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AM0036 — Use of biomass in heat generation equipment

About this methodology

Projects use biomass to supply heat through new equipment, upgrades or fuel switching. The method measures displaced fossil fuel emissions and eligible avoided methane from biomass residues.

Issued by
CDM (UNFCCC) · issuer's site
Version
7.0 · 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 (AM0036 v07 para 59, p. 20). CarbonMeld reads it in the project's documents. CM-F-AM0036-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-AM0036-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 9 versions

  • v07.0adopted 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).

  • v06.0adopted 14 Dec 2020source

    Incorporate changes identified in ACM0006; Address inconsistencies and ambiguities in the language used in some parts of the methodology; Ensure consistency across the methodologies for biomass utilization. In addition, the title “Fuel …

  • v05.0adopted 31 Aug 2018source

    Include reference to TOOL16.

  • v04.0adopted 2 Mar 2012source

    Revision in order to incorporate reference to the tools: “Assessment of the validity of the original/current baseline and update of the baseline at the renewal of a crediting period”; “Tool for project and leakage emissions from road …

  • v03.0adopted 4 Dec 2009source

    Revise the applicability of the methodology to cover a broader range of heat generation equipment in addition to boilers; References to the latest approved methodological tools were included; To insert the correct sectoral scopes; To …

  • v02.2adopted 17 Jul 2009source

    Editorial revision to clarify that: (i) in the case of fossil fuels co-fired with biomass, the fossil fuel amount shall not exceed 50% of the total fuel fired on an energy basis; and (ii) for the purpose of this methodology, refuse derived …

  • v02.1adopted 2 Aug 2008source

    The title of the “Tool to determine methane emissions avoided from dumping waste at a solid waste disposal site” changes to “Tool to determine methane emissions avoided from disposal of waste at a solid waste disposal site”.

  • v02.0adopted 27 Jul 2007source

    Correct an oversight where in the avoidance of methane emissions from anaerobic decay of biomass is credited even for that fraction of biomass, which is identified as not being surplus and thus would not have been dumped and thereby not …

  • v01.0adopted 29 Sept 2006source

    Initial adoption.

Projects using AM0036

Browse 31 published projects using AM0036, 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 AM0036?

In CarbonMeld's data, AM0036 projects are on 4 registries: CDM (25), Global Carbon Council (3) and Verra (2), and 1 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)258See the list
Global Carbon Council (GCC)30See the list
Verra (VCS)20See the list
Gold Standard (GS)11See 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.

3 of these projects have no number: additionality, quantification or both have no public grade of their type of project that applies to them yet. Their pages show the analysis.

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