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JCM Project Design Document Form
A. Project description
A.1. Title of the JCM project
Palau / Introduction of 1MW Solar Power System on Supermarket Rooftop
A.2. General description of project and applied technologies and/or measures
The proposed JCM project aims to reduce carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions by introducing
1.3MW grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) system on top of the supermarket building ofSurangel & Sons Company in Airai State. The solar PV system replace the grid and captive
electricity mostly derived from diesel. The power generated by the solar PV system is basically
self-consumed. In case that there is surplus power, it is exported to the grid utilizing the netmetering scheme*. A remote monitoring system to monitor the performance of the system is also
installed.
* This scheme allows end users to send surplus electricity generated by renewable energy to the grid. The
electricity sent to the grid offsets the electricity consumed from the grid.

A.3. Location of project, including coordinates
Country

Republic of Palau

Region/State/Province etc.:
City/Town/Community etc:

Airai State
Along Main Street

Latitude, longitude

N 7°21’49”, E 134°30’37”

A.4. Name of project participants
Surangel & Sons Company
The Republic of PalauJapan

Sharp Energy Solutions Corporation

A.5. Duration
Starting date of project operation

1/3/2022

Expected operational lifetime of project

10 years

A.6. Contribution from Japan and Palau
The proposed project was partially supported by the Ministry of the Environment, Japan(MOEJ) through the Financing Programme for JCM Model projects, which provided financial
support of less than half of the initial investment for the projects in order to acquire JCM credits.
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project by the Japanese project participant. Further, the proposed project is contributed toacquisition of skills of local engineers through education and guidance related to installationand operation of solar power system.

B. Application of an approved methodology(ies)B.1. Selection of methodology(ies)
Selected approved methodology No.

PW_AM001

Version number

Ver. 1.0

B.2. Explanation of how the project meets eligibility criteria of the approved methodology
Eligibility
criteria
Criterion 1Criterion 2Criterion 3

Criterion 4

Descriptions specified in themethodology
The project installs solar PVsystem(s).

The solar PV system is connectedto the internal power grid of theproject site and/or to the grid for
displacing grid electricity and/or
captive electricity at the projectsite.
The PV modules have obtained acertification of design
qualifications (IEC 61215, IEC61646 or IEC 62108) and safety
qualification (IEC 61730-1 andIEC 61730-2).
The equipment to monitor output
power of the solar PV system andirradiance is installed at the projectsite.

Project information
A solar PV system is installed at eachproject site. The solar PV module
employed is Sharp NU-JB395. The
inverter employed is SMA Sunny
Highpower PEAK3 125-US.
The solar PV system is connected to theinternal power grid of the project site
and to the grid.

The installed PV module (Sharp NUJB395) has obtained a certification ofdesign qualifications (IEC 61215) andsafety qualification (IEC 61730-1 andIEC 61730-2).
A pyranometers are installed at theproject site to measure irradiance. An
electricity meter is installed at the projectsite to measure output power of the solar
PV system.

C. Calculation of emission reductions
C.1. All emission sources and their associated greenhouse gases relevant to the JCM project
Reference emissions
Emission sources

GHG type

Consumption of grid electricity and captive electricity
2CO₂

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Project emissions
Emission sources

GHG type

Generation of electricity from solar PV systems

N/A

C.2. Figure of all emission sources and monitoring points relevant to the JCM project

C.3. Estimated emissions reductions in each year
YearEstimated

Reference Estimatedemissions (tCO2e)

Project EstimatedEmissions (tCO2e)

EmissionReductions (tCO2e)

2022

730.2

0.0

730

2023

871.0

0.0

871

2024

871.0

0.0

871

2025

871.0

0.0

871

2026

871.0

0.0

871

2027

871.0

0.0

871

2028

871.0

0.0

871

2029

871.0

0.0

871

2030

871.0

0.0

871

Total (tCO2e)

7,698

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D. Environmental impact assessment
Legal requirement of environmental impact assessment for NO
the proposed project

E. Local stakeholder consultation
E.1. Solicitation of comments from local stakeholders
To solicit comments from local stakeholders, a consultation meeting was planned by the project
participants, and the project participants sent out invitation letters to the consultation meeting tovarious stakeholders. Details of the local stakeholders’ consultation meeting is summarized asfollows:<Meeting outline>⚫

Date and Time: Oct. 28, 2021 13:30 – 14:30 (JST)⚫

Venue: Online Meeting (Zoom)<Meeting agenda>
#Time

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13:30 - 13:40

Opening remarks

ProgramRemarks

2
3
4

13:40 – 13:45
13:45 – 13:55
13:55 – 14:05

5
6

14:05 – 14:20
14:20 - 14:30

Explanation of JCM
Overview of the project
Explanation of technology (PV)introduced in this project
Question and answers
Closing remarks

Surangel & Sons Company(Introduction)
Palau Energy Administration(Brief Opening Remarks)
Nippon Koei Co., LTd.
Surangel & Sons Company
Supplier (Sharp EnergySolutions Corporation)All
Surangel & Sons Company
Sharp Energy Solutions
Corporation<Meeting summary>
In order to share the information of Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) model project on
Supermarket Rooftop in Palau and collect the comments/opinions from the persons concerned,
the local stakeholder consultation (LSC) was conducted in accordance with above agenda.

E.2. Summary of comments received and their consideration

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Stakeholders
PPUC

Comments received
Consideration of comments received
How can PPUC providing national Sharp answered that conventional
utility do endeavor as a national utility such as PPUC will be caredgovernment?
ESG and SDGs, mega trend of thesedays, and policy of PPUC should beshifted more eco-friendly.
Surangel& How long is the lifespan of the solar Sharp guarantees PV module output
Sons Company panels? And does PPUC have to performance for 25 years, however its
replace the panels on a rooftop after lifetime may be actually longer than
25 years?
guaranteed period.
The PV module can keep utilize after
25 years; however, power output
performance will decrease to 70 to80%. Therefore Surangel & Sons
Company can choose to keep using or
replace depending on decreasing in
output performance.

F. References
Reference lists to support descriptions in the PDD, if any.

Annex

Revision history of PDD
VersionDate01.0

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