Approved Alberta Protocols

Guidance Documents

The following is a series of guidance documents prepared for the Alberta Offset System. It is highly recommended that these documents be reviewed to ensure main criteria of the system are met:

The following Alberta Offset System Quantification Protocols have all completed three rounds of Technical and Stakeholder Review with no sustained objection and have been officially approved by Alberta Environment for use as eligible project types in the Alberta Offset System. For more information on developing a quantification protocol for the Alberta Offset System, click here.



Approved Quantification Protocols

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AGRICULTURE - LIVESTOCK (Feeding)

      Beef Feeding (Edible Oils) Quantification Protocol - Updated May 2008
      Beef Feeding (Reducing Days-On-Feed) Quantification Protocol - Updated August 2008
    Beef Lifecycle Quantification Protocol - Updated July 2009
    Dairy Cattle Emission Reduction Quantification Protocol - v1.0 January 2010
Pork Quantification Protocol


AGRICULTURE - LIVESTOCK (Manure)

    Biogas Quantification Protocol


AGRICULTURE - SOILS

      Tillage Quantification Protocol - Updated February 2009
       

Additional Guidance for Tillage Management Systems

    In response to a number of project developers who have expressed an interest in applying the flexibility mechanism of the Tillage System Protocol or deriving regional custom coefficients for carbon sequestration, The Alberta Government has released two documents. The following documents provide important information on the policy surrounding the use of flexibility mechanisms and the development of custom coefficients in carbon sequestration protocols.

 

Soil Carbon Custom Co-Efficient/Protocols Guidance Documents

 

Carbon Sequestration Protocols: Custom Co-Efficients

 

Location of Boundary Line Between Parkland and Dry Prairie Zones for Tillage Protocol



ENERGY EFFICIENCY

    Energy Efficiency Quantification Protocol
Engine Fuel Management and Vent Gas Capture
October 2009 - v1.0
Instrument Gas Conversion to Instrument Air
October 2009 - v1.0
    Waste Heat Recovery Quantification Protocol
    Waste Heat Recovery (Streamlined) Quantification Protocol


FORESTRY

        Afforestation Quantification Protocol - Protocol Under Review May 2009 (Retracted for revisions)


GEOLOGICAL SEQUESTRATION

      Acid Gas Injection Quantification Protocol
    Enhanced Oil Recovery Quantification Protocol
    Enhanced Oil Recovery (Streamlined) Quantification Protocol


METHANE MANAGEMENT

    **1** Aerobic Composting Quantification Protocol - Updated December 2008
      Landfill Bioreactor Quantification Protocol
    Landfill Gas Quantification Protocol


RENEWABLE ENERGY

    **2**  Biofuel Quantification Protocol
    Biomass Quantification Protocol
      Run-of-the-River Electricity System Quantification Protocol
      Solar Electricity Systems Quantification Protocol
      Wind-Powered Electricity Systems Quantification Protocol


TRANSPORTATION

    Modal Freight Shift Protocol - Updated November 2008
      Road Rehabilitation Quantification Protocol


WASTE MANAGEMENT

      Non-Incineration of Thermal Waste Quantification Protocol
      Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment Protocol


OTHER

      Nitrous Oxide Abatement from Nitric Acid Production
October 2009 - v1.0
      Sulphur Extender in Asphalt Production and Use
October 2009 - v1.0

 

   
   

 
   

**1  Protcol under review.  Persons wishing to bring forward projects under this protocol must consult with Alberta Environment prior to submitting the project to the Alberta Emissions Offset Registry.

**2  Protcol under review to assess impacts of the draft Renewable Fuel Standard.  Persons wishing to bring forward projects under this protocol must consult with Alberta Environment prior to submitting the project to the Alberta Emissions Offset Registry.

 

Disclaimer:

These calculators were developed based on existing protocols developed for the Alberta Offset System. Climate Change Central and Carbon Offset Solutions provides the calculators for convenience. Climate Change Central and Carbon Offset Solutions gives no warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability and completeness of any information, formulae or calculations provided through the use of the calculators and does not accept any liability for loss or damage of whatsoever nature, which may be attributable to the reliance on and use of the calculators.



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