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Re-assessment pendingCARNitric Acid N2O- Secondary CatalystUSRegistry: RegisteredCAR-US-NITRIC-ACID

Rentech Nitrogen, LLC - Nitric Acid Plant 2

Developer: East Dubuque Nitrogen Fertilizers, LLC

CAR-1027 ↗

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#502of 1794 in United States#312of 1012 in Climate Action Reserve (CAR)#5of 10 in CAR-US-NITRIC-ACID

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 20 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 5.4 / 10
Integrity 🔒 Transparency 🔒 Claim Safety 🔒 Documentation 🔒
Dimension scores are locked — the faint arcs are empty tracks, not zero scores.

Scale 0–10 · method weights: integrity 35% · transparency 25% · claim safety 25% · documentation 15%.

Re-assessment pending · v2.1

Scored2026-09-20medium confidence

evidence:72/72registry documents analyzed · 4red flags

Generated by CarbonMeld Analysis Pipeline · Methodology · Editorial Policy · About the System
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Analysis

Rentech Nitrogen's nitric acid N2O abatement project has a VVB-verified additionality assessment and a measured project-specific baseline, but is undermined by multiple instrument failures requiring bias corrections, an unaddressed leakage question, and a 14.5% discrepancy between the project's monitoring report and the VVB-verified ERR. Safeguards documentation is inconsistent across verification cycles, and key eligibility and monitoring parameters remain unstated.

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Findings

Risk Indicators

Additionality

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Leakage

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Baseline

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Safeguards

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Double-claim

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Evidence

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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

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Methodology under ICVCM assessmentCAR U.S. Nitric Acid Production Protocol

    The Integrity Council has not decided on this methodology yet.

    Source: ICVCM assessment

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

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

    Source: registry label

  • 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

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.

Registry labels last checked:2026-10-04

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2013
1,8511,8510
2014
127,456127,4560
2015
140,846140,8460
2016
149,744149,7440
2017
145,899145,8990
2018
144,544144,5440
2019
137,123137,1230
2020
150,902150,9020
2021
143,067143,0670
2022
105,77784,66721,110
2023
113,7650113,765
2024
128,0770128,077
2025
79,332079,332
Total1,568,3831,226,099342,284

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Profile & governance

Analysis ProvenanceU.S. Nitric Acid Production Protocol
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