Approval procedure
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Approval procedure
The approval procedure to start a CMM utilisation project must be regarded from 2 main positions.
1) The mine owner operates the utilisation plant
2) A third party operates the utilisation plant
If the conditions for the project are clarified you can start the planning of the Technical Procedure and the Emission Rights Procedure of the project. These two procedures are processed in parallel.
After the idea for the project has been created, the technical boundary conditions have to be checked at the mine first. Special features have to be observed:
- CMM Quality
- Amount of CMM
- Availability of CMM
- Existing extraction systems
- Any demand for electricity and heat on the mine
- surplus methane (The surplus of CMM can be burned without energy recovery to reduce greenhouse gas emissions)
The legal constructions for the project depends mainly on the kind of partners who setup the project. Often this process can last long at the beginning of the project especially if some partners are not familiar with the new technologies or the complicated regulations for an emission reduction project. To create a successful project all partners should understand the conditions.
Mine owner operates utlisation plant
In this case the mine produces the CMM and utilises it. The products heat and power arebe consumed by the mine itself. So there will be no real contracting problem of providing fuel and of product consumption.
Third party as Operator
If a thrid party is operator of the utilisation installation there are import additional matter that should be regulated.
In this case the utilised CMM is produced by a mine near by. So there must be a contract for delivery of CMM to the utilisation installation. Specially for CMM there connot be a garanty for quantity and quality of the gas. The quality depends on the mining situation of the mine. There are big influences by:
- gas content in the digged coal
- quantity of coal production
- market for coal
- interruption of coal producting by technical faults
Selling of products
The result of the utilisation shall be sold to the customer. Considering the situation the planned delivery date can be changed because of missing fuel. So all these factors have to be kept in mind by constructing a CMM project and related contracts.
Approval authorities in the different countries
| Country | Authority | Adress | WWW | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) | Alexanderstrasse 1 Berlin | www.dehst.de | nicole.wilke@bmu.bund.de |
| Great Britain | Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) | Area 2D. 3 Whitehall Place London | www.decc.gov.uk | ben.lyon@decc.gsi.gov.uk |
| Kazakhstan | Administration of President of Kazakhstan | 102 office, 20 Abay Street Astana | www.climate.kz/rus | kbaigarin@nu.edu.kz |
| Poland | Ministry of the Environment | 52/54 Wawelska St. Warsaw | www.mos.gov.pl | tomasz.chruszczow@mos.gov.pl |
| Romania | Ministry of Environment and Forests | Libertatii Blvd. 12, Sector 5 Bucharest | www.mmediu.ro | narcis.jeler@mmediu.ro |
| Russia | Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet) | Novovagan'kovsky Street 12 Moscow | www.mecom.ru | head@mecom.ru |
| Ukraine | State Environmental Investment Agency of Ukraine | 35, Urytskogo Str. Kiev | www.seia.gov.ua | yakubovskiy@seia.gov.ua |
More information about the national focal point and about the country http://unfccc.int/parties_and_observers/parties/items/2352.php
