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FY2005 FRED Database Project Description:
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Project
Information
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Project Title:
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Application
and Development of Appropriate Tools and Technologies for Cost-effective
Carbon Sequestration
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Project I.D.:
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DE-FC26-01NT41151
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FE Program:
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Carbon
Sequestration
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Research Type:
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Applied
Research
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Funding Memorandum:
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Cooperative
Agree't (nonCCT) - Tech
R&D
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Project
Performer
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Performer Type:
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Nonprofit
Organization
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Performer:
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The
Nature Conservancy (TNC)
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Performer Address:
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4245 Fairfax Drive
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Other Project Team
Members:
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Project
Dates
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Project Start Date:
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9-Jul-01
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Project End Date:
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10-Jul-05
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Project
Location
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City:
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Arlington
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State:
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VA
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ZIP Code:
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22203-1605
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Congressional District:
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8
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Responsible FE Site:
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NETL
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Project
Contact
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Name:
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Stanley,
Bill
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Telephone:
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(703)
841-5823
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Fax Number:
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(703)
841-4880
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Email Address:
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bstanley@tnc.org
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DOE/FE
Contact
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Name:
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Litynski, John T
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Telephone Number:
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(304)
285-1339
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Site Location:
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NETL
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Email Address:
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John.Litynski@netl.doe.gov
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Cost
& Funding Info.
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Total Estimated Cost:
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$3,139,600
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DOE Share:
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$2,511,680
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Non-DOE Share:
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$627,920
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Project
Description
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Project Description:
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The overall objective of this project is to refine the
tools and methodologies for cost-effective; verified measurements of the
long-term potential of various carbon sequestration and land use emissions
avoidance strategies; using real projects as proving grounds. We will be working in close collaboration
with U.S. based companies and NGO partners
to undertake research that will enhance the likelihood of implementing more
successful carbon sequestration projects in the future. Our goals are to: (1) improve carbon offset
estimates produced in both the planning and implementation phases of
projects; (2) build valid and standardized approaches to estimate project
carbon benefits at a reasonable cost; and (3) lay the groundwork for
implementing more projects to provide new test ground for increasing
knowledge on how to sequester significant amounts of carbon from the
atmosphere.
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Project Background:
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General
Technical Information
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC);
deforestation accounts for about 20 percent of annual global emissions of
carbon dioxide; the primary greenhouse gas (GHG). Since 1850; changes in land use have
contributed up to 30 percent of the carbon that has accumulated in the
atmosphere. The IPCC also estimates
that between 12 and 15 percent of the fossil fuel emissions between 1995 and
2050 could be offset through efforts to slow tropical deforestation; allow
tropical forest regeneration; and engage in plantations and agroforestry.
There is great potential for these cost-effective carbon sequestration
projects both in the United States and abroad. However; without the development and
refinement of tools and technologies that allow accurate and cost-effective
assessments of the emissions reduction benefits of carbon sequestration; the
international community may not recognize these approaches as a credible
means for reducing greenhouse gases. Through the ongoing development and
implementation of carbon sequestration projects on a landscape scale; The
Conservancy can contribute considerably to the advancement of the state of
the science of carbon sequestration.
The Conservancy has established a portfolio of pilot projects that adhere to
guidelines set by the United States Initiative on Joint Implementation and
that demonstrate that forest protection and management is scientifically
valid GHG mitigation. These current
projects are producing offsets at an estimated cost of about $5 per metric
ton of carbon equivalent emissions avoided.
At the same time; we have built a strong base of major multi-national
corporations interested in new projects and have helped to design and
implement the foremost field-tested; peer-reviewed methodologies for carbon
monitoring. The continued success of
current projects depends on the active involvement and support of a series of
stakeholders; including industry; governments; and non-governmental
organizations (NGOs). The advancement
of credible projects in the future is dependent upon addressing ongoing
technical issues and challenges in project design and implementation.
The Conservancy's first involvement with joint implementation (JI) came in
1994 with the development of the Rio Bravo Carbon Sequestration Pilot Project
in Belize; in collaboration with a local
NGO partner; the Programme for Belize (PfB)
and Wisconsin Electric Power Company (WEPCO).
In January 1995; USIJI approved the project in its first round of
proposal reviews. Over the next year;
WEPCO and The Conservancy worked to sell equal shares in the $2.6 million
project to four other investors: PacifiCorp; Detroit Edison; Cinergy; and Utilitree. The pilot project at Rio Bravo; which began in 1995; was
recently expanded by an additional 8;000 hectares
and attained a new investor; Suncor Inc. of Canada.
The Conservancy's second JI project; the Noel Kempff
Mercado Climate Action Project in Bolivia; was developed in collaboration
with the American Electric Power; British Petroleum and PacifiCorp; has been
fully funded at $10 million; and is the largest project of its kind in the
world. Fundación
Amigos de la Naturaleza; an NGO partner of the
Conservancy; is implementing this project and will be a sub-recipient of this
award for its part in this scope of work.
The Conservancy and its partners have also initiated several projects in the Guaraqueçaba Environmental Protection Area in Brazil's highly threatened Atlantic
Rainforest. The Conservancy and its
Brazilian non-profit partner; the Sociedade de Pesquisa em Vida Selvagem (SPVS); announced this project in August
1999. Its goal is to restore; protect
and manage approximately 8;000 hectares of land that
have been recently purchased with project funding and to promote sustainable
development activities in the region. SPVS will be a sub-recipient of this
award for its part in this work. The
project's $5.4 m
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Project Accomplishments:
[NOTE: Updated information not
available beginning 2004]
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30-Sep-02:
Accomplishment: Development of Euclidean Based Deforestation Model
Description: Developed a new system (Euclidean Distance between Agriculture
and Forests (EDAF)) for quantitatively assessing historical deforestation and
reforestation trends , and projecting those trends into the future.
07-Oct-02:
Accomplishment: Development of New Allometric
Equations for Terrestrial Carbon Storage
Description: We have developed new allometric
equations that relate the height and diameter at breast height (dbh) of tree ferns (xaxim sp.)
to carbon storage and have collected additional data to improve the general
biomass equation for the Atlantic forest biome and more accurately estimate carbon storage.
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