Past Alberta Protocol Reviews

PAST ALBERTA PROTOCOL REVIEW CYCLES  - PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND INFORMATION
 

The first series of Quantification Protocols in Alberta were initially developed from previous protocol work coordinated by federal-provincial and territorial governments from 2003 to 2006. In 2007, there was a solid technical and consensus-based set of documents from which Alberta could proceed with developing a series of protocols.  As part of the Alberta Government commitment to an adaptive management approach to the Greenhouse Gas Regulatory Framework, the Alberta Protocol Development Process was modified in late fall 2007 to encourage industry and other interested stakeholders to share in development costs, by bringing forward new protocols for the Alberta Offset System. Stakeholders in Alberta have shown tremendous support for this approach, and the response in new protocol development has been substantial.

C3 has facilitated the protocol development process for the Alberta Government and committed to providing transparency of the process by posting protocol related documentation on this website.

Below is a listing of all protocols and technical background information which have undergone review through the development process.

2007 PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT

• Afforestation Quantification Protocol
• Beef (Feeding) Quantification Protocol
• Beef (Lifecycle) Quantification Protocol
• Biofuel Quantification Protocol
• Biogas Quantification Protocol
• Biomass Quantification Protocol
• Compost Quantification Protocol
• Energy Efficiency Quantification Protocol
• Enhanced Oil Recovery Quantification & Streamlined Enhanced Oil Recovery Protocols
• Landfill Gas Quantification Protocol
• Pork Quantification Protocol
• Tillage Quantification Protocol
• Waste Heat Recovery & Streamlined Waste Heat Recovery Quantification Protocols

2008 PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT

• Adjusted Baseline Approach for the Composting Protocol
• Acid Gas Injection
• Beef - Edible Oils
• Beef - Days on Feed
• Intermodal Switching
• Green Building Projects - Residential
• Industrial and Commercial Building Green Building Projects
• Landfill Bioreactor
• Low-Impact, Water-Powered Electrical Energy Generation
• Road Rehabilitation
• Solar Energy Generation
• Solar Thermal
• Wind-Powered Electrical Energy Generation
• Waste Non-incineration

2008/2009 PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT

• Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment
• Dairy – GHG Reduction Protocol for the Canadian Dairy Industry
• Energy Efficiency in Commercial and Institutional Building
• Engine Fuel Management and Vent Gas Capture
• Fly Ash Use in Concrete and Other Cement Based Products
• Instrument Gas to Instrument Air Conversion in Process Control Systems
• Nitrous Oxide Abatement from Nitric Acid Production
• Substitution of Bitumen Binder in Hot Mix Ashphalt Production and Usage

2009/2010 PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT

• Mechanical Pulp Sludge Utilization Projects Related to Agriculture Application
• Nitrous Oxide Emission Reduction Projects
• Pump System Conversation Projects
• Reduction of Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Facilities
• Selection for Residual Feed Intake in Beef Cattle Projects
• Solution Gas Conservation Projects
• Summerfallow Reduction Projects

2010/11 PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT

• Conservation/Agroforestry Projects (formerly Afforestation)
• Conversion of Drilling Rigs to High-line Electricity
• Forest Harvesting Direct Reduction Projects
• Reduced Vehicle Idling through the use of Direct Fire Heaters
• Use of Sulphur Concrete in Precast Applications
• Waste Heat Recovery Projects (Proposed Flexibility Mechanism)
• Wetlands Restoration Projects