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VCM second carbon credit auction

On June 14, 2023 VCM held the largest voluntary carbon credit auction to date, selling more than 2.2 million tonnes of credits.

VCM has applied strict filtering criteria to ensure only high-integrity projects are included.

All credits in the basket fulfil a range of criteria

  • CORSIA-eligible
  • Verra-listed
  • Vintage of 2018+

VCM individual project due diligence process takes a more nuanced look at project specifics to ensure only high-integrity projects are included.

Detailed split of projects in VCM second carbon credit auction basket
Project Name Country Vintage Verra ID Basket Split
DelAgua Clean Cooking Grouped Project Rwanda 2019-20 VCS 2749 33.70%
Longyuan Mulilo De Aar 2 North Wind Energy Facility South Africa 2018-20 VCS 1950 13.70%
Longyuan Mulilo De Aar 2 North Wind Energy Facility South Africa 2018-19 VCS 1949 10.00%
BioLite Improved Cookstoves Kenya/ Uganda 2020 VCS 2982 4.30%
BQS Improved Cookstoves for Burundi Schools Burundi 2018 VCS 2616 4.10%
Ouarzazate III Concentrated Solar Power Project Morocco 2019 VCS 2005 3.20%
Karacabey Wind Power Project Turkey 2020 VCS 1569 2.60%
Kinik Wind Power Project Turkey 2018-19 VCS 1732 1.90%
Ben Ban Solar PV Project Egypt 2019-20 VCS 2008 1.40%
Ben Ban Solar PV Project Egypt 2020 VCS 2007 0.80%
Reducing Methane Leakage within the Titan Distribution Network Bangladesh 2018-19 VCS 2478 9.90%
Zhangye Improved Grassland Management Project China 2018 VCS 2748 11.10%
Luohe Geothermal Based Space Heating China 2020 VCS 2635 1.30%
Yizheng Zhongcing Recycled PET Project China 2020 VCS 2693 1.40%
Maiyuan Land Fill Gas Power Generation Project China 2019 VCS 2358 0.50%
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