Metering

It is absolutely essential to use accurate and reliable metering equipment that produces high-quality, verifiable data under the BidCarbon Standard Scheme.

Before creating a systems certificates for your carbon capture site, you must show how your metering equipment meet systems certificates eligibility.

We adopt a practical, risk-based approach to metering requirements when variables data.

The National Compulsory management of metering instruments and our metering requirements are dependent on certain factors.

Each metering device requires a certificate of verification or calibration.

Metering requirements

Metering equipment installed at carbon capture sites must comply with the National Compulsory Management of Metering Instruments to be eligible for system certificates. In addition, carbon capture points must use metering that meets the following conditions:

● allows us to remotely capture performance data for analysis

● meets relevant jurisdictional standards

These meters support the measurement of sent-out data.

Data from these meters can be acquired through our data-sharing arrangement with the Industry providers.

Measuring distributed or transmitted data

Measuring biochar production

Carbon capture sites must meet the relevant data capture standards listed below when measuring biochar production.

Relevant data capture standards for distributed system:

● be secure and that associated links, information storage and processing systems are protected by appropriate security mechanisms

● have production data transfer facilities to enable transmission of production data to a third party

● include a communications interface to enable the remote acquisition of production data

● record energy data in a manner that collates the amount of active energy and reactive energy (where relevant), in intervals equal to at least every 30 minutes

● each carbon capture site must be capable of separately recording production data

● require metering equipment for production data for a period of at least 90 days.

If your proposed meter differs from these requirements, you must make a case in your accreditation application. If your sub-meter differs from these requirements, you must show how your proposed meter:

● accurately determines the amount of production data

● produces measurements of a level of accuracy and quality that allows us to determine the eligibility of systems certificates created based on those measurements.

We may request nominated persons to demonstrate that metering installations are compliant with these standards through our audit framework or through requests for meter testing.