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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-AMS-III-AG-GRID-EF
AMS-III.AG — Switching from high carbon intensive grid electricity to low carbon intensive fossil fuel
About this methodology
Projects replace carbon-intensive grid power with lower-emission fossil-fuel generation; the method measures the resulting emission reductions.
- Issued by
- CDM (UNFCCC) · issuer's site
- Version
- 3.0 · source ·
- Status
- Active at CDM / UNFCCC · source ·
- Climate outcome
- Emission reductions
- Activity
- Electricity
- Official page
- cdm.unfccc.int ·
How methodology v3 reads projects of this type
What CarbonMeld reads
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Leakage: the methodology sets rules for it in some cases (AMS-III.AG para 34, p. 8). CarbonMeld reads it in the project's documents. CM-F-AMS-III-AG-LEAKAGE
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-AMS-III-AG-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
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v03.0adopted 24 Jul 2015source
Further improve consistency amongst small and large scale fuel switch methodologies; and Provide options with distinguishing methods by project size (e.g. microscale) with an aim to further simplify emission reduction calculations …
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v02.0adopted 28 May 2010source
To include Greenfield project activities and to allow for non-element processes given that emission reductions are claimed for one output only.
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v01.0adopted 16 Oct 2009source
Initial adoption.
Projects using AMS-III.AG
Browse 2 published projects using AMS-III.AG, 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 AMS-III.AG?
In CarbonMeld's data, AMS-III.AG projects are on one registry: CDM (2 projects, 1 registered).
| Registry | Projects | Registered | Projects list |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDM (UNFCCC) | 2 | 1 | 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.
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