 2009, in Washington, D.C. with conference call-in capability, to solicit stakeholder feedback on both protocols. Information on the public workshop and copies of the protocols are available on the Reserve website.
For more information visit the RemTec website at www.remtec.net
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
CFC Destruction Carbon Credit Update
Carbon Credits offer incentives to recover and destroy ODS
The Climate Action Reserve (CAR) is in the process of releasing a Destruction of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) Project Protocol and an Imported Ozone Depleting Substances Project Protocol. These protocols will provide a standardized approach for quantifying and monitoring the GHG reductions from projects that destroy domestic or imported ODS with high global warming potentials that would have otherwise been vented to the atmosphere. RemTec has been participating in this project by serving on the Workgroup that is providing input to the CAR. The draft protocols could be released next week for public comments.
The Reserve will host a public workshop to provide a venue for public feedback on the draft Ozone Depleting Substances Project Protocols in Washington, D.C., on December 7, 2009. For more details on the workshop, go to http://www.climateactionreserve.org/how/protocols/in-progress/ozone-depleting-substances-project-protocol/.
After the workshop, RemTec will be in a better position to provide more details. RemTec offers destruction services for ODS destruction using the patented Argon Plasma Arc technology and will be following all procedures to qualify ODS destruction for CAR protocols. Depending on market conditions, these offset credits could cover all the costs of destruction and provide additional incentives to convert to CFC alternatives.
For more information visit the RemTec website at http://www.remtec.net/
The Climate Action Reserve (CAR) is in the process of releasing a Destruction of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) Project Protocol and an Imported Ozone Depleting Substances Project Protocol. These protocols will provide a standardized approach for quantifying and monitoring the GHG reductions from projects that destroy domestic or imported ODS with high global warming potentials that would have otherwise been vented to the atmosphere. RemTec has been participating in this project by serving on the Workgroup that is providing input to the CAR. The draft protocols could be released next week for public comments.
The Reserve will host a public workshop to provide a venue for public feedback on the draft Ozone Depleting Substances Project Protocols in Washington, D.C., on December 7, 2009. For more details on the workshop, go to http://www.climateactionreserve.org/how/protocols/in-progress/ozone-depleting-substances-project-protocol/.
After the workshop, RemTec will be in a better position to provide more details. RemTec offers destruction services for ODS destruction using the patented Argon Plasma Arc technology and will be following all procedures to qualify ODS destruction for CAR protocols. Depending on market conditions, these offset credits could cover all the costs of destruction and provide additional incentives to convert to CFC alternatives.
For more information visit the RemTec website at http://www.remtec.net/
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Offset Credits for CFC Destruction Included in Senate Climate Bill
Destruction of CFCs prevent Global Warming and damage to the Ozone Layer
Last week the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted to report S. 1733, the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, out of committee by an 11-1 vote. The bill must now be considered by other Senate committees before it moves to the floor for reconciliation with the Energy Bill that was reported out of committee earlier this year. The House passed its version of Climate legislation earlier this year.
Both bills create a “cap and trade” mechanism to control greenhouse gases and other climate change initiatives. Both bills will also allow carbon offset credits for the destruction of certain ozone depleting substances such as CFCs. CFCs not only destroy the ozone layer, but they have a very high global warming potential.
Although the Montreal Protocol phases out production, import, and export of ODS, emissions of ODS are not controlled explicitly. In addition, no obligations to destroy ODS exist under either the Montreal Protocol or the Kyoto Protocol, and while many countries, including the U.S., have no-venting regulations, they are not always well enforced. Moreover, current destruction of unwanted ODS is minimal or nonexistent , with the majority of unwanted ODS currently being stored in original equipment (which leads to slow leakage or accidental release), rather than being destroyed. Thus, any ODS that is destroyed is considered a greenhouse gas emission reduction, since, in the absence of destruction, nearly 100 percent of the ODS will eventually be released to the atmosphere.
Therefore, both bills will incentivize the destruction of ODS by allowing offset credits determined by each chemical’s global warming potential. It is uncertain if the Senate Bill will be debated and voted on this year.
RemTec offers destruction services for ODS that can result in offset credits. See http://www.remtec.net/ for more information.
Last week the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted to report S. 1733, the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, out of committee by an 11-1 vote. The bill must now be considered by other Senate committees before it moves to the floor for reconciliation with the Energy Bill that was reported out of committee earlier this year. The House passed its version of Climate legislation earlier this year.
Both bills create a “cap and trade” mechanism to control greenhouse gases and other climate change initiatives. Both bills will also allow carbon offset credits for the destruction of certain ozone depleting substances such as CFCs. CFCs not only destroy the ozone layer, but they have a very high global warming potential.
Although the Montreal Protocol phases out production, import, and export of ODS, emissions of ODS are not controlled explicitly. In addition, no obligations to destroy ODS exist under either the Montreal Protocol or the Kyoto Protocol, and while many countries, including the U.S., have no-venting regulations, they are not always well enforced. Moreover, current destruction of unwanted ODS is minimal or nonexistent , with the majority of unwanted ODS currently being stored in original equipment (which leads to slow leakage or accidental release), rather than being destroyed. Thus, any ODS that is destroyed is considered a greenhouse gas emission reduction, since, in the absence of destruction, nearly 100 percent of the ODS will eventually be released to the atmosphere.
Therefore, both bills will incentivize the destruction of ODS by allowing offset credits determined by each chemical’s global warming potential. It is uncertain if the Senate Bill will be debated and voted on this year.
RemTec offers destruction services for ODS that can result in offset credits. See http://www.remtec.net/ for more information.
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