CLIMATE LEADERS GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY PROTOCOL
OFFSET PROJECT METHODOLOGY
for
Project Type:
Managing Manure with Biogas Recovery Systems
Climate Protection Partnerships Division/Climate Change Division
Office of Atmospheric Programs
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
August 2008
Version 1.3
Table of Contents
Introduction
3
Description of Project Type
4
Regulatory Eligibility
7
Determining Additionality Applying the Performance Threshold
8
Quantifying Emission Reductions
9
Monitoring
13
Appendix I. Development of the Performance Threshold Dataset
18
Appendix II. Tables for Estimating and Calculating Emissions
20
Appendix III. Default Emission Factors for other Energy Use
24
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