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VIÑALES BIOMASS POWER PLANT

Standard
VCS
Methodology
ACM0006 (CDM)
Registry
VCS-1186 ↗ · Registered
Country
Chile
Credit type
removal
Developer
Celulosa Arauco y Constitución S.A
Vintage
2015
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CarbonMeld's document-based rating gives VIÑALES BIOMASS POWER PLANT (VCS-1186) 3.2 out of 10 (Very low rating) under CarbonMeld methodology v3, documents read on 12 Oct 2026; a re-assessment is pending. The analysis read 24 of the 29 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 3.2 / 10
Additionality 🔒 Quantification 🔒 Claim safety 🔒
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Document-based rating

3.2/10

Very low rating (under 3.5)

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.

This rating is provisional. A new analysis of the project is pending.

Methodology v3 · documents read on 12 Oct 2026

Starting point

  • Additionality: the ICVCM's decision on this methodology
  • Quantification: the ICVCM's decision on this methodology
  • Claim safety: neutral (5.0) — no public grade of this type of project applies

Rules that lowered the number: 2

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

Not counted in the number

  • 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 2026Latest verified period ends:

evidence: 24/29 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
ACM0006 How our current method reads projects of this type
Our method
CarbonMeld methodology v3 · documents read on 12 Oct 2026 · 24/29 registry documents read

Analysis

VIÑALES BIOMASS POWER PLANT (Chile) generates electricity and heat from biomass (residues, biogas or dedicated plantations) (biomass fluidized-bed boiler, 41 MW condensing-extracting turbo generator) under its methodology; registry status Registered (VCS), 747,214 credits issued (vintages 2014–2021). The documents name Verifit as validation / verification body. The latest verification report (2021-01-01 – 2023-12-31) verifies 460,837 tCO2e.

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 15 Nov 2026

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

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Methodology not approved by ICVCMACM0006

    The Integrity Council assessed this methodology as not meeting the Core Carbon Principles.

    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

    Carbon removal

    Takes CO₂ out of the atmosphere — the only type that can neutralise residual emissions in an SBTi net-zero claim.

    Source: project credit type

    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 15 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
2014
96,11983,34312,776
2015
241,788195,30646,482
2016
264,988253,46611,522
2017
20,00019,435565
2021
124,31946,54677,773
Total747,214598,096149,118

Methodology versions used

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

  1. 2014ACM0006 v12.1.1since replaced by v16.0

    monitoring report + verification report + issuance document

    official page · verified on

  2. 2015–2016ACM0006 v12.1.1since replaced by v16.0

    monitoring report + verification report + issuance document

    official page · verified on

  3. 2017–2020ACM0006 v12.1.1since replaced by v16.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  4. 2021–2023ACM0006 v12.1.1since replaced by v16.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  • ACM0006: Active (CDM / UNFCCC) · official page · verified on

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.

Documents on the registry

Retired by

Organisations named as beneficiaries in the registry's public retirement records. (+53)

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ClimateTrade

~4.0/tCO2

Vintage 2015

20647 available

checked on 11 Nov 2026

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CarbonMeld (2026). VIÑALES BIOMASS POWER PLANT (VCS-1186): CarbonMeld document-based rating, methodology v3, documents read on 12 Oct 2026. https://carbonmeld.com/projects/vi-ales-biomass-power-plant/.

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