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Title	Use of biomass in heat generation equipment (517 KB) Word version (256 KB) View AM0036 summary in the CDM Methodology Booklet Tools referenced in this methodology: Combined tool to identify the baseline scenario and demonstrate additionality (440 KB) Tool to calculate project or leakage CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion (437 KB) Emissions from solid waste disposal sites (534 KB) Tool to calculate the emission factor for an electricity system (1202 KB) Determining the baseline efficiency of thermal or electric energy generation systems (292 KB) Tool to determine the remaining lifetime of equipment (218 KB) Assessment of the validity of the original/current baseline and update of the baseline at the renewal of the crediting period (187 KB) Project and leakage emissions from transportation of freight (215 KB) Project and leakage emissions from biomass (650 KB)
Version number	7.0
Scale	Large scale
Status	Active
Validity	Valid from 11 Mar 22 onwards
Sectoral scope(s)	1, 4
Approval history	NM0140-rev
Clarifications*	Clarification on the use of wood chips under AM0036 (submitted 22 Jul 24): AM_CLA_0317 (90 KB)
Previous Versions
Title	Use of biomass in heat generation equipment --- Version 6 (544 KB)
Version number	6.0
Validity	Valid from 14 Dec 20 to 10 Mar 22 Requests for registration can be submitted until 05 Nov 2022 23:59:59 GMT
Sectoral scope(s)	1, 4
Title	Fuel switch from fossil fuels to biomass residues in heat generation equipment --- Version 5 (752 KB)
Version number	5.0
Validity	Valid from 31 Aug 18 to 13 Dec 20 Requests for registration can be submitted until 10 Aug 2021 23:59:59 GMT
Sectoral scope(s)	1, 4
Title	Fuel switch from fossil fuels to biomass residues in heat generation equipment --- Version 4 (387 KB)
Version number	4.0.0
Validity	Valid from 02 Mar 12 to 30 Aug 18 Requests for registration can be submitted until 27 Apr 2019 23:59:59 GMT
Sectoral scope(s)	1, 4
Title	Fuel switch from fossil fuels to biomass residues in heat generation equipment --- Version 3 (454 KB)
Version number	3.0
Validity	Valid from 18 Dec 09 to 01 Mar 12 Requests for registration can be submitted until 02 Nov 2012 23:59:59 GMT
Sectoral scope(s)	1, 4
Clarifications*	Clarification on the definition of biomass residues in the AM0036 methodology (submitted 20 Aug 10): AM_CLA_0190 (156 KB)
Revisions*	Request for revision of approved methodology AM0036 (submitted 01 Jun 11): AM_REV_0216 (181 KB)
	Fuel Switch from fossil fuels to biomass residues in heat generating equiment. (submitted 14 Nov 11): AM_REV_0229 (160 KB)
Title	Fuel switch from fossil fuels to biomass residues in boilers for heat generation --- Version 2 (283 KB)
Version number	2.2
Validity	Valid from 10 Aug 07 to 17 Dec 09 Requests for registration can be submitted until 17 Aug 2010 23:59:59 GMT
Sectoral scope(s)	1, 4
EB Clarifications	EB35/Report (extract), Paragraph 25: The Board clarified that the approved methodology AM0036 is applicable to project activities where heat is also used to produce electricity only if the electricity generation of the project activity does not increase the historical electricity generation by more than 10%.
Clarifications*	Clarification regarding combining two large scale methodologies ACM0006 and AM0036 pertaining to biomass cogeneration projects (submitted 20 Feb 08): AM_CLA_0072 (156 KB)
	Applicability of AM0036 to biomass usage at a coal-fired power station. (submitted 09 May 08): AM_CLA_0093 (125 KB)
	AM0036 - “Fuel switch from fossil fuels to biomass residues in boilers for heat generation” (submitted 03 Sep 08): AM_CLA_0124 (119 KB)
	Clarification on the applicability for using RDF-RPF as boiler fuels and data requirement at the time of validation (submitted 27 Apr 09): AM_CLA_0152 (145 KB)
	Clarification on the applicability of minimum percentage of co-firing fossil-fuels for retrofit boiler projects. (submitted 24 Aug 09): AM_CLA_0165 (169 KB)
	Clarification on whether power generation can be reduced due to increased grid supply due to factors outside the scope of the project activity. (submitted 12 Feb 10): AM_CLA_0174 (159 KB)
Revisions*	AM0036-v.02 revision proposal to extend its application to projects with plant expansion (production output increase) (submitted 01 Oct 07): AM_REV_0068 (189 KB)
	Revision proposal to calculate heat output for smaller boilers (submitted 10 Jan 08): AM_REV_0077 (117 KB)
	Request for revision to expand the applicability of methodology to projects where the annual power ouput of project is increased beyond 10% compared to baseline but which is not due to CDM project (submitted 05 Dec 08): AM_REV_0131 (120 KB)
	Revision for new boilers and sourcing of biomass residues outside the project region (submitted 19 Jan 09): AM_REV_0136 (137 KB)
	Modification of the methodology to expand its applicability to the use of biomass-fired thermal fluid heaters (submitted 02 Sep 09): AM_REV_0168 (231 KB)
Title	Fuel switch from fossil fuels to biomass residues in boilers for heat generation --- Version 1 (331 KB)
Version number	1.0
Validity	Valid from 28 Sep 06 to 09 Aug 07 Requests for registration can be submitted until 09 Apr 2008 23:59:59 GMT
Sectoral scope(s)	1, 4
Clarifications*	Fuel switch from fossil fuels to biomass residues in boilers for heat generation (submitted 18 May 07): AM_CLA_0048 (123 KB)
Revisions*	Replacement of Coal with EFB (Empty Fruit Bunches) and other available biomass like palm shell etc. in power boilers at Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper (RAPP) (submitted 30 May 07): AM_REV_0052 (127 KB)
	(submitted 13 Jul 07): AM_REV_0056 (133 KB)
Approval history	NM0140-rev

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