• Project guidance 
• Protocol guidance
• Carbon sequestration protocol:
  • Policy for using custom coefficients
  • Guidance for developing custom coefficients
  • Additional guidance for tillage management systems
• Offset Project Templates
  • Offset project plan
  • Offset project report
  • Third party verification report

• Acid Gas Injection²
• Aerobic Composting Projects²
• Aerobic Landfill Bioreactor Projects
• Afforestation Projects (retracted for revisions)
• Anaerobic Decomposition of Agricultural Materials
• Anaerobic Treatment of Wastewater Projects²
• Biofuel Production and Usage¹
• Direct Reductions in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Arising from Changes in Forest Harvest Practices
• Diversion of Biomass to Energy from Biomass Combustion Facilities²
• Emissions Reductions from Dairy Cattle
• Energy Efficiency for Commercial and Institutional Buildings
• Energy efficiency Projects
• Engine Fuel Management and Vent Gas Capture Projects
• Enhanced Oil Recovery²
• Enhanced Oil Recovery (streamlined)²
• Gravel and Lightly Surfaced Road Rehabilitation Projects
• Including Edible Oils in Cattle Feeding Regimes²
• Innovative Feeding of Swine and Storing and Spreading of Swine Manure²
• Instrument Gas Conversion to Instrument Air Conversion in Process Control Systems
• Landfill Gas Capture and Combustion²
• Low-Retention, Water-Powered Electricity Generation as Run-of-the-River or an Existing Reservoir
• Nitrous Oxide Abatement from Nitric Acid Production
• Nitrous Oxide Emissions Reductions in Agriculture
• Non-Incineration of Thermal Waste Conversion
• Reducing Days on Feed of Beef Cattle
• Reduced Age at Harvest of Beef Cattle
• Solar Electricity Generation
• Substitution of Bitumen Binder in Hot Mix Asphalt Production and Usage
• Tillage System Management
• Waste Heat Recovery (streamlined)
• Waste Heat Recovery Projects
• Wind-Powered Electricity Generation

¹ This protocol is being revised to address regulatory additionality against the Renewable Fuel Standard. All changes to this protocol will apply effective April 1, 2011. It is anticipated that a draft protocol will be available for stakeholder review in summer 2011.

² Protocol is undergoing review to address known risks in the protocol. No new offset projects will be accepted under these protocols until the reviews are complete or the project has received written approval from Alberta Environment. Please contact Alberta Environment for additional guidance and more information.

2.0 Protocols Under Development

Alberta's protocol development process is coordinated by C3 (Climate Change Central) on behalf of Alberta Environment. A complete listing of protocols under development is available on the Carbon Offset Solutions website.

All draft protocols are posted for a 30-day public comment.

3.0 What's New - Stakeholder Information

Alberta Environment has approved the following protocols for use in the Alberta Offset System:

• Verification of SGER and Offset Reports
• Climate Change Update (October 20, 2011)
• Climate Change and Alberta 2011 Offset System Update
• Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation (CCEMC) - Investing in Ideas
• Updates for Large Final Emitters
• Direct Reductions in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Arising from Changes in Forest Harvest Practices;
• Including Edible Oils in Cattle Feeding Regimes;
• Reducing Days on Feed of Beef Cattle; and
• Reduced Age at Harvest of Beef Cattle.

4.0 Supplemental Program Information

• Clarification on eligibility of aboriginal lands within the Alberta Offset System
• Notice of Registry Fee Changes
• Clarification on historic ownership for aggregated tillage projects
• Notice of Ownership Requirements for Aggregated Tillage Projects on First Nations Lands
• Clarification on Electricity Usage for Offset Projects
• Reminder on Data Testing Requirements for Third Party Verification
• Clarification on the Deadline for Claiming Historic Offset Credits

5.0 Contact Us

Please click here to subscribe to the Carbon Emissions Offset mailing list to receive program up-dates and information: Offset Mailing List

For further information, please contact: Alberta Environment GHG Program
or
the Alberta Environment Climate Change policy unit (780) 427-5200
Dial 310-0000 for toll-free connection in Alberta.

Please direct any feedback and comments you may have to: mailto:AENV.GHG@gov.ab.ca***