HV360: Hybrid Autonomous Greenhouse Gas Emissions Verification (Phase 2)

22/08/2023

Leading governments, agencies and climate organisations (such as UNFCCC, OGMP framework, BEIS, CCAC and EU) have been moving rapidly to enhance the quality of climate change data. Guidance and legislative are changing to require real direct measurement and quantification of greenhouse gases, for both emissions and sinks. This is mainly driven by a greater need for granular evidence to increase reliability in climate decisions, whilst avoiding the complexities in devaluation through greenwashing.

Surveyar Ltd has been awarded a major research and development funded project (SBRI UKRI Innovate UK) which is paired with the nationally strategic Greenhouse Gas Removal – Demonstrator (GGR-D) research programme (UK invests over £30m in large-scale greenhouse gas removal – UKRI). The awarded research has a specific focus on development of solutions for Measurement Reporting and Verification (MRV) of Greenhouse Gases.

Surveyar Ltd completed Phase 1 of the MRV Greenhouse Gas project, in March 2023, with successful field trials on the GGR-D Biochar test site (Biochar - CO₂RE - The Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub (co2re.org)). The new award for Phase 2 of the programme will allow the development of the technologies, software and workflow as well as field trial demonstration across an extended range of GGR-D projects, including:

• peatland (GGR-Peat- removal by accelerated peat formation: UKCEH/ Manchester Uni "Build Back Boggier" | GHG Removal by Accelerated Peat Formation (ggrpeat.org)),
• agricultural (PBC4GGR Perennial Biomass Crops - Aberystwyth University PBC4GGR – Perennial Biomass Crops for Greenhouse Gas Removal) and
• forestry (GGR+ Sustainable Treescapes demonstrator and decision tools: Forest Research Woodland creation and management - CO₂RE - The Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub (co2re.org)) sites.

The groundbreaking technological solution is intended to allow significant improvement or refinement of GHG inventories, carbon verification schemes, climate based restoration projects and even increase the valuation of carbon credits. The project focus is on evidence-based, transparent GHG quantification with robust reporting of uncertainty to build and underpin credibility and trust.

Surveyar will be working with a range of partners and collaborators including @Manchester University @Mirico, @UKCEH, @Forest Research and @Aberystwyth University.

@Grant Allen; @Judith Thornton; @James Morison, @Ross Morrison, @Sophie Purser

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Surveyar Ltd, 2023