In Washington, the American Biogas Council (ABC) has launched its Biogas Carbon Accounting Tool (Biogas CAT), a groundbreaking tool to count the full lifecycle emissions of biogas projects. This new tool was prepared for the ABC by EcoEngineers, a leading clean energy consulting, auditing and advisory firm, to fill gaps that no other carbon tools provide.
By using the Biogas CAT, biogas project developers can now accurately quantify carbon emissions data for companies that purchase renewable energy from biogas to meet their voluntary greenhouses gas reduction targets. This allows voluntary buyers to more accurately report their emissions cuts to their customers and shareholders. In turn, precise emissions data allows biogas projects to participate fairly in carbon markets that trade carbon certificates and realize the fair value of their investments.
The Biogas CAT builds on existing compliance and voluntary carbon market methodologies to create a foundation of science-based, peer-reviewed carbon accounting, and adds to it specifics to individual biogas projects that are missing in all the other carbon tools. With the combined capabilities, any entity generating carbon-based credits–or policy–can use this tool to ensure that its carbon accounting is consistent and accurate across the many ways biogas can be produced.
