GHG Verification - Power Generation

The power sector is the biggest producer of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions by volume. This means that is has been involved with emissions legislation for longer than any other sector, and has to obey the strictest rules in terms of compliance with legislation. CICS is the leading power sector verifier and individual verifiers are internationally renowned in this field.

Efficient service and solutions are needed to ensure compliance. At CICS, our policy of recruiting specialist GHG and energy management practitioners has enabled our power sector clients to benefit from the most effective, efficient and pragmatic verification solutions.

CICS verifiers know their way around a power station regardless of whether it burns:

  • Coal
  • Peat
  • Biomass
  • Oil
  • Natural gas
  • Or a combination of the above.

Additionally, we work closely with the relevant agencies and regulators to enable our verifiers and clients to stay informed on key issues such as:

  • Emission factors
  • Fuel sampling methodologies and laboratory results
  • Tiers of verification
  • Uncertainty assessment
  • Oxidation factors.

We offer the following services:

  • EU ETS Verification
    If your business falls under the EU ETS Scheme, we can independently verify your GHG emissions data quickly and efficiently. We offer baseline emissions verification, new entrant reserve (NER) verification, annual verification, across single or multi sites.

  • CSR
    Independent verification of your CSR Report is a discriminator of real commitment and action and satisfies your stakeholders' demands for accuracy, validity, materiality, transparency.

  • Carbon Footprinting
    Accurately and consistently measuring your carbon footprint, by having it independently verified, can feed into your sustainability reporting and energy management strategies.

  • PAS 2050
    CICS is only one of four verification bodies in the UK that is accredited to verify against the PAS 2050 Standard (for the carbon footprinting of goods and services across the full lifecycle) and the associated Code of Good Practice by UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service).