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ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTED JOINTLY (AIJ)

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Uniform Reporting Format:

Activities Implemented Jointly Under the Pilot Phase

A. Description of project

A. 1) Title of project: AIJ Project "Energy Efficiency Improvement at ISCOR"

A. 2) Participants/actors:

Please fill in one table for each participant/actor. For individuals fill in as from item "Function within activity".

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Name of organisation(a):

Iron and Steel Industrial Corporation Limited

Name of organisation (English):

Iron and Steel Industrial Corporation Limited

Department:

n.a.

Acronym:

ISCOR

Acronym (English):

ISCOR

Function within activity:

ISCOR provides support to the experts of Hoogovens during the feasibility study

Street:

PO Box 450

Post code:

0001

City:

Pretoria

Country:

Republic of South Africa

Telephone:

+27 12 307 3000

Fax:

+27 12 307 4707

E-mail:

n.a.

WWW-URL:

n.a.

Contact person (for this activity):

Mr P.J. Venter

Surname:

Venter

First name, middle name:

n.a.

Job title:

n.a.

Direct tel:

n.a.

Direct fax:

+27 16 889 3769

Direct E-mail:

n.a.

a) Organisation includes: institutions, ministries, companies, non-governmental organisations, etc. involved in the activity, i.e. research institutes associated with the project, auditors, government agency closely following the activity.

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Name of organisation(a):

Hoogovens Staal B.V.

Name of organisation (English):

Hoogovens Staal B.V.

Department:

Hoogovens Technical Services

Acronym:

HTS

Acronym (English):

HTS

Function within activity:

HTS is responsible for the successful implementation of the feasibility project

Street:

P.O. Box 10.000

Post code:

1970 CA

City:

IJmuiden

Country:

The Netherlands

Telephone:

Fax:

E-mail:

WWW-URL:

Contact person (for this activity):

Mr. R.M. van Ginkel

Surname:

n.a.

First name, middle name:

n.a.

Job title:

Manager Technology and Development

Direct tel:

Direct fax:

Direct E-mail:

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Name of organisation(a):

Joint Implementation Registratie Centrum

Name of organisation (English):

Joint Implementation Registration Centre

Department:

n.a.

Acronym:

JIRC

Acronym (English):

JIRC

Function within activity:

Registration of approved Dutch Joint Implementation activities, including project data, baseline and monitoring studies

Street:

P.O. Box 30732

Post code:

2500 GS

City:

Den Haag

Country:

The Netherlands

Telephone:

+31 70 3610486

Fax:

+31 70 3614430

E-mail:

n.a.

WWW-URL:

n.a.

Contact person (for this activity):

n.a.

Surname:

n.a.

First name, middle name:

n.a.

Job title:

n.a.

Direct tel:

n.a.

Direct fax:

n.a.

Direct E-mail:

n.a.

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Name of organisation(a):

Proef Projecten Programma Joint Implementation Ontwikkelingslanden

Name of organisation (English):

Joint Implementation Pilot Projects Programme Developing Countries

Department:

n.a.

Acronym:

PPP-JI

Acronym (English):

PPP-JI

Function within activity:

Financial support to JI Pilot Projects

Street:

P.O. Box 20061

Post code:

2500 EB

City:

Den Haag

Country:

The Netherlands

Telephone:

+31 70 3486025

Fax:

+31 70 3484303

E-mail:

DML@dml.minbuza.nl

WWW-URL:

n.a.

Contact person (for this activity):

Mr A.D. Kant

Surname:

Kant

First name, middle name:

Ard

Job title:

Programme Manager

Direct tel:

+31 70 3486057

Direct fax:

n.a.

Direct E-mail:

AD.KANT@dml.minbuza.nl

a) Organisation includes: institutions, ministries, companies, non-governmental organisations, etc. involved in the activity, i.e. research institutes associated with the project, auditors, government agency closely following the activity.

A. 3) Activity:

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General description:

Identification and elaboration of measures and projects to reduce CO2 emissions at ISCOR. This first project phase will determine energy efficiency options to be implemented, and corresponding costs.

Type of project:a)

Energy efficiency,

Industrial processes

Location

(exact, e.g. city, region, state):

Four steel plants of ISCOR

(see notes below):

1. Vanderbijlpark

2. Newcastle

3. Pretoria

4. Vereeniging

Activity starting date:

starting date: February 16, 1999

Expected activity ending date:

December 1999

Stage of activity:b)

mutually agreed / in progress / completed

Lifetime of activity if different from ending date:c)

n.a.

Technical data:d)

n.a.

a) For example, using Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) classification: energy efficiency; renewable energy; fuel switching; forest preservation, restoration or reforestation; afforestation; fugitive gas capture; industrial processes; solvents; agriculture; waste disposal or bunker fuels.

b) Circle the appropriate option.

c) Methodological work will be required to define lifetime of activities.

d) Methodological work will be required to determine for each type of activity what the minimum data requirements are.

Notes:

1. The energy efficiency options will include both good housekeeping measures ("software") and technical options ("hardware").

2. The feasibility study will include the four production locations of ISCOR. The focus of the feasibility study at each production location has been defined as follows:

· Vanderbijlpark: blast furnaces and converters up to and including the hot strip mill and the heavy plate mill.

· Newcastle: blast furnaces and converters up to and including the blooming mill.

· Pretoria: the COREX unit.

· Vereeniging: energy saving measures to reduce gas consumption.

A. 4) Cost (to the extent possible):

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Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Cost of the project in US$:

494,000

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AIJ component in US$:

494,000

0

0

0

US$ per avoided ton of CO2 equivalent:

See notes below

Describe briefly how costs are determined:

1. The AIJ component costs (as indicated above) refer to the financial support of the Dutch Joint Implementation Pilot Project Programme to the implementation of the CO2 emission reduction plan by Hoogovens/ISCOR.

2. The total CO2 emissions at ISCOR are estimated at 880.000 tons per year. The CO2 emission reduction potential due to the implementation of the energy efficiency options that will be identified during the feasibility study, are estimated at 150.000 tons per year.

3. The feasibility study will determine, among others, the energy efficiency options to be implemented, and the corresponding costs.

A. 5) Mutually agreed assessment procedures:

Describe the procedures, including name of organisations involved):

1. The studies to determine the GHG baseline emissions, and to monitor the GHG emission reductions due to the Project, will be executed by the project partners themselves: Hoogovens and ISCOR.

2. The GHG baseline and monitoring studies will be implemented according to the guidelines of the Dutch Joint Implementation Registration Centre (JIRC) and the South African Clearing House for Activities Implemented Jointly.

3. The designated authorities for AIJ in the Netherlands (Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment) and in South Africa (Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism) will present the project as an AIJ project to the Secretariat of the UNFCCC, and will report on progress and final outcome of the Project to the Secretariat.

a) Please ensure that detailed contact information for all organisations mentioned is reported under

section A.2 above.

B. Governmental acceptance, approval or endorsement

Bearing in mind that all activities implemented jointly under this pilot phase require prior acceptance, approval or endorsement by the Governments of the Parties participating in these activities, which shall be shown as follows:

(a) In the case of joint reporting, the report is submitted by the designated national authority of one participating Party with the concurrence of all other participating Parties as evidenced by attached letters issued by the relevant national authorities;

(b) In the case of separate reporting, the reports are submitted separately by the designated national authority of each and every participating Party. Information will only be compiled once reports have been received from all participating Parties.

B. 1) For the activity:

The current report is the first report on the project "Energy efficiency improvement at ISCOR".

Copies have been attached of the Arrangement between the Minister of Development Co-operation of The Netherlands and the Government of the Republic of South Africa. The Arrangement confirms the mutual government acceptance of the project "Energy efficiency improvement at ISCOR" as part of the Activities Implemented Jointly in pursuance of the objectives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

* First report and joint reporting: please add copies of letters of endorsement by each designated national authority of Parties involved in the activity.

* Subsequent reports:

Activity was: o suspended

o terminated earlier

Describe: n.a.

B. 2) This report is a joint report:

n Yes, forward copy of agreement/endorsement by the designated national authorities involved

o No

B. 3) General short comment by the government(s) if applicable:

C. Compatibility with and supportiveness of national economic development and socio-economic and environment priorities and strategies

Describe (to the extent possible) how the activity is compatible with and supportive of national economic development and socio-economic and environment priorities and strategies

The Project is executed with financial support of, and fully compatible with, the Joint Implementation Pilot Projects Programme of The Netherlands.

The Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism of the Republic of South Africa ensures the project to be supportive to the national development goals of South Africa (see attached Arrangement).

D. Benefits derived from the activities implemented jointly project

Whenever possible, quantitative information should be provided. Failing that, a qualitative description should be given. If quantitative information becomes available, it could be submitted using the update(s). (If the amount of quantitative information is too large, the source could be indicated.)

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Describe environmental benefits in detail:

Greenhouse gas emission reduction due to the energy efficiency measures.

Do quantitative data exist for evaluation of environmental benefits?

No, except for an indicative overall estimation of the CO2 reduction potential

Describe social/cultural benefits in detail:

N.a.

Do quantitative data exist for evaluation of social benefits?

No

Describe economic benefits in detail:

The implementation of the GHG reduction measures will reduce the energy intensity of the steel produced by ISCOR. Consequently, this will reduce the production cost and improve the competitiveness of South African steel on the international market.

Do quantitative data exist for evaluation of economic benefits?

No; this issue will also be addressed during the feasibility studies

E. Calculation of the contribution of activities implemented jointly projects that bring about real, measurable and long-term environmental benefits related to the mitigation of climate change that would not have occurred in the absence of such activities

E. 1) Estimated emissions without the activity (project baseline):

Description of the baseline or reference scenario, including methodologies applied:

· The baseline scenario will be elaborated during the feasibility study.

· The methodology applied will follow the guidelines of the Joint Implementation Registration Centre (JIRC).

· A preliminary estimation of the total "before the project" GHG emissions at the four ISCOR locations amounts approximately 880.000 tons of CO2 per year.

E. 2) Estimated emissions with the activity:

Description of the scenario, including methodologies applied:

· The emission reduction scenario will be elaborated in detail during the feasibility study, based on an inventory of feasible reduction measures and the corresponding costs.

· A preliminary estimation of the total reduction potential of GHG emissions, based on the experiences of Hoogovens and due to the implementation of the reduction measures to be selected, is about 150.000 tons of CO2 per year.

Fill in the following tables as applicable:

E.2.1) Summary table: Projected emission reductions:

GHG

Year 1

Year 2

...

Year X

A) Project baseline scenario

CO2

CH4

N2O

other

B) Project activity scenarioa)

CO2

CH4

N2O

other

C) Effect ( B-A )

CO2

CH4

N2O

Other

D) Cumulative effect

CO2

CH4

N2O

Other

a) Includes indirect GHG leakages.

E.2.2) Summary table: Actual emission reductions:

GHG

Year 1

Year 2

...

Year X

A) Project baseline scenario

CO2

CH4

N2O

other

B) Project activity dataa)

CO2

CH4

N2O

other

C) Effect ( B-A )

CO2

CH4

N2O

Other

D) Cumulative effect

CO2

CH4

N2O

Other

a) Includes indirect GHG leakages.

F. Bearing in mind that the financing of activities implemented jointly shall be additional to financial obligations of Parties included in Annex II to the Convention within the framework of the financial mechanism as well as to current official development assistance flows, please indicate

Source of project funding

Including pre-feasibility phase

(For each source one line)

Amount

(US dollars)

Source of funding for the "Energy efficiency project at ISCOR" (feasibility study):

Dutch Joint Implementation Pilot Project Programme Developing Countries

494,000

G. Contribution to capacity building, transfer of environmentally sound technologies and know-how to other Parties, particularly developing country Parties, to enable them to implement the provisions of the Convention. In this process, the developed country Parties shall support the development and enhancement of endogenous capacities and technologies of developing country Parties

Describe briefly the transfer of environmentally sound technology and know-how including where appropriate the type of technology, terms, education, capacity building etc.

During the implementation of the feasibility study, experts of Hoogovens Technical Services will closely co-operate with ISCOR staff and resource persons. This will enable ISCOR staff to improve their capacity to identify and select feasible energy efficiency and GHG reduction measures.

H. Additional comments, if any, including any practical experience gained or technical difficulties, effects, impacts or other obstacles encountered

Fill in as appropriate:

H. 1) Any practical experience gained:

H. 2) Technical difficulties:

H. 3) Negative impacts and/or effects encountered:

Whenever possible, quantitative information should be provided. Failing that, a qualitative description should be given. If quantitative information becomes available, it could be submitted using the update(s). (If the amount of quantitative information is too large, the source could be indicated.)

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Describe environmental negative impacts/effects in detail:

Do quantitative data exist for evaluation of environmental negative impacts/effects?

Yes/no

Describe social/cultural negative impacts/effects in detail:

Do quantitative data exist for evaluation of social negative impacts/effects?

Yes/no

Describe economic negative impacts/effects in detail:

Do quantitative data exist for evaluation of economic negative impacts/effects?

Yes/no

H. 4) Other obstacles encountered:

H. 5) Other: