[Digestion] Fwd: Popgroup Normaal signs CO2 agreement with SNV supported biogas programme in Vietnam

[Tom Miles]

30,000 digesters in Vietnam should be of interest to this group. This is
from the HEDON CarbonSIG. 

Tom


> From: Grant Ballard-Tremeer [mailto:grant at ecoharmony.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 7:45 AM
> Hi Folks
> 
> These are the first biogas plants sponsored by a pop group that I have
> heard of - see below.
> 
> Grant
> 
> This is a forwarded message
> From: Wim van Nes <nesvliet04 at yahoo.co.uk>
> Date: Thursday, July 5, 2007, 10:10:57 PM
> 
> Subject: Popgroup Normaal signs CO2 agreement with SNV supported
> biogas programme in Vietnam
> 
> ===8<==============Original message text===============
> 
> Popgroup Normaal signs CO2 agreement with SNV supported biogas
> programme in Vietnam
> 
> The Dutch popgroup Normaal is one of the first music artists to
> produce a climate neutral Album. For their newest album, called "Hier
> is Normaal", they partnered with SNV and the Vietnamese Ministry  of
> Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) to compensate on a voluntary
> basis the CO2 emission related to the production and the tour around
> the release of this album. The official agreement arranging for this
> transaction is due for signing on the 6th of July.
> 
> The total amount emitted by Normaal is estimated to be 250.5 tonnes
> of CO2. This emission will be compensated by the construction of 25
> biogas plants in Vietnam in 2007. The reductions related to the
> operation of these plants have  been sold to the popgroup for a
> period of five years.
> 
> In this partnership, productivity, the fight against global warming
> and development are beautifully stringed together on a micro-scale.
> Normaal shows a sincere interest to mainstream the climate issue in
> their business, while the Vietnamese Government takes care of the
> improvement of life of 25 families in Vietnam. The biogas programme
> in Vietnam is a long-term programme, started in 2003. Since then,
> about 30,000 families were provided access  to biogas, not only
> providing a clean, quick and convenient cooking fuel, but also
> improving sanitation, protecting the environment, and generating
> employment in the rural areas. This successful and innovative project
> won the Energy Globe Award in Brussels last April.
> 
> For SNV, this agreement with the Popgroup Normaal is a mere
> demonstration that  such kind of partnership is feasible and
> valuable. On behalf of the national implementing partners in the
> national biogas programmes in Asian and African countries, more
> substantial transactions related to many more biogas plants will be
> prepared involving also independent third parties for quality
> assurance.