What is Project Grouping?
The VCS Program allows for Grouped Projects, which is similar to the CDM’s program of activities approach. Under project grouping, the project can bring together a number of similar activities into one Project Description, with the monitoring of the project undertaken through one central information system. The key flexibility introduced under project grouping is that not all activities need to be identified at the beginning of the project and indicated in the Project Description. For example, a project installing solar PV systems in households does not need to identify and list all households at the start of the project. Instead, new households can be added as the project proceeds. Note that the Project Crediting Period starts from the date that the first (installed) system begins reducing GHG emissions and that all systems installed after the first one will only earn credits for the remainder of the Project Crediting Period.
