CarbonClear Solar Overview

The technology stream that proved the model

The CarbonClear model has been proven in partnership with some of the largest distributors of solar home systems in Africa and the Americas, as well as through collaboration with ENGIE SA, the world’s third largest utility company.

Enabling quantifiable CO₂ emission reductions

Solar projects enable the issuance of quantifiable CO₂ emission reductions based on the solar home systems and solar off-grid installations created by programme partners in developing economies. Primary locations for CarbonClear Solar projects are Latin America, Africa, South and Southeast Asia. 

Trackable data from micro-grid operators

Partnering projects distribute solar panel systems in developing communities, simultaneously collecting data and energy. This data is imported from the micro-grid operators via third party software and sent to our ledger. The results are then transformed into unique digital credits, monetized, and sold to interested parties on the VCM.

CarbonClear Clean Cooking Overview

Cleaning up pollution from cooking fuels

The purpose of this stream is to accelerate the development and distribution of next-generation clean cooking solutions. The Clean Cooking Carbon Finance Initiative (CCCFI) is an inclusive membership-based stakeholder network aimed at creating tech-enabled and data-driven solutions that will drive the mobilization of climate finance to the emerging clean cooking 2.0 sector. 

 The working groups within the CCCFI include; design and implement pilot projects, develop and verify new data-driven methodologies, showcase technology demonstrations, and test and implement innovative financial instruments that leverage climate assets and help bring more up-front capital to the sector.

CarbonClear Waste to Energy Overview

Building energy streams from organic waste

With generation of over 105 billion tones of organic waste globally every year, biogas can improve the quality of life for people in the remotest villages, operational at all scales. Biogas can reduce global GHG emissions by 10%, however only 2% of organic waste is currently treated and recycled. 

CarbonClear is currently in discussions with potential partners to develop its Waste-to-Energy technology stream and intends to build pilot demonstrations within the next year.

Using bacteria to transform waste to energy

Bacteria can be used to break down organic waste in the form of scraps and animal manure, producing biogas and fertilizer. This solution can reduce the need for agricultural inputs, increase productivity, reduce vulnerabilities and decrease general emissions. There is largely untapped potential in these programs, which we aim to seek and test.

CarbonClear Sanitation Overview

Enabling safe rural sanitation solutions

With an approximate 4 billion people without access to a functioning toilet, it is important to facilitate access to safe sanitation and new sources of energy in order to reduce disease, child mortality, and pollution. Human waste should be reimagined as a valuable resource which can be reused in a safe and circular fashion. 

A new, waterless model for community sanitation

Sanitation-as-a-service is an emerging model whereby technology can be used as an important instrument in measuring and monitoring container based units. Waterless toilet technologies and systems employ a range of various processes all resulting in new resources, revenue streams and CO₂ absorption. 

Whilst this technology stream is still emerging, there are slow developments and standards with regard to carbon credits. This will be a future stream for CarbonClear to delve into, aiming to support industry, equality, environment, and economies within developing nations.

CarbonClear Solar

Solar

Solar projects enable CO2 emission reductions by deploying solar home systems and off-grid installations in developing economies. These projects primarily focus on Latin America, Africa, South and Southeast Asia to accelerate the transition to renewable energy, bringing co-benefits such as reduced deforestation, improved health, access to mobile and banking services, and educational opportunities.

Model

The CarbonClear model has been proven in partnership with some of the largest distributors of solar home systems in Africa and the Americas, such as SunKing, ENGIE Energy Access, Zola Electric, and iluméxico. This model has become the leading carbon credit solution for the solar off-grid sector.

1. Carbon Clear partnering projects distribute solar systems in developing communities, simultaneously collecting data on energy consumption and payment plan.
2. This data is imported from the solar home system distributors via third-party software and sent to our ledger.
3. The data is then transformed into unique digital credits, which can be monetized by selling the credits to interested parties on the VCM.
4. Once sold, the carbon credit buyers receive a verified certificate of purchase, and 70% of the proceeds are returned back to the communities from which the data came, allowing distributors to expand and assist more communities.

Verification

CarbonClear’s solar projects currently apply a slightly amended version of the CDM “Small Scale Methodology: Electrification of rural communities using renewable energy” (AMS-I.L version 3.0). Enabled by the CarbonClear technology infrastructure, the amendments allow for more granular time incrimination and continuous monitoring; however, the specific calculations and standardized baselines are absolutely similar to the original methodology. These amendments are in alignment with ISO 14 064-2:2019, as verified by Det Norske Veritas, DNV.

CarbonClear Clean Cooking

• Nearly one out of three people rely on polluting cooking fuels like charcoal, wood, and kerosene. Such “dirty cooking” is a leading source of carbon emissions and kills some four million people each year.
• Based on there success in the off-grid solar sector, Carbon Clear aim at accelerating the development and distribution of next-generation clean cooking solutions, by enabling manufacturers and distributors of such technologies to gain access to the carbon market. In order to achieve this, they have set up a loose working group of industry stakeholders aimed at creating tech-enabled and data-driven solutions that will drive the mobilization of climate finance to the emerging clean cooking 2.0 sector.
• The working groups within this Clean Cooking Carbon Finance Initiative (CCCFI) include; designing and implementing pilot projects, developing and verifying new data-driven methodologies, showcasing technology demonstrations, and testing and implementing innovative financial instruments that leverage climate assets and help bring more up-front capital to the sector.

Workstream-1 (Methodology development and PDD design)

This workstream aims at designing data-driven methodologies for monitoring, verifying and reporting on clean cooking projects.

Workstream-2 (Technology, data connectivity and codification of carbon methodologies)

Aims to support the development of secure and standardized connectivity protocols for next-generation cookstoves. The implementation of these new standards coupled with codified CO₂ methodologies (Workstream 1), provide an opportunity for massively distributed cookstoves to enter high-integrity, data-driven offset programs.

Workstream-3 (Climate finance instruments and models)

Designing and testing financial instruments which supplement existing tools for evidence- and results-based disbursement of funds to clean cooking projects. Areas under examination include the collateralization of carbon credits, demand-side subsidies, and other finance mechanisms, particularly in emerging service-based business models.

Cross-cutting mechanisms (pilots and demonstrations)

Intended to apply and operationalize the CCCFI, this method leverages the work of the aforementioned workstreams through the design and implementation of ongoing pilot and demonstration projects. The aim is to provide a solid framework and tech-based platform for clean cooking projects to monetize their collected carbon avoidances.

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