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AMS-III.AS — Switch from fossil fuel to biomass in existing manufacturing facilities for non-energy applications

About this methodology

Projects replace all or part of fossil-fuel use in manufacturing with renewable biomass. The method measures the emission reductions from that fuel switch.

Issued by
CDM (UNFCCC) · issuer's site
Version
2.0 · source ·
Status
Active at CDM / UNFCCC · source ·
Climate outcome
Emission reductions
Activity
Industrial energy
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-AS-GRID-EF

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    Leakage: the methodology sets rules for it in some cases (AMS-III.AS v02 para 32, p. 10). CarbonMeld reads it in the project's documents. CM-F-AMS-III-AS-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 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 28 Nov 2014source

    Introduces the methodological tool “Project emissions from cultivation of biomass”, streamlining biomass cultivation procedures across small and large scale methodologies; Streamlines upstream leakage emissions associated with fossil fuel …

  • v01.0adopted 18 Feb 2011source

    Initial adoption.

Projects using AMS-III.AS

Browse 10 published projects using AMS-III.AS, 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.AS?

In CarbonMeld's data, AMS-III.AS projects are on 3 registries: CDM (5), Gold Standard (3) and Verra (2). 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)55See the list
Gold Standard (GS)33See the list
Verra (VCS)20See 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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