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Recast Energy Louisville Fuel Switch from Coal to Biomass for Thermal Energy

Standard: VCS
Methodology: AMS-I.C (CDM)
Registry: VCS-1386 ↗ · Registered
Country: United States of America
Credit type: Energy industries (renewable/non-renewable sources)
Developer: RECAST ENERGY LOUISVILLE, LLC 2

CarbonMeld's document-based rating gives Recast Energy Louisville Fuel Switch from Coal to Biomass for Thermal Energy (VCS-1386) no number (No public grade applies yet): CarbonMeld read its documents, but its type of project does not yet have a public grade that applies to it on both additionality and quantification. The absence of a number says nothing about the project's quality.

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Evidence coverage: high

Methodology v3 · documents read on 20 Oct 2026

Starting point

Additionality: no public grade of this type of project applies
Quantification: no public grade of this type of project applies
Claim safety: no public grade of this type of project applies

No rule raises or lowers a dimension.

Not counted by the method

The ICVCM's decision: the ICVCM is still assessing this methodology
The oldest vintage still on sale, the content of the safeguards and the verifier's quality: not among the facts read
Additionality and quantification: CCQI's tool has no type of project for this activity

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How this analysis was made

Standard: Verra (VCS) How our current method reads projects of this standard
Methodology: AMS-I.C How our current method reads projects of this type
Our method: CarbonMeld methodology v3 · documents read on 20 Oct 2026

Eligibility & market

What can you claim with this credit?

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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)
Methodology under ICVCM assessmentAMS-I.C
The Integrity Council has not decided on this methodology yet.
Source: ICVCM assessment · ICVCM table read on 4 Nov 2026
Covers: the methodology (every project using it), not this project's credits
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

	Issued	Retired	Available
2013	34,182	34,182	0
2014	48,846	48,846	0
2015	56,331	56,331	0
2016	49,922	42,735	7,187
2017	53,361	27,361	26,000
2018	51,348	51,348	0
2019	52,447	42,350	10,097
2020	50,137	50,137	0
2021	52,116	9,166	42,950
2022	46,576	0	46,576
2023	11,799	0	11,799
Total	507,065	362,456	144,609

Retired by

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ICF Consulting, Inc5,554 t
Patch's customers and/ or their End Users3,612 t
3form3,036 t
BEF Customers964 t
Anew Climate363 t

Organisations named as beneficiaries in the registry's public retirement records.

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CarbonMeld (2026). Recast Energy Louisville Fuel Switch from Coal to Biomass for Thermal Energy (VCS-1386): CarbonMeld document-based analysis, methodology v3, documents read on 20 Oct 2026. https://carbonmeld.com/projects/recast-energy-louisville-fuel-switch-from-coal-to-biomass-for-thermal-energy/.

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