Emissions Monitoring and Verification

he Demo Project – monitoring and verifying shipping emissions

Monitoring and verification are critical components of any successful emissions trading scheme, and are important to consider when developing an emissions trading program for shipping emissions.

The Demo Project is an industry driven initiative launched in connection with the ongoing work of the European Union on a strategy to reduce atmospheric emissions from seagoing ships. The Demo Project promotes emission trading as a cost-effective way to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOX) and sulphur dioxide (SO2) by proposing and testing solutions to critical issues such as monitoring and verification.

The scope of the Demo Project is to demonstrate (in practice) that the monitoring and verification of NOx and SO2 emission reductions from sea-going ships are feasible. The monitoring and verification is being tested on reduction techniques for NOX emissions (Selective Catalytic Reduction and Internal Engine Measures) and reduction techniques for SO2 (Low Sulphur Fuel and Scrubbing technology).

The Demo Project is in its final phases, and has already demonstrated that it is feasible to jointly log the emission report parameters: "time", "position" and "engine load", to automatically create an emission report using existing ship data, to automatically transmit the emissions data/emission reports to a "register" ashore and to follow the emission reductions created on-line.

For more information on the Demo Project, which will be releasing its Final Report soon, go to www.demoproject.org .