Top ISOMETRIC-BIOCHAR projects
9 rated projects of the 43 tracked in this methodology · average score 4.5/10 · ranked by CarbonMeld's document-based assessment scores across all four dimensions: integrity, transparency, claim safety and documentation.
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This page ranks projects using ISOMETRIC-BIOCHAR by their CarbonMeld document-based assessment scores. The rank compares project assessments; it is not a rating of the methodology itself.
CarbonMeld scores assess integrity, transparency, claim safety and documentation using project documents. Higher scores indicate stronger evidence under this framework. How to read CarbonMeld scores.
Project names, codes and registry status come from official registry records. Open a project dossier for its source record.
ISOMETRIC-BIOCHAR: Biochar Production and Storage
Methodology issuer: Isometric · Official methodology page.
Biochar · CO2 removals
Biochar is produced from biomass and stored durably. The protocol sets how to calculate the net carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere.
Version 1.4 · version verified on
How CarbonMeld reads projects of this type
Versions of the official text these rules cover: 1.3, 1.0
What CarbonMeld reads
- Additionality: the project must show it with a test (Isometric biochar v1.3 §4, p. 1). CarbonMeld reads the test in the documents.
- Durability of the storage: the methodology sets rules for it. CarbonMeld reads it in the project's documents.
- Sustainability of the feedstock: the methodology sets rules for it. CarbonMeld reads it in the project's documents.
- Tracking of the end use: the methodology sets rules for it. CarbonMeld reads it in the project's documents.
Deductions that can apply
- Biochar: if the documents read do not state how long the carbon stays stored, CarbonMeld lowers integrity by 1.0. It also shows a red flag.
- Biochar: if the documents read state that nobody tracks the end use of the biochar, CarbonMeld lowers claim safety by 1.0.
- Biochar: if the documents read state that the project does not address the feedstock's sustainability, CarbonMeld lowers claim safety by 0.5. It also shows a red flag.
Set by the methodology, not assessed in this analysis
- Leakage: the methodology sets rules for it (Isometric biochar v1.3 §8, p. 1). This analysis does not assess it.
- Buffer pool: the methodology sets rules for it in some cases (Isometric biochar v1.3 storage, p. 1). This analysis does not assess it.
- Permanence and reversals: the methodology sets rules for it (Isometric biochar v1.3 §4, p. 1). This analysis does not assess it.
- No legal requirement for the activity: the methodology sets rules for it. This analysis does not assess it.
- Social safeguards and consent of communities (FPIC): the methodology sets rules for it in some cases. This analysis does not assess it.
Not applicable to this type — never a gap in our current method
- Grid emission factor: the criterion does not apply to this methodology. Our current method never counts it as a gap.
- Fraction of non-renewable biomass (fNRB): the criterion does not apply to this methodology. Our current method never counts it as a gap.
- Usage rate of the devices: 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.
- 4 4.8 ▲ +1.6
- 5 4.5 ▲ +1.8
- 6 4.3 ▼ -0.1
- 7 4.2 ▲ +1.5
- 8 3.9 ▲ +0.5
- 9 2.6 ▲ +0.8
Rank is by document-based assessment score only. The registry status shown next to each project is a separate fact: inclusion in this ranking is not a statement of current validity or credit eligibility — projects suspended, withdrawn or terminated by their registry can still appear, with their status labelled. Read the methodology.