This case centers on a chance that American Electric Power (AEP) has to spend, with The Nature Conservancy (TNC), in one of the very first jobs worldwide for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD). REDD jobs provided a considerable chance to reduce environment modification, as logging and forest deterioration contributed roughly 15-20 percent of international greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The job partners and financiers would get qualified balanced out credits comparable to the decrease in emissions over the 30-year job life time.
AEP anticipated to have to significantly minimize its own emissions (e.g. by replacing wind power for coal in electrical energy generation) or acquire balanced out credits either on the open market or through direct involvement in external emission decrease jobs. To verify this belief, the business required to compute a net present value (NPV) for the job, comprehend the job's threats, and identify if Bosque Rojo was, undoubtedly, the finest usage of business funds.
PUBLICATION DATE: March 09, 2010 PRODUCT #: OIT96-PDF-ENG
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