A framework for evaluating documented, measurable and verifiable greenhouse gas mitigation associated with energy storage and grid-balancing technologies.
The Quality Grid-balancing Storage Standard™ provides a structured framework for evaluating the measurable and verifiable climate impact of energy storage and related technology solutions that support the balancing of electricity systems.
QGSS™ can be applied to a wide range of energy storage and grid-balancing solutions, including current and future technological developments.
Climate impacts must be supported by relevant data and professionally justified assessment methods.
Transparency, documentation, verifiability and the prevention of double counting are fundamental elements of the framework.
QGSS™ can be applied to projects in which energy storage is connected to the operation and balancing of electricity systems and where measurable greenhouse gas mitigation can be demonstrated.
Energy storage alone is not sufficient for assessment under QGSS™.
The key question is whether the technology and its application produce real, measurable and verifiable greenhouse gas mitigation compared with an appropriate reference scenario, in a form that can be assessed and quantified under QGSS™.
QGSS™ applies a structured approach to evaluating greenhouse gas mitigation associated with energy storage and grid-balancing solutions.
Climate results must be supported by relevant data and appropriate professional methods.
Project documentation and results must be suitable for professional and, where necessary, independent review.
Relevant project information and documentation must remain traceable throughout the assessment.
Where uncertainty exists, the assessment must avoid overestimating greenhouse gas mitigation.
Project climate results must be assessed against an appropriate project and reference scenario.
The same greenhouse gas mitigation outcome must not be counted or used multiple times by multiple parties.
QGSS™ provides a structured assessment framework connecting energy storage technologies and applications with measurable greenhouse gas mitigation.
The project, technology and related processes are defined and documented.
Processes, project boundaries, energy and material flows, and available data are assessed.
Greenhouse gas mitigation is quantified according to the applicable QGSS™ framework.
The project and its results may, where appropriate, be subject to independent professional review.
Verified and eligible project climate results may form the basis for credit issuance.
QGSS™ provides a framework in which appropriately assessed and verified greenhouse gas mitigation resulting from energy storage and grid-balancing activities may form the basis for Quality Grid-balancing Storage Credit™ units.
One Quality Grid-balancing Storage Credit™ represents one metric tonne of greenhouse gas mitigation expressed as carbon dioxide equivalent, assessed and verified in accordance with the requirements of the Standard.
QGSC™ credits are intended to represent real, measurable and verifiable climate results generated by eligible projects.
The public website introduces the purpose and general principles of the Quality Grid-balancing Storage Standard™. The complete controlled Standard documentation contains the detailed requirements, application and assessment framework, and access and use conditions. Non-public professional details and confidential information are not part of the public website content.
The complete documentation is intended for organizations and professionals seeking to apply QGSS™ in project development, project assessment, verification, carbon credit generation or other professional activities.
Request access to the complete Standard documentation or submit the essential information about your energy storage and grid-balancing project for initial assessment.
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