SERVICIOS AMBIENTALES S.A. - Mitigation projects

Climate Change Mitigation Projects

Formulation of the CDM component and PIN for the BRT project in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Under a contract with Swisscontact, SASA designed the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) component of this initiative which involves the substitution of part of the current public transport system in Santa Cruz with a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, in which buses with capacity of 60 run on natural gas with efficient fuel consumption technology. The switch from more polluting vehicles to new efficient buses expects to produce a substantial greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction whilst also contributing to the gradual substitution of liquid fuels with natural gas.
Creation of Opportunities for projects under the CDM and preparation of PDDs.Under a contract with the National Clean Development Office (ODL) of the National Climate Change Programme of the government, SASA assembled a portfolio of potential CDM projects in Bolivia. SASA also prepared 4 PDDs and guides for CDM project formulation in hydroelectric plants, waste water treatment plants and landfill sites.
Methodology Development for the Pre-feasibility and Feasibility Study for the Transmilenio Project to enable its eligibility under the CDM. SASA developed a methodology for the Baseline Study and Verification and Monitoring Protocol of a mass transit project in Bogotá, Colombia, to ensure its eligibility for the CDM. The study was commissioned by the Latin American Carbon Programme (PLAC+e) of the Andean Development Corporation (CAF). Transmilenio became the first CDM transport project in the region.

Pre-feasibility Study and preparation of PIN, PCN and PDD for the Guabira Cogeneration Project. SASA carried out a technical, legal, environmental and financial pre-feasibility study and prepared the Project idea Note (PIN), Project Concept Note (PCN) and PDD documents for the application of the project to the Clean Development Mechanism, following approved UNFCCC methodologies.

Preparation of the CDM documentation for the Paracti Hydroelectric Plant. SASA prepared the PIN and the PCN for the development of project’s CDM component.

Reforestation project in a private property in the North of the La Paz department. The study, required by a private client, consisted of the technical and economic assessment of a wood production initiative designed to reduce GHG emissions through a forest carbon sink covering 10,000 ha of fallow land.

Baseline and Emissions Reductions Study, Monitoring Plan and Sustainable Development Impact Analysis of the San Ramón Electricity Generation Project. The project consisted of the implementation of a natural gas fired power plant in the Chiquitanía region of the Santa Cruz department. In the framework of an activity implemented jointly between the Santa Cruz Regional Electricity Cooperative and the Dutch Office, SASA carried out a baseline and emissions reductions study and prepared a monitoring plan, as well as a study of the project’s impact on the sustainable development of the region.