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AM0059 — Reduction in GHGs emission from primary aluminium smelters

About this methodology

Projects improve aluminium smelting technology to reduce perfluorocarbon releases or electricity consumption. The method measures the greenhouse gas reductions from those improvements.

Issued by
CDM (UNFCCC) · issuer's site
Version
2.0 · source ·
Status
Active at CDM / UNFCCC · source ·
Climate outcome
Emission reductions
Activity
Aluminium
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 (AM0059 v02.0 project / baseline electricity, p. 14). CarbonMeld reads it in the project's documents. CM-F-AM0059-GRID-EF

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    Leakage: the methodology sets rules for it in some cases (AM0059 v02.0 Leakage para 53, p. 16). CarbonMeld reads it in the project's documents. CM-F-AM0059-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. Our current method does not assess it. CM-F-AM0059-REGULATORY-SURPLUS

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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-AM0059-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

  • v02.0adopted 22 Jul 2016source

    Include the requirements of TOOL05 and TOOL08.

  • v01.1adopted 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”.

  • v01.0adopted 19 Oct 2007source

    Initial adoption.

Projects using AM0059

Browse 5 published projects using AM0059, 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 AM0059?

In CarbonMeld's data, AM0059 projects are on 2 registries: CDM (4) and Verra (1). 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)44See the list
Verra (VCS)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 (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.

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