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ACM0017 — Production of biofuel

About this methodology

Projects produce biofuel for vehicles or stationary equipment. The method measures emission reductions from replacing fossil fuels, accounting for emissions associated with the biofuel supply.

Issued by
CDM (UNFCCC) · issuer's site
Version
4.0 · source ·
Status
Active at CDM / UNFCCC · source ·
Climate outcome
Emission reductions
Activity
Transport and energy
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. CarbonMeld reads it in the project's documents. CM-F-ACM0017-GRID-EF

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    Leakage: the methodology sets rules for it (ACM0017 v04.0 Leakage paras 47–48, p. 17). CarbonMeld reads it in the project's documents. CM-F-ACM0017-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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    No legal requirement for the activity: the methodology sets rules for it (ACM0017 v04.0 applicability 6, p. 6). Our current method does not assess it. CM-F-ACM0017-REGULATORY-SURPLUS

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    Sustainability of the feedstock: the methodology sets rules for it in some cases (ACM0017 v04.0 applicability 6, p. 5). Our current method does not assess it. CM-F-ACM0017-FEEDSTOCK-SUSTAINABILITY

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    Tracking of the end use: the methodology sets rules for it (ACM0017 v04.0 applicability para 5, p. 4). Our current method does not assess it. CM-F-ACM0017-END-USE-TRACKING

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    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-ACM0017-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

Merges AM0047

AM0047 Version 2.0 Status Not Active --- replaced by ACM0017 Valid from 10 Aug 07 to 16 Oct 09

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All 7 versions

  • v04.0adopted 11 Mar 2022source

    Indicate the emission sources that are relevant in the calculation of project emissions associated with biomass and biomass residues, in line with “TOOL16: Project and leakage emissions from biomass” (version 05.0).

  • v03.1adopted 31 May 2017source

    Editorial revision to correct paragraph numbering.

  • v03.0adopted 4 May 2017source

    Include references to the tools “Project and leakage emissions from biomass”, “Project and leakage emissions from transportation of freight”, and “Upstream leakage emissions associated with fossil fuel use"; broaden the applicability of …

  • v02.1adopted 29 Sept 2011source

    Amendment to: Simplify the determination of BDy (Quantity of biodiesel eligible for crediting in year y); Improve the methodology by including missing parameters in the monitoring table, removing not required parameters from the monitoring …

  • v02.0adopted 17 Sept 2010source

    Clarify: That the methodology is not applicable for the dedicated plantations established on peatlands; That the possibility to account for the CO2 emissions resulting from changes in soil carbon stocks as zero applies only to perennial …

  • v01.1adopted 23 Mar 2010source

    Editorial revision to: Correct Table 2, as emission factors for jatropha corresponded to Tropical Dry climates and not Tropical Wet climates; Remove inconsistencies between the methodology and the excel sheet used to calculate the emission …

  • v01.0adopted 16 Oct 2009source

    Initial adoption. This methodology is a consolidation of the approved methodology AM0047, incorporating cases NM0228, NM0233 and incorporating elements based on the request for revision AM_REV_0071.

Projects using ACM0017

Browse 25 published projects using ACM0017, 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 ACM0017?

In CarbonMeld's data, ACM0017 projects are on 5 registries: CDM (13), Verra (5) and International Carbon Registry (4), and 2 more. 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)132See the list
Verra (VCS)52See the list
International Carbon Registry (ICR)44See the list
Global Carbon Council (GCC)20See the list
Universal Carbon Registry (UCR)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.

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