Service 02 · Carbon · RV Assurance

PDD and Methodology Support.

We help structure the Project Design Document and methodology application on the GCOM PDD form, before the document reaches a Validation and Verification Body.

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Disclaimers

01Renewable Vision is not presented as a DNA-accredited VVB unless formal accreditation has been obtained.
02Renewable Vision may support project preparation, MRV evidence management, and coordination with accredited VVBs.
03Validation and verification opinions must be issued only by DNA-accredited VVBs.
04Any future Renewable Vision assurance activity must comply with GCOM criteria, sectoral scope accreditation, impartiality, conflict-of-interest, and quality management requirements.
05A project supported by Renewable Vision Advisory should not be validated or verified by the same legal or operational unit unless conflict-of-interest rules are fully satisfied and permitted by GCOM.

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Service 02

PDD and Methodology Support

The PDD is the foundational document of any GCOM project. Done right, it answers every question a VVB will ask. Done casually, it triggers iterations that delay validation by months. We use the official GCOM PDD form structure (Sections A through G) and map every input to the relevant SA-DNA methodology before the document is touched.

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Deliverables

What you receive at the end of the engagement.

PDD data map

Methodology applicability matrix

Baseline calculation workbook

Project boundary statement

Monitoring plan draft

Supporting evidence index

In scope

PDD Section A through G drafting aligned with the GCOM PDD form
Methodology applicability matrix (M1 to M5) with disqualifier check
Baseline scenario quantification with EF sourcing (KSA grid 0.568, sectoral defaults)
Investment, barrier, and common practice additionality analysis
Project boundary statement, GHG sources and sinks map
Monitoring plan: parameters, instruments, frequency, QA/QC
Stakeholder consultation log structure
Evidence index linking every claim to a source document

Not in scope

Validation opinion (DNA-accredited VVB only)
Operating the MRV data room post-issuance (see Service 03)
Detailed engineering or feasibility studies

Engagement pre-requisites

What we need from you to begin.

Completed readiness review or equivalent baseline
Project design data, capacity, technology, expected COD
Feasibility study or equivalent investment documentation
Stakeholder consultation history (or willingness to run two rounds)

GCOM rulebook references

Grounding clauses we work to.

GCOM Criteria s.3.1.1
Validation confirms the proposed project meets all GCOM guidelines and requirements.
GCOM Standards s.4
The applied methodology must match the project sectoral scope and the VVB accreditation.
GCOM PDD Form Sections A to G
Standardised PDD template structuring basic info, baseline, methodology, estimation, monitoring, ESG, and stakeholder.

Pairs well with

Related services.

GCOM Project Readiness Review

Digital MRV Data Room

VVB Coordination Desk

Important disclaimer

Renewable Vision is not presented as a DNA-accredited VVB unless formal accreditation has been obtained. We support project preparation, MRV evidence management, and coordination with accredited VVBs. Validation and verification opinions must be issued only by DNA-accredited VVBs.

PDD and Methodology Support