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PROJECT DETAILS

Project Submission No. S00301
Project Title Bayasol 50 MW PV Plant
Project Owner(s) (as per PSF & LOA) AES Dominicana Renewable Energy, S.A.
Submission Date 2022-06-06
Global Stakeholder Consultation Period 2022-08-10 to
2022-08-24
Registration Date 2024-08-19
Sector 1.Energy industries (renewable-/non-renewable sources)
Project Type Solar Power
GCC/CDM Methodology & Version ACM0002 – Grid-connected electricity generation from renewable sources, version 21.0
Forecasted GHG Emission Reduction (tCO2e/Year) 64,376
Verified GHG Emission Reduction (tCO2e/Year) 64,376
Forecasted E+ Label Yes
Verified E+ Label Yes
Forecasted S+ Label Yes
Verified S+ Label Yes
Forecasted SDG+ Goals
Verified SDG+ Goals
Forecasted SDG+ Label Gold
Verified SDG+ Label Gold
Forecasted Market Eligibility C+ - Pilot Phase
Verified Market Eligibility C+ - Pilot Phase
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Country
 Dominican Republic
Focal Point of Project Owners
AES Dominicana Renewable Energy, S.A.
Email of Contact Person of FP (Primary) juan.guiliani@aes.com
Email of Contact Person of FP (Secondary) michelle.reyes@aes.com
Project Verifier LGAI TECHNOLOGICAL CENTER, S.A.
Documents for Global Stakeholder Consultation Project Submision
Calculation Sheet

Other Documents
Request For Registration Documents Verified Project Submision
Verified Calculation Sheet

Other Verified Documents
Request for Registration Form Registration Form
Project Brief

Bayasol Project is a 50 MW Solar Power Plant located in Francisco del Rosario Sanchez highway, Angostura area, Galeón section, BanI municipality, Peravia province in The Dominican Republic, 12 km west from the town Bani covering a total area of 947,172.73 m2. The purpose of this project activity is to produce clean electricity from renewable sources of energy. The average annual net electricity generation over the project lifetime is 98,355 MWh  which will be transported through underground medium voltage circuits insulated at 34.5 kV to an electrical substation via138 kV level, which will be composed of a 60 MVA transformer and the energy is transferred to National Interconnected Electrical System of the Dominican Republic (SENI). The project uses solar energy to produce electricity which reduces the dependency on fossil-fuel based energy production. The project was commissioned on 14th March 2021 which is the start date of the project activity. 
The project boundary includes the solar power plant, sub-stations, the national grid and all the power plants connected to the grid.
 

 

Additional Information

The project uses solar energy to generate clean renewable electricity, which is then used to replace electricity generated by grid-connected fossil-fuel-fired power plants. As a result, the project reduces GHG emissions by 64,376 tCO2e per year and 643,755 tCO2e throughout the ten-year crediting period.

 

VERIFICATION OUTCOME
Report (Public) Verification Report (public)
Verification report date 2024-07-29
First Request for Registration Date 2023-06-05
Opinion

LGAI Technological Center S.A. (Applus+ Certification) has performed a verification of the “Bayasol 50 MW PV Plant”. The verification is performed on the basis of GCC criteria project verification standard, Version 3.1 for the project activity, GCC guideline and host country criteria, as well as criteria given to provide for consistent project operations, monitoring and reporting.
The review of the PSF and the subsequent follow-up interviews have provided us with sufficient evidence to determine the fulfilment of the stated criteria. In our opinion, the project meets all relevant GCC criteria and all relevant host country criteria. The project correctly applies methodology ACM0002 v.21. 
The Project activity is not likely to cause any net-harm to the environment and/or society and complies with the environmental and Social Safeguard Standard, and therefore requests the GCC Steering Committee to register the Project Activity, which is likely to achieve the requirements of the Environmental No-net-harm Label (E+) and the Social No-net-harm Label (S+). The Project activity is likely to contribute to the achievement of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), comply with the Project Sustainability Standard, and contribute to achieving a total of 4 SDGs, which is likely to achieve the Gold SDG certification label (SDG+). 
The Project Activity complies with all the applicable requirement of the GCC Program and ICAO’s requirements on CORSIA Emissions Unit Eligibility Criteria and CORSIA Eligible Emissions Units, as per Clarification No 1., v1.3  paragraph 23-25, and the ACCs expected to be issued during the crediting period is likely to be CORSIA eligible and can be used by International Airlines for offsetting their emissions during all phases of CORSIA and therefore requests GCC Steering Committee to append CORSIA Certification label (C+) to this project. 
By generating renewable energy from solar energy resources, the project results in reduction of CO2 emissions that are real, measurable and give long-term benefits to the mitigation of climate change. It is demonstrated that the project is not a likely baseline scenario. Emission reductions attributable to the project are hence additional to any that would occur in the absence of the project activity. 
The total emission reductions from the project are estimated to be 643,755 tCO2e over a fixed 10 year crediting period, averaging 64,376 tCO2e annually. The emission reduction forecast has been checked and it is deemed likely that the stated amount is achieved given the underlying assumptions do not change. The monitoring plan provides for the monitoring of the project’s emission reductions. The monitoring arrangements described in the monitoring plan are feasible within the project design and it is confirmed that the project owner can implement the monitoring plan. 
In conclusion, LGAI Technological Center S.A. (Applus+ Certification) is of the opinion that the project activity “Bayasol 50 MW PV Plant” in Dominican Republic, as described in the PSF Version 8, dated 20/06/2024, meets all relevant GCC requirements and all relevant host party criteria and correctly applies the baseline and monitoring methodology “ACM0002: Grid-connected electricity generation from renewable sources”, version 21.
The project will hence be recommended by LGAI Technological Center S.A. (Applus+ Certification) for registration with the GCC program.

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