The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) closed the first proponent-led methods expression of interest period on July 12 and published 43 new method ideas, across three broad categories – Agriculture and land, Waste, Industrial and Energy. With the release of triage criteria weighting and prioritisation, we expect that many of the newly proposed method ideas will not progress to becoming proposed method in the current round, while those that do progress are expected to be of significant scale and integrity.
In this update, we discuss the new EOI process, including the triage framework to evaluate new methods, and our expectations for methodologies to progress.
Expression of interest – a change to previous method introductions
The new expressions of interest (EOI) process for method development was implemented by the government in response to Recommendation 5 of the Chubb Review to improve the ACCU Scheme, with method development to now be led by individual proponents. Methods proposed by proponents are to be prioritised for development based on factors like the scale of potential abatement and the method’s complexity, along with cost effectiveness and speed to market.
This new approach is intended to allow for increased transparency and
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