2 Conditions that avoid The VPA shall Contractual The following double counting of demonstrate that it does agreement between documents are emission reductions like not double-count any of CME and VPA provided: unique identifications of its appliances for the Implementer. Contractual product and end-user ERs estimation by Declaration from agreement between locations confirming that: VPA implementer CME and VPA The complete Agreement implementer address of each Declaration from biogas system will VPA implementer be recorded Ownership The biogas systems certificates have unique serial numbers The VPA implementer has not included these biogas systems in another VPA or carbon project. 3 The specifications of The biogas systems The following The following document technology/measure disseminated are documents shall be is provided: including the level and renewable energy provided: Technical type of service, generation units to Technical documentation performance provide thermal energy documentation describing the specifications including and will be required to describing the operation of the compliance with conform to any operation of the biogas system testing/certifications applicable national biogas system. (Operation Manual standards. Evidence of of Biogas plants) compliance with national standard (if are no national applicable). standards regulating biogas digester technologies in Kenya. 4 Conditions to check the The VPA implementer Sales Agreements The following start date of the VPA will demonstrate the for the first digester documents are through documentary date of the VPA is included under the provided: evidence on or after the start date VPA. Sales Agreements of the PoA. The start for the first digester date of the VPA will be included under the defined as the date on VPA. which the first Sales Project Database Agreement is signed under the VPA. 5 Conditions that ensure The VPA complies with The following The following compliance with the baseline and documents shall be documents are provided applicability and other monitoring methodology provided as evidence: as evidence: requirements of single requirements of the Project database Project Database or multiple and Sales Agreement Sales Agreement ‘Technologies methodologies applied Practices to Displace KPT Reports by VPAs Decentralised Thermal Energy Consumption’ (version 1.0). and should meet its eligibility criteria as discussed in Section B.2 of the PoA-DD.
2 Conditions that avoid double counting of emission reductions like unique identifications of product and end-user locations The VPA shall demonstrate that it does not double-count any of its appliances for the ERs estimation by confirming that: The complete address of each biogas system will be recorded The biogas systems have unique serial numbers The VPA implementer has not included these biogas systems in another VPA or carbon project. Contractual agreement between CME and VPA Implementer. Declaration from VPA implementer Agreement The following documents are provided: Contractual agreement between CME and VPA implementer Declaration from VPA implementer Ownership certificates 3 The specifications of technology/measure including the level and type of service, performance specifications including compliance with testing/certifications The biogas systems disseminated are renewable energy generation units to provide thermal energy and will be required to conform to any applicable national standards. The following documents shall be provided: Technical documentation describing the operation of the biogas system. Evidence of compliance with national standard (if applicable). The following document is provided: Technical documentation describing the operation of the biogas system (Operation Manual of Biogas plants) are no national standards regulating biogas digester technologies in Kenya. 4 Conditions to check the start date of the VPA through documentary evidence The VPA implementer will demonstrate the date of the VPA is on or after the start date of the PoA. The start date of the VPA will be defined as the date on which the first Sales Agreement is signed under the VPA. Sales Agreements for the first digester included under the VPA. The following documents are provided: Sales Agreements for the first digester included under the VPA. Project Database 5 Conditions that ensure compliance with applicability and other requirements of single or multiple methodologies applied by VPAs The VPA complies with the baseline and monitoring methodology requirements of the ‘Technologies and Practices to Displace Decentralised Thermal Energy Consumption’ (version 1.0). and should meet its eligibility criteria as discussed in Section B.2 of the PoA-DD. The following documents shall be provided as evidence: Project database Sales Agreement The following documents are provided as evidence: Project Database Sales Agreement KPT Reports
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