Tholos consulting services provide:

REQUEST of emissions permits

Support for the request of emissions permits (Legislative Decree 04.04.2006, n. 216)

EMISSIONS MONITORING PLAN

• Preparation of CO2 emissions monitoring plans (Decision 2007/589/EC)

• Regular reporting of emissions data to be audited by an accredited (National Committee for Management and Implementation of Directive 2003/87/EC) and their communication to the National Competent Authority

• Any other support required to fulfill the regulatory compliance

SURRENDER OF EMISSION ALLOWANCES on the base of actual Co2 Emissions

BUYING, SELLING, TRADING OF environmental credits AND SWAP EUA / CER - Assistance to EUAs trading and assistance to swap EUAs / CERs

PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT - Management of: CO2 Allowances, covering of emission debts, sale of emission credits with revenue maximization

GREEN MARKETING of environmental achievements through the implementation of specific communication activities aimed at business ‘ customers and users.

ADDITIONAL SERVICES – verification of the actual opportunities to obtain additional environmental credits

ORIGINATION - Development of C.D.M. and J.I. for the generation of CO2 credits.

The service is aimed at the following areas:

• Combustion installations with a rated thermal input exceeding 20 MW (except hazardous or municipal waste installations)

• Oil refineries

• Coke

• roasting or sintering metal ore

• Installations for the production of pig iron or steel (primary or secondary

• Installations for the production of clinker (cement)

• Installations for the manufacture of glass and glass fiber

• Installations for the manufacture of ceramic products by firing (tiles, bricks, refractory bricks, tiles, stoneware or porcelain)

• Production of pulp

• Production of paper and paperboard

• Production of primary and secondary aluminum

• Production or processing of nonferrous metals

• Production of lime or dolomite or magnesite calcining

• Manufacture of mineral wool insulation made from glass, rock or slag

• Drying or calcination of gypsum plasterboard production

• Production of carbon black

• Production of nitric acid, adipic acid, glyoxylic acid, ammonia

• Production of sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) and sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)

• Capture, transport and geological storage of greenhouse gases

• Air transports flights in the territory of signatories States of the Treaty

For more information contact us

business@tholosgreen.com

The meeting held in Kyoto in 1997 led to a protocol, under which the countries listed in Annex I to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC or FCCC) commit themselves to reduce annual emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the period comprised between 2008 and 2012, for a value of 5.2% compared to the quantity of emissions in 1990.

These commitments affect both the so-called industrialized countries and countries with economies in transition, that have a set annual quantity of emissions in the form of permits. There are no restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions for developing countries. A number of emissions permits were allocated in advance among the various countries (AAUs, Assigned Amount Units). Each state must set a target of greenhouse gas emissions for each production sector and for each production plant. In the case of pollutant emissions above the cap set by the central authority, companies are required to buy emission credits from those who produced less GHG emissions

The CO2 allowances allocated to operators of installations must be surrendered each year in a number equal to the actual emissions of the installation. Additional emission permits can be created through activities and projects for the reduction:

• ERUs (Emission Reduction Units) in the countries obliged by the Kyoto Protocol .

• CERs (Certified Emission Reductions) in the countries not obliged by the Kyoto Protocol.

Flexible Mechanism allow Annex I countries in meeting their emission reduction commitments.

The International Emission Trading (IET) allows Annex I countries or companies to "trade" their emissions allowances. Operators can sell these emission permits if their emissions are below the set cap, and buy them when their emissions are exceeding it.

Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)

Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is a flexible mechanism that allows companies in industrialized countries obligated by the limits of Kyoto protocol to implement projects of greenhouse gas emissions reductions in developing countries not obligated by limits of Kyoto protocol. This mechanism allows developing countries to have advanced and cleaner technologies and companies to reduce the overall cost of fulfilment of obligations. The emissions avoided by the implementation of the projects generate carbon credits or CERs (Certified Emission Reductions).

Joint Implementation (JI)

Joint Implementation (JI) is a flexible mechanism that allows companies in industrialized countries with emission limitations to implement projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions in other countries with emission limitations. JI projects are "zero-sum transactions", as the total emissions allowed in the two countries are the same: the credits generated by energy saving projects are subtracted from the amount of allowances initially allocated to the host country (AAUs). The emissions thus avoided through the implementation of energy saving projects correspond to carbon credits or ERUs (Emissions Reduction Units).