1. Energy (renewable/non-renewable)

ACM0002 places a limit of 4W/m2 on the power density of hydroelectric power plants (HEPP) to prevent methane emission from vegetation in the submerged area but also indicates that if there exist no vegetation, methodology revision can be requested. The recommended revision aims at clarification of the methodology and enables application of the methodology to project which have no significant vegetation and therefore do not cause significant emission due to vegetation in the submerged area, without affecting the conservativeness of the methodology.

The purpose of this methodology is to quantify greenhouse gas emissions reductions from underbalanced drilling (UBD) with natural gas as opposed to underbalanced drilling with nitrogen. The opportunity for generating carbon offsets with this methodology arises mainly from direct and indirect greenhouse gas emission reductions through the recovery of formation or produced gas during UBD that would otherwise have been flared.

The recommended revisions included in this document provide a methodology for transesterified biodiesel from waste oils/fats which are commercialized via a Petroleum Distribution System (“PDS”), to be treated as analogous to renewable electricity distributed via an electricity grid where all electricity is sold to a regulated distributor, who then distributes it to individual consumers (end- users).

The methodology quantifies GHG emission reductions from activities which capture, use, and destroy methane emitted from coal bed seeps. Projects activities involve construction of a gas interception system to collect and aggregate gas that would otherwise result in fugitive methane emissions.

The methodology is applicable to all projects located at methane seep locations including projects near coal bed methane production operations.

This methodology quantifies the emission reductions achieved by constructing a new gas-fired co-generation plant that provides electricity to the grid and generates steam/hot water.  Emission reductions result from the displacement of electricity supplying the grid, which would have been produced from more carbon intensive sources. The steam/ hot water that is generated by the project would either have been produced for export to a steam/hot water grid or have been drawn from a steam/hot water grid.