Please note that this list is only indicative and not exhaustive

General

1.Renewable Energy Projects (Wind Power, Solar, Biomass, Hydel)
2.Fuel Switching (from fossil fuel to green fuel like biomass, rice husk, etc.)
3.Cogeneration in industries having both steam and power requirement
4.Energy Efficiency Measures (Boiler and Steam Efficiency, Efficient Cooling System, Back Pressure Turbines, Installation of Variable Speed Drives, Pump and Pumping System, Improved Co-gen Efficiency)
5.Induction of new technologies in power sector
6.Waste Management (Capturing landfill methane emission to capture power, Methane recovery from municipal solid wastes, biomethanation for power generation, Utilisation of waste and waste water emissions for generation of energy)
7.Transport (Fuel switch from gasoline/diesel to natural gas, Modal shift from air to train, road to train at macro level, Replacement of shipment of certain raw material through roads to pipeline)
Specific

Energy & Power
(Generation, Transmission & Distribution)

Renewable Energy like wind power project, biomass based project, solar power projects, small run of the river hydro electricity generation projects.
Refurbishment of existing power plants to achieve a heat rate which is amongst the top 20% of the heat rate of all power plants in the relevant regional grid
Fuel shift from cal to gas or liquid fuel to gas
Super critical or ultra super critical technologies for power generation
T&D loss reduction below CEA stipulated values through (HT line bifurcation, High Voltage Distribution System, etc.)
Power Generation through Methane recovery from municipal solid waste/ biomethanation
Replacement of SF6 containing equipment and destruction of SF6 etc.
Cement

General energy efficiency improvement initiatives
Waste heat recovery from kiln fuel gas
Raw mix modification to reduce process Co2 emissions
Use of pozzolanas (fly ash/blast furnace slag) over and above the industry specifications
Fuel shift from coal to gas or to biomass or high calorific value wastes
Initiatives to reduce kiln volume through higher conversion in precalciners, etc.
Steel

Coke dry quenching
Blast Furnace top gas heat and pressure recovery
Basic Oxygen Furnace gas waste heat recovery
Coal dust, oxygen and tar injection in Blast Furnace to reduce the coke rate
General energy efficiency improvement in rolling mill area
Oxy Fuel use in reheating furnaces
Corex Units
Waste heat recovery from DRI/Midrex process for sponge iron manufacture
Romelt iron making technology
Hydrogen annealing etc.
Pulp & Paper

Energy efficiency improvements
Biomass based cogeneration
Continuous pulping, etc.
Fertilizer

Reduction of N2O in nitric acid/other fertilizer manufacture
Waste heat recovery
General energy efficiency improvement
Methane recovery and reuse
Coal Mining

Coal bed methane capture and use for power generation
Coal mine methane capture and use for power generation
Transport

Fuel shift from liquid fuel to CNG/LPG
Hybrid cars, electric cars and hydrogen fuel cells
O&M improvement of existing vehicles, etc.
Aluminium

PFC reduction through reduction in anode effect duration and frequency
Energy efficiency improvement in alumina refining, smelting and rolling
Heat recovery from bauxite digestion and bauxite digestion efficiency improvement
Dry scrubbing of smelter fumes, waste heat recovery, etc.
Chlor Alkali

Use of hydrogen to replace fossil fue
Agriculture

Land use change from rice cultivation to alternative crops/cropping pattern change
Forestry and Afforestation
Biodiesel/Ethanol
Sugar

Bagasse cogeneration plants
Energy efficiency improvement
Ethanol (from molasses) as replacement for fossil fuels
Oil & Natural Gas


Methane/CNG leak reduction in T&D system
Capture and use of natural gas which would otherwise have been flared

Carbon Credit at a Glance