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ACM0009 — Fuel switching from coal or petroleum fuel to natural gas

About this methodology

Projects replace coal or petroleum fuels with natural gas for industrial heating. The method measures the reduction in emissions from providing that heat.

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

What CarbonMeld reads

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    Leakage: the methodology sets rules for it (ACM0009 v05, p. 11). CarbonMeld reads it in the project's documents. CM-F-ACM0009-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

  • 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-ACM0009-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

Replaces AM0008

AM0008 | Industrial fuel switching from coal and petroleum fuels to natural gas without extension of capacity and lifetime of the facility --- Version 1.0 | ACM0009 | EB 24

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All 7 versions

  • v05.0adopted 28 Nov 2014source

  • v04.0adopted 20 Jul 2012source

    Corrects errors with regard to the use of IPCC default values.

  • v03.2adopted 28 May 2009source

    Editorial revision excluding start-up fuel from the baseline fuels and updating monitoring methodology/table.

  • v03.1adopted 13 Oct 2006source

    Editorial revision to the applicability conditions in the monitoring section, removing the condition on page 11: "The natural gas used in the project activity is not generated from liquified natural gas (LNG) or compressed natural gas …

  • v03.0adopted 28 Jul 2006source

    Expansion of applicability conditions to include projects in other sectors, including fuel switches in heat-only boilers in the district heating sector.

  • v02.0adopted 19 May 2006source

    Inclusion of CO2 emissions from LNG under Leakage section; Other editorial changes.

  • v01.0adopted 3 Mar 2006source

    Initial adoption.

Projects using ACM0009

Browse 22 published projects using ACM0009, 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 ACM0009?

In CarbonMeld's data, ACM0009 projects are on 2 registries: CDM (20) and Verra (2). 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)205See the list
Verra (VCS)20See 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 (15 November 2026); projects in a later status, such as awaiting verification approval, late to verify or completed, are not in that column.

One of these projects has no number: additionality, quantification or both have no public grade of its type of project that applies to it yet. Its page shows the analysis.

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