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Title	Fuel switch from fossil fuels to biomass residues in boilers for heat generation (283 KB) View AM0036 summary in the CDM Methodology Booklet The additionality of the project activity shall be demonstrated and assessed using the Tool for the demonstration and assessment of additionality (318 KB) Other tool referenced in this methodology: Tool to determine methane emissions avoided from disposal of waste at a solid waste disposal site (191 KB)
Version number	2.2 Revision History (28 KB)
Scale	Large scale
Status	Not Active (old version)
Validity	Valid from 10 Aug 07 to 17 Dec 09
Sectoral scope(s)	1, 4
Approval history	NM0140-rev
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)
Previous Versions
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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