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ACM0011 — Fuel switching from coal and/or petroleum fuels to natural gas in existing power plants for electricity generation

About this methodology

Projects convert existing power plants from coal or petroleum fuels to natural gas. The method compares emissions from generating electricity before and after the fuel switch.

Issued by
CDM (UNFCCC) · issuer's site
Version
3.0 · source ·
Status
Active at CDM / UNFCCC · source ·
Climate outcome
Emission reductions
Activity
Electricity
Official page
cdm.unfccc.int ·
Also used by projects of

How methodology v3 reads projects of this type

What CarbonMeld reads

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    Leakage: the methodology sets rules for it (ACM0011 v03 para 47, p. 17). CarbonMeld reads it in the project's documents. CM-F-ACM0011-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-ACM0011-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 5 versions

  • v03.0adopted 28 Nov 2014source

  • v02.2adopted 2 Aug 2008source

    Equations 7, 8 and 9 were revised due to inconsistencies with the units.

  • v02.1adopted 16 May 2008source

    The main applicability condition was revised to clarify that the methodology is only applicable if the project power plant has an operation history of at least three years using the baseline coal and/or petroleum fuel.

  • v02adopted 2 Nov 2007source

  • v01adopted 22 Jun 2007source

    Initial adoption.

Projects using ACM0011

Browse 10 published projects using ACM0011, 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 ACM0011?

In CarbonMeld's data, ACM0011 projects are on 2 registries: CDM (6) and Verra (4). 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)63See the list
Verra (VCS)43See 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.

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