NEWENERGIES SOLAR HEATING CDM PROJECT: INVITING ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND STAKEHOLDERS INPUT   

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is a mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol allowing industrialized countries with Greenhouse gas (GHG) commitments to invest in projects that reduce GHG emissions in developing countries, as an alternative to more expensive emission reductions in their own countries. This call for input forms part of the stakeholder consultation and participation for this particular project.

Interested parties and stakeholders are invited to give input and make enquiries on the following proposed project.

The NewEnergies Solar Heating Project is currently undergoing a process of being registered as a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Project Activity under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)’s Kyoto Protocol. As part of this registration process, interested parties and stakeholders are invited to give their input on this proposed project based on the following:

• Objectives of the New Solar Heating Project; and
• lanned changes for each retrofit and/or new installations.    

Project Developer: NewEnergies, whose sister company is SunTank, will be the preferred supplier of hardware and the contractor for all installations and their maintenance. 

Objectives of the New Solar Heating Project: To reduce GHGs contributing to global warming; to use renewable energy, especially by large scale energy users; and to promote solar water heating technologies.  

The Proposed Project: Solar thermal collectors will be installed and utilised by large scale energy users for solar water heating purposes, in order to substitute electricity as the energy source used to heat water. At each facility (both cash sales and sale-of-energy customers) a thermal energy metering device will be integrated. The heat meter device will be used to meter the kWh consumed by the facility as well as for monitoring purposes. A campaign to provide solar thermal energy to users through an innovative sale-of-energy programme, as well as a cash-sales marketing programme targeting large scale thermal energy users, will be undertaken as part of this project.

Should you have any comments or suggestions about the project, please contact either EcoSecurities or NewEnergies by 3 March 2008:

About EcoSecurities:
EcoSecurities is one of the world’s leading companies in the business of sourcing, developing and trading emission reductions. EcoSecurities structures and guides GHG reduction projects through the Kyoto Protocol, working with both project developers and buyers of emission reductions.
EcoSecurities has experience with projects in the areas of renewable energy, agriculture and urban waste management, industrial efficiency and forestry. With a network of offices and representatives in 20 countries on five continents, EcoSecurities has amassed one of the industry’s largest and most diversified portfolios of carbon projects. Today, the company is working on over 400 projects in 36 countries using 18 different technologies, with the potential to generate up to 142 million carbon credits.
EcoSecurities Group Plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM (ticker ECO.L).  For more information refer to www.ecosecurities.com.


About NewEnergies:
NewEnergies is a South African leader in producing and selling clean, renewable energy.
The company began operating in 2003 and completed its first energy project in 2004.

NewEnergies offers an innovative approach to make the conversion to clean energy an affordable and attractive option. NewEnergies sets up an on-site thermal energy plant on the premises of large-scale consumers of heat energy such as hotels, hospitals, retirement centres and factories.

The plant is connected to the customer's heating system (water heating) and supplies energy at better prices than any other conventional source of energy. NewEnergies sees to the operation and maintenance of the plant. The plant includes an energy meter, which produces a monthly reading as well as timer controls. The facility experiences an immediate reduction in energy consumption and cost. NewEnergies offers customers a long-term energy supply contract. During the contract period the customer pays monthly only for the energy consumed. The payment method is similar to paying other utility accounts such as water and electricity. NewEnergies offers the customer an option of taking ownership of the energy plant upon contract completion at no extra charge. NewEnergies currently runs more than half a dozen projects in South Africa. For more information refer to www.newenergies.co.za