Which electricity from a solar project can become a J-Credit? Under EN-R-002, the J-Credit methodology for installing solar panels, the new power must replace power from the grid or the site’s own generation, and in principle only the share the project itself uses is credited. EN-R-001, for solid fuel from woody biomass such as pellets, chips or firewood, does the same for heat and power, and asks for unused wood, felled lawfully, with proof of legality for imports. In both, power supplied to others is in principle not counted, and power for which Japan’s non-fossil certificates can be issued never is.
Our current method reads either kind of project for its additionality test, and for the grid emission factor it uses. The equipment’s usage rate, a legal requirement, the end use and social safeguards, and for biomass the sustainability of the wood, are set by the methodology but not assessed. Leakage, a buffer and permanence do not apply, so our current method never counts them as a gap.
For forest management under FO-001, additionality is given where a project plans no final felling, or plans to replant every stand it fells; otherwise it must show that its revenue is below its costs. Our current method reads which applies, and the rules on permanence, and does not check how realistic the baseline is, such as the harvest level it compares with. With no buffer or leakage to apply, neither forest gate applies. Two forest methodologies from the earlier J-VER scheme are read in the same way, except that our current method takes their additionality as given by the methodology.
On CarbonMeld, every J-Credit project keeps a page with what the registry lists, and analysed ones add our reading.
EN-R-002 on CarbonMeld:
Sources: the J-Credit Scheme, methodologies EN-R-002 Ver.3.7 and EN-R-001 Ver.2.7; CarbonMeld’s rules boxes for EN-R-001, EN-R-002, FO-001 and the J-VER forest methodologies.
Scores are document-based screening signals, not investment advice, verified impact or certification.
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