Framework for programmatic CDM projects in renewable energy: draft

The base document prepared by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy aimed at developing a framework for undertaking programmatic CDM projects in the renewable energy sector. Comments and feedbacks on the report are accepted till March 24, 2009.

The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy commissioned a study to understand and develop a framework for programmatic CDM projects in renewables. The study objective is to understand scope for CDM programmatic activities in the areas of solar water heating, solar cooking, family type biogas plants, medium and large size biogas plants, cookstoves, biomass applications in industry and village electrification. In addition, it looked for better understanding of the additionality issues, sector-specific baselines and validation and monitoring methodologies.