Digital MRV

Digital Measuring, Recording and Verification (DMRV) technologies and frameworks are a keystone to improving impactful climate action around the world. Strong MRV systems will provide a high assurance in these projects as well as ensure trust and accountability throughout the whole system.

To ensure robustness in our system, our approach will be largely guided by the Protocol for Digitalised Measuring, Recording and Verification (D-MRV Protocol)

Key building blocks of automated monitoring as extracted from the EBRD paper "Protocol for Digitalised MRV: enhancing efficiency and trust in carbon markets"

Measuring

Measurement is required to quantify and track one or more underlying parameters. The performance of the device can then be compared against the baseline case to determine the number of carbon emissions mitigated.

Recording

The data logger installed on the device is set to a suitable monitoring frequency such that the data is recorded at a suitable resolution.

The data output by this device ought to be accompanied by timestamps and a cryptographic signature to ensure data integrity.

This data can then be traced back to a trusted server.

Verifying

There are three core automated data checks which need to be undertaken

Import Checks

Data must be in the correct format, file type and originating device to be allowed to be written into the database

Statistical Checks

Statistical methods are used to detect irregularities in the dataset. These operations can identify gaps in the data or inconsistencies.

Plausibility Cross-checks

Peripheral information can be used to conduct cross-checks for plausibility. The calculation of the theoretical maximum output, based on the provided parameters, is the most important.

To see how CLNK intends to implement DMRV within its pilot project, take a look at this section.