Utilization of agro-residue biomass in a co-generation system

India · Proponent: ITC Limited - Paperboards & Specialty Papers Divis

Biomass project in India, listed on the Verra VCS registry. 171,994 t issued so far, 65.7% of them retired.

Issued: 172K; tCO₂e
Retired: 113K; 65.7% of issued
Outstanding: 59K; tCO₂e
First issuance: 2010; first retirement 2011

Canonical record

Every field, with its source

Registry: Verra VCS; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Verra VCS
Project ID: VCS502; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Verra VCS
Methodology: ams-i-c; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Verra VCS
Category: Fuel switching; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Verra VCS
Type: Biomass; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Verra VCS
Country: India; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Verra VCS
Region: Asia; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Verra VCS
Status: Unknown; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Verra VCS
Proponent: ITC Limited - Paperboards & Specialty Papers Divis; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Verra VCS

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Quality framework

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Methodology risk

In the record

How robust the crediting method isams-i-c

Vintage

In the record

When credits were first issuedPre-2016, weighted down

Country governance

In the record

Host-country risk indexIndex for India

Permanence

In the record

Risk that stored carbon is releasedTechnology or avoidance

Source reliability

In the record

How trustworthy each source isVerra VCS registry

Cross-registry check

In the platform

Same credits listed twice?Screened across 6 sources

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Source data: CarbonPlan OffsetsDB (carbonplan.org/research/offsets-db). Project types incorporate the Voluntary Registry Offsets Database, Berkeley Carbon Trading Project, CC BY 4.0. Signals and summaries are derived by QAVCM. Data as of 2026-10-02.

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