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ScoredVCSEnergy industries (renewable/non-renewable sources)IndiaRegistry: RegisteredACM0004

Waste Heat Recovery Power Project at JK Cement Works (Unit of JK Cement Limited), Nimbahera, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan

Developer: JK Cement Ltd. (JKCL)

VCS-1981 ↗

#92of 1734 in Industrial#455of 2794 in India#468of 1574 in Verra (VCS)#6of 82 in ACM0004

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 6.3 / 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%.

Analysis

Waste Heat Recovery Power Project at JK Cement Works (Unit of JK Cement Limited), Nimbahera, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan (India) generates electricity from waste gas, waste heat or waste pressure (installation of 6 WHR boilers, (4 for preheater exit gas and one each for clinker cooler exit gas and DG exit gas) and one 13.2 MW steam turbine generator) under ACM0004; registry status Registered (VCS), 221,401 credits issued (vintages 2012–2018). The documents name Earthood Services Private Limited as validation / verification body. The latest verification report (01-April-2012 – 31-March-2018) verifies 221,401 tCO2e.

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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)

    No ICVCM information

    No CCP label and no ICVCM decision found for this project's methodology.

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

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

    Source: project sector

  • 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:2026-10-11

Credit VintagesExhausted

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2012
31,65431,6540
2013
37,48537,4850
2014
36,75236,7520
2015
30,12030,1200
2016
30,03230,0320
2017
40,68540,6850
2018
14,67314,6730
Total221,401221,4010

Methodology versions used

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

  1. 2012–2018ACM0004 v1.0since replaced by v2.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  • ACM0004: Withdrawn (CDM / UNFCCC) · replaced byACM0012 · official page · verified on

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