World Bank - Climate Protection Projects With A Human Face: As a part of its internal carbon-abatement program, the bank highlights "small-scale community-based projects in World Bank client countries that benefit the global environment .. and local communities."  Some brief project descriptions are included:

• Nicaragua Gemina Rice Husk Power Plant
• Guatemala Chel Micro Hydro Project
• Czech Republic Thomayer Hospital Heating System Upgrade Project
• Chile Chacabuquito Hydro Power Project
• Brazil Pasture and Plantation Land Regeneration Project
• Mexico Scolel Té / Fondo Bioclimatico, Chiapas
• Mexico Carbon Sequestration In Hillside Coffee-Planted Zones

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Lessons learned from PCF so far:

Cost of CDM-like procedures:

• Approximate procedural cost: $200-400K (half up front, half after commissioning)
• Size of ER purchase from project: $2-3 million
• Total size of project: $10-15 million (power projects ~5-10MW)

Small projects involving technologies such as PV, small wind, biomass, micro-hydro often

• have higher unit costs due to small size
• displace lower carbon intensity end-uses
• operate in riskier environments (e.g. remote areas)

BUT they represent majority of CDM opportunites for small developing countries incl small islands.   To be competitive in CDM such projects need

• aggregation to reduce transaction costs
• streamlined/ simplified CDM procedures

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