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Re-assessment pendingGSBiogas - HeatNepalRegistry: RegisteredAMS-I.E

Nepal Biogas Support Program - CPA 1: 20,000 digesters

Developer: Alternative Energy Promotion Centre

GS-1488 ↗ · current registry ID: GS3109

#1of 502 in Biogas#1of 114 in Nepal#16of 2181 in Gold Standard (GS)#1of 93 in AMS-I.E

The project's documents changed since this analysis (analysis of 5 Oct 2026). Re-assessment pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 7.3 / 10 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 · v2.2

Analysis

Nepal Biogas Support Program - CPA 1: 20,000 digesters (Nepal) switches the user's thermal applications from non-renewable biomass to renewable energy (biogas digesters, capacity of a digester is not more than 1.86 kWth) under AMS-I.E version 09; registry status Registered (GS), 556,473 credits issued (vintages 2013–2022). The documents name RINA Services S.p.A. (RINA) as validation / verification body. The latest monitoring report (January 2022 – 31 December 2022) reports 381,686 tCO2e achieved.

Red Flags

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Findings

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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 not approved by ICVCMAMS-I.E

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

    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)

    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.

Registry labels last checked:2026-09-27

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2013
24,575024,575
2014
64,847064,847
2015
63,040063,040
2016
55,660055,660
2017
55,039055,039
2018
58,062058,062
2019
52,437052,437
2020
63,286063,286
2021
61,56061,5600
2022
57,96737,41820,549
Total556,47398,978457,495

Methodology versions used

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

  1. 2013–2014AMS-I.Eversion not confirmed in the document text

    verification report

  2. 2014–2015AMS-I.Eversion not confirmed in the document text

    verification report

  3. 2015–2016AMS-I.E v4.0since replaced by v14.0

    verification report

    official page · verified on

  4. 2018–2020AMS-I.E v4.0since replaced by v14.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  5. 2020AMS-I.E v9.0since replaced by v14.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  6. 2021AMS-I.Ethe documents for this period state different versions (v4.0, v9.0)

    monitoring report + verification report

  7. 2022AMS-I.E v9.0since replaced by v14.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  • AMS-I.E: Active (CDM / UNFCCC) · official page · verified on

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Analysis ProvenanceAMS.I.E. Switch from Non-Renewable Biomass for Thermal Applications by the User

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