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Yuqing Rural Methane Digesters Project in Guizhou Province.

Standard
GS
Methodology
AMS-I.C (CDM)
Registry
GS-453 ↗ · current registry ID: GS2644 · Registered
Country
China
Credit type
Biogas - Heat
Developer
Guizhou Honor Carbon Asset Management Co., Ltd
Vintage
2019
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CarbonMeld's document-based rating gives Yuqing Rural Methane Digesters Project in Guizhou Province. (GS-453) 4.5 out of 10 (Low rating) under CarbonMeld methodology v3, documents read on 16 Oct 2026. The analysis read 12 of the 12 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 4.5 / 10
Additionality 🔒 Quantification 🔒 Claim safety 🔒
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Document-based rating

4.5/10

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 (CCQI grades version 4 of this methodology)
  • Claim safety: neutral (5.0) — no public grade of this type of project applies

Rules that lowered the number: 1

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

Not counted in the number

  • 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

Analysed on 16 Oct 2026Latest verified period ends:

evidence: 12/12 registry documents read

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How this analysis was made

Standard
Gold Standard (GS) How our current method reads projects of this standard
Methodology
AMS-III.R. version 03.0, AMS-I.C. version 19.0 How our current method reads projects of this type
Our method
CarbonMeld methodology v3 · documents read on 16 Oct 2026 · 12/12 registry documents read

Analysis

Yuqing Rural Methane Digesters Project in Guizhou Province (China) produces renewable thermal energy, with or without electricity (biogas, 43.22MW thermal) under AMS-III.R. version 03.0, AMS-I.C. version 19.0; registry status Registered (GS), 315,190 credits issued (vintages 2013–2019). The documents name Shenzhen CTI International Certification Co., Ltd as validation / verification body. The documents estimate 50,069 tCO2e per year, 500,690 tCO2e over the 10-year crediting period. The latest verification report (01/01/2017 – 31/12/2019) verifies 136,582 tCO2e. The latest monitoring period achieved 91% of its ex-ante estimate (per the monitoring report).

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)

    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: registry label · read on 12 Nov 2026

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

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    Not published

    This registry does not publish Article 6 authorizations.

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
2013
29,78629,7860
2014
49,47845,8293,649
2015
49,62148,636985
2016
49,72345,6144,109
2017
48,31047,344966
2018
48,3842,13446,250
2019
39,8882939,859
Total315,190219,37295,818

Methodology versions used

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

  1. 2013–2016AMS-I.C v19.0since replaced by v22.0

    verification report

    official page · verified on

  2. 2013–2016AMS-III.D v18.0since replaced by v22.0

    monitoring report

    official page · verified on

  3. 2013–2016AMS-III.R v3.0since replaced by v5.0

    verification report

    official page · verified on

  4. 2017–2019AMS-I.C v19.0since replaced by v22.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  5. 2017–2019AMS-III.Dversion not confirmed in the document text

    monitoring report

  6. 2017–2019AMS-III.R v3.0since replaced by v5.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  • AMS-I.C: Active (CDM / UNFCCC) · official page · verified on
  • AMS-III.D: Active (CDM / UNFCCC) · official page · verified on
  • AMS-III.R: 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.

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Marketplaces

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ClimateBridge Exchange

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$6.00/tCO2

Vintage 2019

9,860 tCO2 available

checked on 7 Nov 2026

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ClimateTrade

~3.4/tCO2

Vintage 2018, 2019

16340 available

checked on 11 Nov 2026

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CarbonMeld (2026). Yuqing Rural Methane Digesters Project in Guizhou Province. (GS-453): CarbonMeld document-based rating, methodology v3, documents read on 16 Oct 2026. https://carbonmeld.com/projects/yuqing-rural-methane-digesters-project-in-guizhou-province-gs-453/.

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