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Greater New Bedford Landfill Gas Utilization Project

Standard
VCS
Methodology
ACM0001 (CDM)
Registry
VCS-138 ↗ · Registered
Country
United States
Credit type
avoidance
Developer
CommonWealth New Bedford Energy LLC
Vintage
2021
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CarbonMeld's document-based rating gives Greater New Bedford Landfill Gas Utilization Project (VCS-138) 7.0 out of 10 (High rating) under CarbonMeld methodology v3, documents read on 12 Oct 2026. The analysis read 113 of the 119 registry documents. It is CarbonMeld's own assessment, not a rating given by the registry or the standard.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based rating

010203 Document-based rating 7.0 / 10
Additionality 🔒 Quantification 🔒 Claim safety 🔒
The dimension values are in Premium — the faint arcs are empty tracks, not zero values.

Document-based rating

7.0/10

High rating (6.5 or more)

Evidence coverage: high

How solid the credit is, as far as the registry's public documents show. Additionality and quantification start from a public grade; permanence starts at 5.0, the neutral point, where none applies, and claim safety always does.

Methodology v3 · documents read on 12 Oct 2026

Starting point

  • Additionality: the registry's CCP label on this project's credits
  • Quantification: the registry's CCP label on this project's credits
  • Claim safety: neutral (5.0) — no public grade of this type of project applies

Rules that raised the number: 3

Each rule, with the fact and the source it rests on, is in the Premium analysis.

Not counted in the number

  • The verification opinion read as qualified: shown, not counted, because this programme's own definition of it has not been sourced
  • The oldest vintage still on sale, the content of the safeguards and the verifier's quality: not among the facts read

Analysed on 12 Oct 2026

evidence: 113/119 registry documents read

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How this analysis was made

Standard
Verra (VCS) How our current method reads projects of this standard
Methodology
ACM0001 version 16.0 How our current method reads projects of this type
Our method
CarbonMeld methodology v3 · documents read on 12 Oct 2026 · 113/119 registry documents read

Analysis

Greater New Bedford Landfill Gas Utilization Project (United States) captures landfill gas and flares or uses it (landfill gas collection system with vertical and horizontal wells, vacuum blowers, and a flare for excess gas; LFG is processed to remove moisture and contaminants (sent to wastewater treatment) and combusted in four Caterpillar model 3516 engine-generator sets (825 kW gross each) to generate up to 3.3 MW (net) of electricity; capacity to combust up to 40.2 MMBtu per hour or 1,326 scfm of LFG at 50 percent methane; waste heat sold to an off-site anaerobic digestion facility) under ACM0001 version 16.0; registry status Registered (VCS), 1,519,686 credits issued (vintages 2009–2024). The documents name First Environment, Inc as validation body, GHD Limited as validator of the crediting-period renewal and First Environment, Inc (2009-01-01 – 2009-06-30, 2009-07-01 – 2009-12-31, 2010-01-01 – 2010-06-30, 2010-07-01 – 2010-12-31, 2011-01-01 – 2011-06-30, 2011-07-01 – 2012-06-30), Ruby Canyon Engineering, Inc (2017-05-01 – 2017-12-31), GHD Limited (2018-01-01 – 2018-12-31, 2019-01-01 – 2019-09-30, 2019-10-01 – 2020-06-30, 2020-07-01 – 2021-03-31, 2021-04-01 – 2021-12-31, 2022-01-01 – 2022-06-30, 2022-07-01 – 2022-12-31, 2023-01-01 – 2023-09-30, 2023-10-01 – 2023-12-31) as verification bodies. The latest monitoring report (01-January-2024 – 31-December-2024) reports 110,197 tCO2e achieved. The verification report of 2025-12-15 gives a modified (qualified) opinion.

Eligibility & market

What can you claim with this credit?

Four checks buyers ask about, from the registry and the Integrity Council (ICVCM).

  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    No CORSIA label on the registry

    Not usable for airlines' CORSIA obligations.

    Source: registry label · read on 12 Nov 2026

    Covers: this project's credit records as read on the registry

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    CCP-labelled credits

    The registry marks credits of this project with the Integrity Council's Core Carbon Principles label: check that the units offered carry it.

    Source: registry label · read on 12 Nov 2026

    Covers: credits of this project that carry the label on the registry — not every unit or lot

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

    Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.

    Source: project sector

    Covers: the project type, not a label on individual credits

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    No Article 6 authorization

    No corresponding adjustment: the host country can also count this reduction towards its own target.

    Source: registry label · read on 12 Nov 2026

    Covers: this project's credit records as read on the registry

Information only, from public sources. Claim rules (CORSIA, SBTi, EU rules on green claims) change: check them before making a public claim. Since 27 September 2026, EU consumer rules do not allow “climate neutral” product claims based on offsets.

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2009
115,765115,7650
2010
100,15099,819331
2011
98,43398,4330
2012
102,634102,6340
2013
94,46294,4620
2014
98,72798,7270
2015
93,75793,7534
2016
94,32494,3240
2017
83,91283,9120
2018
76,93076,9300
2019
78,85878,8580
2020
90,07257,93332,139
2021
102,98781,93121,056
2022
137,028100,13636,892
2023
130,64721,388109,259
2024
110,19710,84099,357
Total1,608,8831,309,845299,038

Methodology versions used

The methodology version stated in each monitoring, verification and issuance document, by period, compared with the official methodology pages.

  1. 2009ACM0001 v9.1since replaced by v19.0

    verification report

    official page · verified on

    outside the ICVCM CCP-approved range (VCS: 15.0-19.0) · official page · verified on

  2. 2009ACM0001 v9.1since replaced by v19.0

    verification report

    official page · verified on

    outside the ICVCM CCP-approved range (VCS: 15.0-19.0) · official page · verified on

  3. 2010ACM0001 v9.1since replaced by v19.0

    verification report

    official page · verified on

    outside the ICVCM CCP-approved range (VCS: 15.0-19.0) · official page · verified on

  4. 2010ACM0001 v9.1since replaced by v19.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

    outside the ICVCM CCP-approved range (VCS: 15.0-19.0) · official page · verified on

  5. 2011ACM0001 v9.1since replaced by v19.0

    verification report

    official page · verified on

    outside the ICVCM CCP-approved range (VCS: 15.0-19.0) · official page · verified on

  6. 2011–2012ACM0001 v9.1since replaced by v19.0

    verification report

    official page · verified on

    outside the ICVCM CCP-approved range (VCS: 15.0-19.0) · official page · verified on

  7. 2012–2013ACM0001 v9.1since replaced by v19.0

    verification report

    official page · verified on

    outside the ICVCM CCP-approved range (VCS: 15.0-19.0) · official page · verified on

  8. 2013–2014ACM0001 v9.1since replaced by v19.0

    verification report

    official page · verified on

    outside the ICVCM CCP-approved range (VCS: 15.0-19.0) · official page · verified on

  9. 2014ACM0001 v11.0since replaced by v19.0

    verification report

    official page · verified on

    outside the ICVCM CCP-approved range (VCS: 15.0-19.0) · official page · verified on

  10. 2015ACM0001 v11.0since replaced by v19.0

    verification report

    official page · verified on

    outside the ICVCM CCP-approved range (VCS: 15.0-19.0) · official page · verified on

  11. 2015–2016ACM0001 v9.1since replaced by v19.0

    verification report

    official page · verified on

    outside the ICVCM CCP-approved range (VCS: 15.0-19.0) · official page · verified on

  12. 2016ACM0001 v16.0since replaced by v19.0

    verification report

    official page · verified on

    in the ICVCM CCP-approved range (VCS: 15.0-19.0) · official page · verified on

  13. 2016–2017ACM0001 v16.0since replaced by v19.0

    verification report

    official page · verified on

    in the ICVCM CCP-approved range (VCS: 15.0-19.0) · official page · verified on

  14. 2017ACM0001 v16.0since replaced by v19.0

    verification report

    official page · verified on

    in the ICVCM CCP-approved range (VCS: 15.0-19.0) · official page · verified on

  15. 2018ACM0001 v16.0since replaced by v19.0

    verification report

    official page · verified on

    in the ICVCM CCP-approved range (VCS: 15.0-19.0) · official page · verified on

  16. 2019ACM0001 v16.0since replaced by v19.0

    verification report

    official page · verified on

    in the ICVCM CCP-approved range (VCS: 15.0-19.0) · official page · verified on

  17. 2019–2020ACM0001 v16.0since replaced by v19.0

    verification report

    official page · verified on

    in the ICVCM CCP-approved range (VCS: 15.0-19.0) · official page · verified on

  18. 2020–2021ACM0001 v16.0since replaced by v19.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

    in the ICVCM CCP-approved range (VCS: 15.0-19.0) · official page · verified on

  19. 2021ACM0001 v16.0since replaced by v19.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

    in the ICVCM CCP-approved range (VCS: 15.0-19.0) · official page · verified on

  20. 2022ACM0001 v16.0since replaced by v19.0

    verification report

    official page · verified on

    in the ICVCM CCP-approved range (VCS: 15.0-19.0) · official page · verified on

  21. 2022ACM0001the documents for this period state different versions (v8.0, v16.0)

    monitoring report + verification report

  22. 2023ACM0001 v16.0since replaced by v19.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

    in the ICVCM CCP-approved range (VCS: 15.0-19.0) · official page · verified on

  23. 2023ACM0001 v16.0since replaced by v19.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

    in the ICVCM CCP-approved range (VCS: 15.0-19.0) · official page · verified on

  24. 2024ACM0001 v16.0since replaced by v19.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

    in the ICVCM CCP-approved range (VCS: 15.0-19.0) · official page · verified on

  25. Period not statedACM0001 v16.0since replaced by v19.0

    issuance document

    official page · verified on

    in the ICVCM CCP-approved range (VCS: 15.0-19.0) · official page · verified on

  • ACM0001: Active (CDM / UNFCCC) · official page · verified on

Being within an ICVCM-approved version range is information only: it does not mean these credits carry the CCP label, which the registry assigns to each issuance.

A version is shown only when the document's own text writes it next to the methodology code. Current versions, status and CCP ranges come from the official pages linked, checked on the date shown.

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~15.0/tCO2

Vintage 2021

9990 available

checked on 11 Nov 2026

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