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AM0018 — Baseline methodology for steam optimization systems

About this methodology

Projects reduce steam losses and improve how steam is used in production. The method measures the resulting fuel savings and emission reductions from generating less steam.

Issued by
CDM (UNFCCC) · issuer's site
Version
4.0 · source ·
Status
Active at CDM / UNFCCC · source ·
Climate outcome
Emission reductions
Activity
Industrial energy
Official page
cdm.unfccc.int ·

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-AM0018-GRID-EF

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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-AM0018-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 7 versions

  • v04.0adopted 22 Jul 2016source

    Include the requirements of TOOL05 and TOOL08.

  • v03.0adopted 2 Mar 2012source

    Revision in order to incorporate reference to the tools: “Assessment of the validity of the original/current baseline and update the baseline at the renewal of a crediting period”; “Tool to determine the remaining lifetime of equipment” …

  • v02.2adopted 7 Aug 2008source

    The equation-2 corrected; Ensuring consistency in the suffix “s/b” used to represent shift and batch production and steam consumption thoughout the methodology; Ensure consistency in use of suffix “d” throughout the methodology; Ensure …

  • v02.1adopted 16 May 2008source

    “Tool to calculate baseline, project and/or leakage emissions from electricity consumption” replaces the withdrawn “Tool to calculate project emissions from electricity consumption”.

  • v02adopted 16 May 2008source

    Procedures provided for estimation of SSCR in case production level falls outside normal range; Procedures provided for estimation of emission reduction where steam saved is output of steam turbine; New applicability conditions inserted …

  • v01.1adopted 25 Jan 2007source

    Equation 5, the denominator on lhs was changed from ‘z’ to ‘m’; On page 7, below equation 15, the reference “The Carbon emission factor of the selected grid is determined by the combined margin method, mentioned in point no.29 of the …

  • v01adopted 6 Dec 2004source

    Initial adoption.

Projects using AM0018

Browse 16 published projects using AM0018, 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 AM0018?

In CarbonMeld's data, AM0018 projects are on one registry: CDM (16 projects, 10 registered).

RegistryProjectsRegisteredProjects list
CDM (UNFCCC)1610See 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.

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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