Baseline Technology Candidates

Definition

Baseline Technology Candidates are alternative technologies or practices, within a specified geographic area and temporal range, that could provide the same product or service as a project activity.

The identification of baseline candidates is required to estimate the Baseline Emissions for the GHG Project Activity. Possible baseline candidates can be identified by thinking broadly about the different alternatives that have a comparable product or service to the project activity.

For each project activity, the project developer shall develop a complete list of baseline candidates that will be used in the baseline procedures to represent possible alternatives to the project activity. The following steps are required:

• Define the product or service provided by the project activity.
• Identify possible types of baseline candidates.
• Define and justify the geographic area and the temporal range used to identify baseline candidates.
• Define and justify any other criteria used to identify baseline candidates.
• Identify a final list of baseline candidates.
• Identify baseline candidates that are representative of common practice (for the project-specific baseline procedure).