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AMS-III.E — Avoidance of methane production from decay of biomass through controlled combustion, gasification or mechanical/thermal treatment

About this methodology

Projects process organic waste through controlled combustion, gasification or fuel preparation instead of leaving it to decay anaerobically. The method measures avoided methane emissions.

Issued by
CDM (UNFCCC) · issuer's site
Version
17.0 · source ·
Status
Active at CDM / UNFCCC · source ·
Climate outcome
Emission reductions
Activity
Waste
Official page
cdm.unfccc.int ·
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How methodology v3 reads projects of this type

What CarbonMeld reads

  • shown

    Grid emission factor: the methodology sets rules for it in some cases (AMS-III.E v17.0 para 10, p. 4). CarbonMeld reads it in the project's documents. CM-F-AMS-III-E-GRID-EF

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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).

  • A methane activity the law requires A-LEGAL

    The rule applies to projects that capture or avoid methane. These are landfill gas, manure, wastewater, composting and coal-mine methane. They also include orphan wells, oil and gas leaks, rice, enteric methane and household biogas. The documents state that the law requires the activity. Or the documents state that a law requires the capture of the gas. An activity that the law already requires is not additional. If the documents show that the baseline already deducts the amount that the law requires, CarbonMeld takes no point.

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-E-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

  • not assessed

    Leakage: the methodology sets rules for it in some cases (AMS-III.E v17.0 §5.4, p. 12). Our current method does not assess it. CM-F-AMS-III-E-LEAKAGE

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  • not assessed

    Tracking of the end use: the methodology sets rules for it in some cases (AMS-III.E v17.0 para 13 and leakage, p. 4). Our current method does not assess it. CM-F-AMS-III-E-END-USE-TRACKING

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  • 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-E-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 18 versions · current v17.0

  • v17.0adopted 28 Nov 2014currentsource

    Introduces supressed demand scenario based on the approach provided under the methodology such as “ACM0014: Treatment of wastewater” and AMS-III.F. takes into the account the past clarifications issued by the SSC WG, and streamlines the …

  • v16.0adopted 17 Jul 2009source

    To include additional guidelines for monitoring of project activities involving production and sale of refuse derived fuel (RDF) from biomass solid waste.

  • v15.1adopted 14 Dec 2007source

    Minor editorial corrections.

  • v15.0adopted 14 Dec 2007source

    To clarify the applicable MCF (methane correction factor) and k (decay rate of the waste) values to use for biomass stockpiles in 7 In cases where the RDF/SB is sold in the open market, the project emissions due to auxiliary fuel …

  • v14.0adopted 2 Nov 2007source

    To broaden the applicability of the approved methodology by including thermal/mechanical treatment of biomass waste to produce refuse-derived fuel (RDF) or stabilized biomass (SB) such as pellets or briquettes.

  • v13.0adopted 27 Jul 2007source

    Allow for its application under a programme of activities (PoA).

  • v12.0adopted 4 May 2007source

    To exclude AMS-III.E from scope 15, and to clarify that that DOE functions (validation, verification etc.) of project activities applying earlier versions can only be performed by DOEs accredited to all of the sectoral scopes to which the …

  • v11.0adopted 23 Feb 2007source

  • v10.0adopted 23 Dec 2006source

    To remove the direct emissions limits i.e. 15ktCO2e/y as well as the interim applicability condition i.e. 25ktCO2e/y.

  • v09.0adopted 12 May 2006source

    Introduced the interim applicability condition i.e. 25ktCO2e/y limit for all Type III categories.

  • v08.0adopted 3 Mar 2006source

    To include detailed guidance on the direct project emissions.

  • v07.0adopted 25 Nov 2005source

    References to “non-renewable biomass” in Appendix B deleted.

  • v06.0adopted 20 Sept 2005source

    Guidance on consideration of non-renewable biomass in Type I methodologies, thermal equivalence of Type II GWhe limits included.

  • v05.0adopted 25 Feb 2005source

    Guidance on ‘capacity addition’ and ‘cofiring’ in Type I methodologies and monitoring of methane in AMS-III.D included.

  • v04.0adopted 22 Oct 2004source

    AMS-II.F was adopted; leakage due to equipment transfer was included in all Type I and Type II methodologies.

  • v03.0adopted 30 Jun 2004source

    New methodology AMS-III.E was adopted.

  • v02.0adopted 28 Nov 2003source

    Definition of build margin included in AMS-I.D, minor revisions to AMS-I.A, AMS-III.D, AMS-II.E.

  • v01.0adopted 21 Jan 2003source

    Initial adoption. The Board at its seventh meeting noted the adoption by the Conference of the Parties (COP), by its decision 21/CP.8, of simplified modalities and procedures for small-scale CDM project activities (SSC M&P).

Projects using AMS-III.E

Browse 112 published projects using AMS-III.E, 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.E?

In CarbonMeld's data, AMS-III.E projects are on 5 registries: CDM (97), Verra (10) and Global Carbon Council (3), and 2 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)9738See the list
Verra (VCS)105See the list
Global Carbon Council (GCC)30See the list
ITMO Registry (ITMO)10See the list
Universal Carbon Registry (UCR)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 (14 November 2026); projects in a later status, such as awaiting verification approval, late to verify or completed, are not in that column.

4 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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