China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment is inviting public comment on four new methodologies for its national voluntary carbon market, with a particular focus on projects related to oilfield gas and biomass power generation.
The proposed measures aim to reduce emissions in the energy sector and support the country's broader carbon neutrality goals.
The methodologies under review include approaches for grid-connected power generation and cogeneration using agricultural and forestry biomass, the recovery and utilisation of associated gas from offshore oilfields, the recovery and utilisation of test gas release and jetting from onshore gas fields and the recovery and utilisation of low-volume associated gas from onshore oilfields.
If approved, these methodologies would be added to China's Certified Emission Reduction (CCER) programme, which allows carbon credits from voluntary emission reduction projects to be traded.
The announcement comes as the CCER market restarts after a six-year pause, with the government actively seeking to expand the programme and increase the supply of carbon credits.
The Ministry is requesting feedback to ensure the methodologies are effective, reflect current green technologies and are straightforward to review and verify.
They are intended to cover emission avoidance, reduction and removal projects, but do not include sectors with mandatory emission reduction obligations.
China aims to peak carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and reach carbon neutrality before 2060, and the CCER programme is a central tool in achieving these objectives.
China seeks public feedback on biomass and oilfield gas carbon methodologies
