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Title	Abatement of methane from coal mines (833 KB) Word version (459 KB) View ACM0008 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) Baseline, project and/or leakage emissions from electricity consumption and monitoring of electricity generation (559 KB) Project emissions from flaring (416 KB) Tool to calculate the emission factor for an electricity system (1202 KB) Assessment of the validity of the original/current baseline and update of the baseline at the renewal of the crediting period (187 KB)
Version number	8.0
Scale	Large scale --- Consolidated
Status	Active
Validity	Valid from 21 Feb 14 onwards
Sectoral scope(s)	8, 10
Sources	NM0066 , NM0075 , NM0093 , NM0094 , NM0102
Clarifications*	Allowing emission reduction claims from CBM extraction projects from virgin coal bed methane (submitted 19 Sep 18): AM_CLA_0279 (109 KB)
Revisions*	Revision in approved methodology “ACM0008 (Version 08) “Abatement of methane from coal mines” to broaden the applicability criteria to include the methane extraction from virgin coal bed seams projects (submitted 09 Aug 18): AM_REV_0258 (108 KB)
Previous Versions
Title	Consolidated methodology for coal bed methane, coal mine methane and ventilation air methane capture and use for power (electrical or motive) and heat and/or destruction through flaring or flameless oxidation --- Version 7 (2280 KB)
Version number	7.0
Validity	Valid from 13 Aug 10 to 20 Feb 14 Requests for registration can be submitted until 18 Oct 2014 23:59:59 GMT
Sectoral scope(s)	8, 10
Revisions*	Revision of ACM0008 (Version 07) in order to broaden the applicability for allowing emission reduction claims from CBM extraction projects causing avoidance/deferment of coal mining (submitted 06 Aug 12): AM_REV_0246 (137 KB)
Title	Consolidated methodology for coal bed methane, coal mine methane and ventilation air methane capture and use for power (electrical or motive) and heat and/or destruction through flaring or flameless oxidation --- Version 6 (612 KB)
Version number	6.0
Validity	Valid from 08 Apr 09 to 12 Aug 10 Requests for registration can be submitted until 12 Apr 2011 23:59:59 GMT
Sectoral scope(s)	8, 10
Clarifications*	Allowing alternative and conservative calculation of emission reduction from a CMM power plant (submitted 07 May 10): AM_CLA_0183 (31 KB)
Revisions*	Capture and destruction of methane from an opencast coal (submitted 16 Feb 10): AM_REV_0185 (139 KB)
Title	Consolidated methodology for coal bed methane, coal mine methane and ventilation air methane capture and use for power (electrical or motive) and heat and/or destruction through flaring or flameless oxidation --- Version 5 (598 KB)
Version number	5.0
Validity	Valid from 10 Oct 08 to 07 Apr 09 Requests for registration can be submitted until 07 Dec 2009 23:59:59 GMT
Sectoral scope(s)	8, 10
Title	Consolidated methodology for coal bed methane, coal mine methane and ventilation air methane capture and use for power (electrical or motive) and heat and/or destruction by flaring or catalytic oxidation --- Version 4 (627 KB)
Version number	4.0
Validity	Valid from 02 Nov 07 to 09 Oct 08 Requests for registration can be submitted until 09 Jun 2009 23:59:59 GMT
Sectoral scope(s)	8, 10
Clarifications*	Clarification on the possibility of claiming CERs from displaced fossil fuels that would have been used to generate heat in local households now supplied by CMM gas (submitted 09 May 08): AM_CLA_0087 (114 KB)
	Technologies for “Flameless VAM Oxidation with or without the use of a catalyst” (submitted 11 May 08): AM_CLA_0089 (111 KB)
	Technologies for “Flameless VAM Oxidation with or without the use of a catalyst” (submitted 10 Jul 08): AM_CLA_0113 (129 KB)
	Request for clarification regarding requirement to conduct investment comparison analysis to demonstrate additionality (submitted 18 Sep 08): AM_CLA_0125 (123 KB)
Revisions*	Include procedures for calculating emission reductions from displaced household cooking fuel (submitted 11 Jul 08): AM_REV_0105 (133 KB)
Title	Consolidated methodology for coal bed methane and coal mine methane capture and use for power (electrical or motive) and heat and/or destruction by flaring --- Version 3 (1720 KB)
Version number	3.0
Validity	Valid from 21 Dec 06 to 01 Nov 07 Requests for registration can be submitted until 01 Jul 2008 23:59:59 GMT
Sectoral scope(s)	8, 10
Clarifications*	Temperature of the exhaust gases at the sampling point inside the flare (submitted 04 May 07): AM_CLA_0047 (148 KB)
Revisions*	Revision to ACM0008 version 03 to allow practical application of the methodology to catalytic oxidation of ventilation air methane and to clarify some points in the existing methodology (submitted 10 Aug 07): AM_REV_0060 (135 KB)
Title	Consolidated methodology for coal bed methane and coal mine methane capture and use for power (electrical or motive) and heat and/or destruction by flaring --- Version 2 (653 KB)
Version number	2.0
Validity	Valid from 27 Jul 06 to 20 Dec 06 Requests for registration can be submitted until 15 Feb 2007 23:59:59 GMT
Sectoral scope(s)	8, 10
Title	Consolidated methodology for coal bed methane and coal mine methane capture and use for power (electrical or motive) and heat and/or destruction by flaring --- Version 1 (700 KB)
Version number	1.0
Validity	Valid from 27 Nov 05 to 26 Jul 06 Requests for registration can be submitted until 21 Sep 2006 23:59:59 GMT
Sectoral scope(s)	8, 10
Clarifications*	Eligibility of DOE to submit the registration request and consistency in assigning "Methodology linked Sectoral Scope" (submitted 15 May 06): AM_CLA_0029 (117 KB)

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