The IEEE Standards Association announces a call for participation for the IEEE P1595(TM) Working Group to help develop new standards for quantifying greenhouse gas (GHG) emission credits from small hydro and wind power projects and for grid baseline conditions. The IEEE P1595 Working Group is part of the Climate Change Technology Sub-Committee (CCTSC) of the Energy Development and Power Generation Committee (EDPGC) of the IEEE Power and Energy Society (IEEE-PES).
The IEEE P1595 standard will use protocols for wind power, small hydro and grid baseline developed by the Government of Canada’s Department of Natural Resources – CANMET Energy Technology Centre (NRCan-CETC) as its seed documents. These protocols were developed in accordance with the ISO 14064 Part 2 – International Standard for GHG Projects, which is used by regulated carbon offset credit markets such as in the Province of Alberta and in the Province of British Columbia. ISO 14064 Part 2 has also been adopted by the Voluntary Carbon Standard.
The IEEE P1595 working group will be working in cooperation with ClimateCHECK, a collaborative solutions provider in the GHG and clean technology markets. The IEEE P1595 working group will be utilizing ClimateCHECK’s online standards development platform, which was developed in association with the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute (GHGMI).

Wind Turbines at Sunset

Those interested in joining the IEEE P1595 Working Group or for more information, please contact the P1595 Working Group Chair Jim McConnach at jsmcconnach@ieee.org, phone 1-705 645 5524 or CCTSC Chair Tom Baumann at tb@climate-check.com, phone number +1 613 795 1158.
For more see: http://ieeestandards.org/ct.html?rtr=on&s=8nv,1e8t4,2xny,d9np,g3tu,isdz,3wwy
Also the P1595 Working Group will be meeting at the IEEE-PES 2010 General Meeting in Minneapolis, July 25 to 29 – see: http://ewh.ieee.org/conf/pesgm10/