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AMS-III.AK — Biodiesel production and use for transport applications

About this methodology

Projects produce biofuel from biomass or waste oils for use in transport. The method measures emission reductions against the fossil fuels displaced.

Issued by
CDM (UNFCCC) · issuer's site
Version
3.0 · source ·
Status
Active at CDM / UNFCCC · source ·
Climate outcome
Emission reductions
Activity
Transport fuels
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 in some cases. CarbonMeld reads it in the project's documents. CM-F-AMS-III-AK-GRID-EF

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    Leakage: the methodology sets rules for it (AMS-III.AK v03.0 Leakage section 5.4, p. 11). CarbonMeld reads it in the project's documents. CM-F-AMS-III-AK-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).

Figures set against the methodology's own values

  • Integrity comparison

    The small-scale limit is 60 kt CO2e per year (p. 4). CarbonMeld compares the project's annual estimate with it. CM-F-AMS-III-AK-SMALL-SCALE-LIMIT

    small-scale limit: 60 kt CO2e per year

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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 (AMS-III.AK v03.0 applicability para 4, p. 3). Our current method does not assess it. CM-F-AMS-III-AK-REGULATORY-SURPLUS

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    Sustainability of the feedstock: the methodology sets rules for it in some cases (AMS-III.AK applicability, p. 4). Our current method does not assess it. CM-F-AMS-III-AK-FEEDSTOCK-SUSTAINABILITY

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    Tracking of the end use: the methodology sets rules for it (AMS-III.AK v03.0 applicability para 5, p. 4). Our current method does not assess it. CM-F-AMS-III-AK-END-USE-TRACKING

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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-AMS-III-AK-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

  • v03.0adopted 1 Mar 2018source

    Broaden the applicability of biofuel and reference to TOOL12, TOOL15 and TOOL16.

  • v02.0adopted 28 Nov 2014source

    This revision removes the applicability conditions related to land eligibility and project emission calculations related to the cultivation of biomass and includes reference to the approved tools.

  • v01.0adopted 30 Jul 2010source

    Initial adoption.

Projects using AMS-III.AK

Browse 4 published projects using AMS-III.AK, 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.AK?

In CarbonMeld's data, AMS-III.AK projects are on 2 registries: Verra (3) and CDM (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
Verra (VCS)31See the list
CDM (UNFCCC)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.

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