CRIOS is a four-step pipeline, run on testnet. Each step leaves a public record, and no step can be skipped.
It starts with finding the plant in Karbera, the measurement platform for distributed generation in Brazil. If a plant isn't found in Karbera, it cannot move past Tier 0.
Ownership is proven with evidence tied to the account holder: CNPJ or CPF documentation matched against the plant registration. This step establishes who is entitled to any future issuance — nothing is minted at this stage.
Once a plant is linked, Karbera supplies metered generation data for the plant, at plant level, for a defined period.
No meter data means no Tier 1. Without a metered reading from Karbera for a period, that period simply produces nothing — CRIOS does not estimate its way around a missing measurement for issuance purposes.
Metered kWh for the period is multiplied by the official Brazilian grid displacement factor (0.3271 tCO₂/MWh) to calculate abatement.
The result is written once as an append-only event, together with a provenance receipt referencing the plant, the period, the metered kWh, and the factor applied. This issuance happens on testnet. No tokens are for sale and no funds settle. A hash is assigned to the event at the moment of issuance — it is a record identifier, not evidence of a live or ongoing feed.
Account holders can hold their issued events, or retire them within the pilot, generating a public receipt.
Trading is not available today. Hold · retire (pilot) · trading follows regulatory clearance.