# Can rice husk or bagasse power credits get the ICVCM CCP label?

Canonical: https://senseible.earth/answers/biomass-power-credits-ccp-label

No. ICVCM decided that ACM0006 (electricity and heat from biomass, versions 1.0 to 16.0) and ACM0018 (electricity from biomass in power-only plants, versions 1.0 to 6.0) do not meet the Core Carbon Principles, under both Gold Standard and Verra's VCS. Credits issued under them cannot carry the CCP label.

## The decisions

- ACM0006, electricity and heat generation from biomass, v1.0 to 16.0: Does not meet, under Gold Standard and the VCS.
- ACM0018, electricity generation from biomass in power-only plants, v1.0 to 6.0: Does not meet, under both.
- AM0036, biomass in heat generation equipment, v1.0 to 7.0: Does not meet, under both. This is the one a biomass boiler replacing coal or oil might look to.

## This is a decision, not a deferral

These were assessed by a multistakeholder working group and decided by ICVCM's Governing Board. That is different from categories marked "Very Unlikely To Meet", which were only deprioritised. A programme can still submit a new methodology or version for assessment, so watch for revised methods rather than expecting the old ones to change.

## What the husk or bagasse still earns you

- Lower fossil Scope 1 at your own site when biomass replaces coal, diesel or furnace oil.
- Biomass power that you sell carries a renewable attribute; decide in the contract who claims it.
- Credits without the CCP label can still find buyers who do not require it, but expect fewer of them.

## What Senseible does here

Senseible reads fuel invoices, so a switch from coal to husk shows as lower fossil Scope 1 in your records, and it gives carbon credit eligibility signals. It does not label, rate or sell credits.

- [Coal to biomass boiler credits](https://senseible.earth/answers/coal-to-biomass-boiler-carbon-credits)
- [Husk sold to a power plant: who claims?](https://senseible.earth/answers/rice-husk-sold-to-power-plant-who-claims)
- [Why ICVCM rejected renewable credits](https://senseible.earth/answers/why-icvcm-rejected-renewable-energy-credits)
- [Carbon credits](https://senseible.earth/carbon-credits)

Sources: [ICVCM, Assessment Status: program and category assessments (category table updated 3 November 2026)](https://icvcm.org/assessment-status/)

Last reviewed 2026-11-03. ICVCM updates its assessment status table as decisions are made; check the methodology and version on the date you sign or buy.