Hardware-anchored carbon MRV

Verifiable carbon and energy data for energy-run assets.

TRACE installs low-cost IoT devices with secure elements on telecom towers, MSAGs, berths, cranes, reefers, hydrogen plants, desalination units, mineral traceability and other assets turning raw kWh and fuel data into cryptographically signed MRV streams that regulators, registries, and investors can trust.

From self-reported spreadsheets to registry-grade, cryptographically verifiable MRV.
MENA, Africa, South Asia
ISSB / IFRS S2, GHG Protocol, ICVCM
Finance-Grade MRV • Greenium-Proven
Data quality
15 min
Cryptographically signed energy windows with GPS and time sync.
Accuracy
+/-0.5%
Measurement precision designed to meet registry expectations.
Five-year focus
60,000+
Telecom and port sites targeted across priority regions.
TRACE does not replace climate software platforms. It provides the missing hardware truth layer, so carbon accountants, registries, and sovereigns can rely on site-level, tamper-evident data instead of estimates and unaudited spreadsheets.
Aligned with global standards
ISSB / IFRS S2
ISO 14064-1
GHG Protocol
ICVCM
ATECC608B Secure Element
The MRV Challenge

Carbon markets need better MRV, not more spreadsheets

The voluntary market crisis exposed a trust problem. TRACE addresses the measurement layer.
From market collapse to quality demand

Voluntary carbon markets peaked with high expectations, then faced scandals around overstated credits, weak baselines, and unverifiable monitoring. Buyers now demand high-quality, verifiable credits and asset-level emissions data.

TRACE focuses on the part everyone depends on and almost nobody has solved well: reliable, auditable measurement at the asset and site level, backed by cryptography and hardware.

VCM Reality
Quality over volume
Buyers are shifting budgets from low-cost, low-trust offsets toward fewer, high-integrity assets.
Regulatory Trend
ISSB / CSRD
Financial reporting now expects robust Scope 1 and 2 data, especially in energy-intensive sectors.
From estimation to hardware-anchored MRV

Yesterday: estimation-based

  • Monthly bills and fuel invoices as main data source.
  • Manual spreadsheets and static emission factors.
  • Limited sub-metering and no device-level logs.
  • Verification based on sampling and trust.

Today: hardware first

  • CTs and fuel sensors on towers, berths, cranes.
  • 15-minute windows signed using secure elements.
  • GPS, time sync, and tamper flags in every record.
  • Ready for telecom, port, and sovereign reporting.

TRACE does not decide baselines or additionality. It provides the measurement foundation that registries, sovereigns, and corporate reporters can depend on.

Solutions

Two core sectors, one MRV platform

Focused on telecom networks and ports first, with aviation and forests as next waves.
Telecom Networks
TRACE Telecom
Site-level energy and carbon visibility from towers, MSAGs, and core sites across entire networks.
  • Measure grid, diesel, solar, and battery flows at each site.
  • Capture runtime, load, and site context for tower, MSAG, and data rooms.
  • Support net-zero commitments, SBTi targets, and lender requirements with real data.
  • Designed for emerging markets where diesel and grid instability dominate opex.
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Ports and Terminals
TRACE Ports
Registry-grade MRV for shore power, cranes, reefers, yard equipment, and terminal buildings.
  • Sub-meter energy for berths, cranes, reefers, and terminal loads.
  • Provide per-berth and per-service energy and emission profiles.
  • Support EU ETS maritime, FuelEU Maritime, and local air quality rules.
  • Give port authorities cryptographically sound basis for reporting.
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Telecom Deep Dive

TRACE Telecom architecture

A single Telecom Energy Efficiency Portfolio (TEEP) covering macro-towers, access, and supporting assets.
Network-wide MRV layer for telecom

TRACE Carbon Systems is designed as the MRV engine for a single Telecom Energy Efficiency Portfolio (TEEP) that spans the full energy stack: macro-towers, MSAG and access cabinets, key aggregation sites, and fuel anchors.

  • Macro-towers and hybrid power sites (diesel, solar, battery, grid).
  • MSAG and access cabinets in the fixed network.
  • Aggregation rooms and small network sites where energy use is material.
  • Biodiesel supply points and exhaust checks as optional modules.
Four-layer telecom MRV architecture
  • L1 Hardware keys: Every 15-minute window of kWh is hashed and signed on device using a secure element.
  • L2 Clean signals: Diesel, solar, battery, and grid signals are checked for consistency and energy balance.
  • L3 Time and place: GPS time, RTC, and geofencing detect time drift and device movement.
  • L4 Conservative math: Emissions calculated using conservative factors with explicit uncertainty ranges.
Ports Deep Dive

TRACE Ports architecture

A Ports Energy and Emissions Portfolio built from shore power, reefers, cranes, and gensets.
Port-wide MRV for critical assets

TRACE Ports is designed as a light-touch MRV layer on top of existing meters and feeders. It concentrates on the assets where energy, emissions, and finance relevance are highest.

  • Shore power lines and reefer feeders at selected berths.
  • Large electric feeders serving cranes, warehouses, and terminal buildings.
  • Port-owned diesel generators supplying parts of the terminal.
  • Phase 2 expansion to fuel depots, yard equipment, and scrubber checks.
Link to reporting and finance frameworks

Ports are under pressure from multiple directions: corporate climate reporting, shipping programs, and access to green finance. TRACE Ports is structured so one dataset can support all three.

  • Asset-level kWh and tCO2 that roll into IFRS S1/S2 and ISO 14064-based inventories.
  • Building blocks for future shore power methodologies in shipping programs.
  • Data structures that can link to AIS and terminal systems for vessel-level metrics.
  • Portfolio views supporting green loans or sustainability-linked instruments.
How It Works

Three steps to verifiable data

Install devices once, stream verifiable data for a decade.

1
Install low-cost devices
TRACE devices connect to CTs and, where needed, fuel sensors. Each device includes an ESP32-class controller, ATECC608B secure element, GPS, and LoRa or cellular backhaul. Installations are quick and repeatable across thousands of sites.
2
Sign and validate at the edge
Every 15-minute window of measurements is aggregated, validated against QA rules (sample completeness, voltage range, time sync, geofence) and signed in hardware using ECDSA. The result is a tamper-evident record ready for audit.
3
Report, optimize, and prepare for credits
TRACE streams verified windows into dashboards and APIs. Operators can track energy and emissions by site, feed data into climate software, and prepare for Article 6 and registry methodologies once available.
Who We Serve

Built for operators, ports, sovereigns, and registries

Each stakeholder gets something different from the same hardware truth layer.
Telecom operators and TowerCos
Cut energy waste and diesel theft, support net-zero and lender reporting, and prepare tower fleets for future crediting.
Port authorities and terminals
Gain control over shore power, cranes, and yard equipment emissions with accurate, auditable data for EU ETS and green port commitments.
Sovereigns and Article 6 units
Use TRACE as asset-level MRV infrastructure for national decarbonization programs and future Article 6 crediting.
Registries and validation bodies
Reduce verification risk and cost by relying on cryptographically signed, traceable measurements instead of spreadsheets.
Roadmap

Pipeline verticals: aviation and forest carbon

Same hardware principles, new use cases, sequenced after telecom and ports.
Focused now, optionality later
TRACE is deliberately starting with telecom networks and ports, where energy and carbon are material, stakeholders are concentrated, and pilots are already in motion. The same hardware and cryptographic approach extends naturally into airport ground operations and forest carbon MRV, which will be developed as second and third waves once the first deployments scale.

Aviation ground operations

Gate GPUs, APUs, ground support equipment, and fuel trucks measured and signed, supporting airport Scope 1 and 2 reporting and CORSIA alignment.

Forest carbon MRV

Hardware modules for kiln emissions, road traffic, market scales, and replanting verification, integrated with satellite monitoring.

Resources

Technical material and documentation

Strategy notes, sector overviews, and registry-aligned MRV design.

Technical briefs

Detailed documentation for embedded engineers and backend developers, including measurement windows, QA rules, and energy to emissions formulas.

  • Telecom device and site formulas for towers, MSAGs, and core sites.
  • Ports device and terminal formulas for shore power, cranes, and reefers.
  • Security model: secure elements, signatures, geofencing, and time sync.
Position papers and registry dialogue

TRACE is being presented to registries and market bodies as a hardware MRV backbone. Position papers outline how TRACE data can support methodologies while keeping baseline decisions under registry control.

  • Letters and technical annexes for registries and initiatives.
  • Concept notes for telecom and port program design in emerging markets.
  • Alignment with ICVCM Core Carbon Principles and ISO 14064 series.
Company

About TRACE Carbon Systems

Built at the intersection of infrastructure, verification, and carbon markets.
Why TRACE exists

TRACE Carbon Systems is developed by a team that has lived the reality of verification and infrastructure in emerging markets. Traditional MRV tools were built for spreadsheets and estimates. TRACE is built for infrastructure-level metering, cryptographic security, and the standards of registries and financial regulators.

The platform is designed as a long-term MRV layer that other climate software, registries, and sovereign programs can build on, rather than yet another reporting dashboard.

Spectrum Link LLC

TRACE Carbon Systems is a product line of Spectrum Link LLC, a Delaware-based startup focused on IP-based, infrastructure-grade technologies in carbon and wireless domains.

The company pipeline includes hardware-anchored MRV platforms for telecom, ports, and aviation, as well as wireless control layers that link energy efficiency, spectrum use, and carbon performance into a coherent investment story for operators, lenders, and sovereigns.

TRACE Team

Ahmad Chehouri Eng. Ahmad Chehouri - CEO

Ahmad Chehouri is an investment and strategy executive with 35+ years of experience across corporate finance, mega-project delivery, and capital raising, including structuring over USD 2.5B in investments across MENA. He is the Co-Founder of TRACE Carbon Systems, building hardware-anchored MRV for large distributed assets using secure elements, GPS time/location, and cryptographically signed measurements. He also filed a U.S. patent application for NeuroRoam360, a hardware-secured, carbon-aware telecom routing system that links network performance with auditable environmental metrics.

Mouhib Yassine Dr. Mohamad Mouhib Yassine - CTO and Compliance

Mohamad Mouhib Yassine, PhD, is a French cybersecurity, PKI, and digital transformation leader and Co-Founder of TRACE Carbon Systems, with 40+ years of experience across Europe and MENA. He has led security architecture, network and systems modernization, and compliance programs for critical institutions, including central banking, government, and public-sector operators, with deep expertise in ISO/IEC 27001 ISMS, PCI DSS, and large-scale heterogeneous environments. He has delivered national-grade trust services and secure transaction infrastructure (including PKI and digital signature programs), advised on e-transactions legislation and e-government initiatives, and designed resilient, high-availability platforms (data centers, BC/DR, virtualization, and secure WANs) supporting multi-site operations. Trilingual (French, English, Arabic), he holds a PhD from Universite Paris-Sud and is an inventor on an international patent in MRI-related systems.

Azman Bakhtiar Eng. Azman Bakhtiar - Head of Engineering

Azman Bakhtiar is an embedded engineer and Co-Founder of TRACE Carbon Systems, focused on turning complex ideas into practical, reliable hardware. He specializes in end-to-end embedded and IoT development, spanning firmware, RTOS-based architectures, sensor integration, and low-power optimization. His experience includes STM32, ESP32, Arduino, PIC, ATmega32A, and 8051 platforms, with project work across data acquisition, groundwater level monitoring, air-quality sensing, and smart energy metering. He also designs production-minded PCBs optimized for performance, cost, and manufacturability, supporting teams from prototype through field deployment.

Discuss a telecom or port pilot

If you operate a telecom network or a port in MENA, Africa, South Asia, or similar markets, we can scope a focused pilot to prove energy and MRV value within three to six months.

info@trace-carbon.com
MENA, Africa, South Asia focus
Typical pilot: 3-6 months

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