What happened?
Verra released version 1.1 of VM0038 for Electric Vehicle Charging Systems and the associated VMD0049 additionality module. The methodology applies to projects installing EV charging systems and quantifies emission reductions associated with displacement of conventional fossil-fuel vehicle emissions.
Why it matters
The update shows how climate technology and carbon markets can intersect. For infrastructure developers, methodology availability may create an additional carbon-finance consideration, although actual applicability and economics depend on project-specific facts and current programme rules.
Who should care?
- EV charging infrastructure developers.
- Transport decarbonisation investors.
- Carbon project developers.
- Fleet and mobility companies evaluating low-carbon infrastructure.
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