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ACM0005 — Increasing the blend in cement production

About this methodology

Projects make blended cement with a smaller share of clinker and more additives. The method compares emissions from producing that cement with conventional production.

Issued by
CDM (UNFCCC) · issuer's site
Version
7.1.0 · source ·
Status
Active at CDM / UNFCCC · source ·
Climate outcome
Emission reductions
Activity
Cement
Official page
cdm.unfccc.int ·
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How methodology v3 reads projects of this type

What CarbonMeld reads

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    Grid emission factor: the methodology sets rules for it in some cases (ACM0005 v07.1.0 project boundary, p. 2). CarbonMeld reads it in the project's documents. CM-F-ACM0005-GRID-EF

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    Leakage: the methodology sets rules for it (ACM0005 v07.1.0 Leakage, p. 17). CarbonMeld reads it in the project's documents. CM-F-ACM0005-LEAKAGE

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  • A confirmed investment analysis A-INVEST

    The documents show a project-level additionality test, the validation confirmed it, and it is an investment analysis (a numeric test of the project's finances with and without carbon revenue).

Set by the methodology or the programme, not assessed by our current method

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    Tracking of the end use: the methodology sets rules for it in some cases (ACM0005 v07.1.0 applicability, p. 2). Our current method does not assess it. CM-F-ACM0005-END-USE-TRACKING

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  • not assessed

    Social safeguards and consent of communities (FPIC): any such rules come from the programme, not the methodology. Our current method does not assess it. CM-F-ACM0005-SAFEGUARDS-FPIC

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Not applicable to this type — never a gap in our current method

The criterion does not apply to this methodology. Our current method never counts it as a gap.

The general rules apply as well. Read the general rules.

The rules of methodology v2.2, as they were: the archived v2.2 page.

History and transitions

All 8 versions

  • v07.1.0adopted 11 May 2012source

    Amendment to: Include as an option, conservative default values for the calcium oxide (CaO) concentration in the raw material; Include a provision for the demonstration that an abundant surplus of the additives is available in an area …

  • v07.0.0adopted 2 Mar 2012source

    Align the first of its kind barrier and investment barrier analysis with the latest guidelines on first of its kind barrier and objective demonstration and assessment of barriers; Improve and reorganize the procedure to determine the …

  • v06.0.0adopted 25 Nov 2011source

    Provide an approach to determine the data to calculate baseline emissions in case of Greenfield cement plants; Improve the methodology so as to increase its readability, consistency and simplicity; Clarify that the methodology is not …

  • v05adopted 16 Oct 2009source

    Include: Guidance on applying the “Tool for the demonstration and assessment of additionality”; Updated monitoring tables; and Editorial changes to improve the clarity of the methodology text.

  • v04adopted 19 Oct 2007source

    Include the “Tool to calculate the emission factor for an electricity system”.

  • v03adopted 19 May 2006source

    Amend the three options for selecting the benchmark for baseline emissions.

  • v02adopted 28 Nov 2005source

    Correct some of the formulae relating to leakage and references to the blend content in formulae.

  • v01adopted 30 Sept 2005source

    Initial adoption.

Projects using ACM0005

Browse 78 published projects using ACM0005, listed alphabetically. There is no ranking for this methodology yet: it appears here automatically once 5 of its projects not in the pipeline or under validation are rated. Open a project to view its registry details and the analysis available for that project.

Which registries list projects under ACM0005?

In CarbonMeld's data, ACM0005 projects are on 2 registries: CDM (77) and Verra (1). Being listed on a registry is not the same as being registered: the «Registered» column counts the projects each registry shows as registered, and credits are issued only after each verification.

RegistryProjectsRegisteredProjects list
CDM (UNFCCC)7717See the list
Verra (VCS)10See the list

Counts of project records in CarbonMeld's data, with or without a CarbonMeld analysis. «Registered» counts the records whose current registry status is «registered», as last read (14 November 2026); projects in a later status, such as awaiting verification approval, late to verify or completed, are not in that column.

6 of these projects have no number: additionality, quantification or both have no public grade of their type of project that applies to them yet. Their pages show the analysis.

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