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Yantai Xinhao Swine Farm Manure Management System GHG Mitigation Project

Standard
VCS
Methodology
ACM0010 (CDM)
Registry
VCS-3164 ↗ · Registered
Country
China
Credit type
Energy industries (renewable/non-renewable sources)
Developer
Yantai Xinhao agriculture and animal husbandry Co., Ltd
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CarbonMeld's document-based rating gives Yantai Xinhao Swine Farm Manure Management System GHG Mitigation Project (VCS-3164) 4.6 out of 10 (Low rating) under CarbonMeld methodology v3, documents read on 16 Oct 2026. The analysis read 4 of the 6 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 4.6 / 10
Additionality 🔒 Quantification 🔒 Claim safety 🔒
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Document-based rating

4.6/10

Low rating (3.5 to 4.9)

Evidence coverage: medium

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 16 Oct 2026

Starting point

  • Additionality: CCQI's score for this type of project
  • Quantification: CCQI's score for this type of project
  • Claim safety: neutral (5.0) — no public grade of this type of project applies

Rules that raised the number: 1

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Not counted in the number

  • The vintage: the registry records we hold show no issuance
  • The oldest vintage still on sale, the content of the safeguards and the verifier's quality: not among the facts read

Analysed on 16 Oct 2026Latest verified period ends:

evidence: 4/6 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
ACM0010 version 08.0 How our current method reads projects of this type
Our method
CarbonMeld methodology v3 · documents read on 16 Oct 2026 · 4/6 registry documents read

Analysis

Yantai Xinhao Swine Farm Manure Management System GHG Mitigation Project (China) captures and destroys methane from manure management systems (enclosed anaerobic digester... biogas generated during the treatment process will be collected and used for biogas boiler combustion to produce heat... fermented sludge will be treated in aerobic composting system, which will be used as fertilizer) under ACM0010 version 08.0; registry status Registered (VCS), issuance not captured in the registry data (not stated, not zero). The documents name Shenzhen CTI International Certification Co., Ltd as validation / verification body. The documents estimate 92,011 tCO2e per year, 644,077 tCO2e over the 7-year crediting period. A verification report is in the record; no monitoring report is among the documents read.

Eligibility & market

What can you claim with this credit?

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  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    Not checked yet

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  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Methodology under ICVCM assessmentACM0010

    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

    Carbon removal

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

    Source: project sector

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

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    Not checked yet

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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

No issuances recorded on the registry.

Methodology versions used

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

  1. 2021–2022ACM0010 v8.0since replaced by v9.0

    verification report

    official page · verified on

  • ACM0010: Active (CDM / UNFCCC) · official page · verified on

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CarbonMeld (2026). Yantai Xinhao Swine Farm Manure Management System GHG Mitigation Project (VCS-3164): CarbonMeld document-based rating, methodology v3, documents read on 16 Oct 2026. https://carbonmeld.com/projects/yantai-xinhao-swine-farm-manure-management-system-ghg-mitigation-project/.

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