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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-AM0004-GRID-EF
AM0004 — Grid-connected biomass power generation that avoids uncontrolled burning of biomass
About this methodology
Projects generate electricity from biomass that would otherwise decay or be burned without control. The method measures avoided methane emissions and displaced grid electricity emissions.
- Issued by
- CDM (UNFCCC) · issuer's site
- Last published version
- 2.0 · source ·
- Status
- Withdrawn at CDM / UNFCCC · source ·
- Climate outcome
- Emission reductions
- Activity
- Electricity and waste
- Official page
- cdm.unfccc.int ·
How methodology v3 reads projects of this type
What CarbonMeld reads
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).
Deductions that can apply
No additionality test in the documents (renewable energy) A-TEST-NOT-STATED
Renewable energy, power generation and supply: the documents read state no additionality test. A test that the documents do not name is a different case. It takes no points. CarbonMeld applies this rule only where a check of the documents has confirmed its condition; without that check, the rule takes no points.
Set by the methodology or the programme, not assessed by our current method
- not assessed
Leakage: the methodology sets rules for it (AM0004, p. 5). Our current method does not assess it. CM-F-AM0004-LEAKAGE
- 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-AM0004-SAFEGUARDS-FPIC
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.
- CM-N-BUFFERBuffer pool
- CM-N-PERMANENCE-REVERSALPermanence and reversals
- CM-N-FNRBFraction of non-renewable biomass (fNRB)
- CM-N-USAGEUsage rate of the devices
- CM-N-REGULATORY-SURPLUSNo legal requirement for the activity
- CM-N-DURABILITY-MEASUREMENTDurability of the storage
- CM-N-FEEDSTOCK-SUSTAINABILITYSustainability of the feedstock
- CM-N-END-USE-TRACKINGTracking of the end use
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
Replaced by ACM0006
withdrawn at CDM Executive Board meeting 22
AM0004 | Grid-connected biomass power generation that avoids uncontrolled burning of biomass --- Version 2.0 | ACM0006 | EB 22
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v2.0last publishedsource
Projects using AM0004
Browse 2 published projects using AM0004, 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 AM0004?
In CarbonMeld's data, AM0004 projects are on one registry: CDM (2 projects, 2 registered).
| Registry | Projects | Registered | Projects list |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDM (UNFCCC) | 2 | 2 | See 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.
- Analysis: Re-assessment pending
- Analysis: No public grade applies yet