Mass balance that reconciles itself, across every entity and scheme
FuelFWD enables producers, traders, terminals, suppliers, and distributors to manage mass balance across entities, sites, and certification schemes from one shared system. Instead of fragmented spreadsheets, every delivery, transfer, allocation, and dispatch is tracked centrally with full traceability across the supply chain.
The gap
What the rule asks for vs. what spreadsheets deliver
What certification schemes require vs. how the market still operates
Mass balance is not a static reporting exercise. It is a continuously maintained accounting system spanning every movement of certified fuel through the supply chain. Certification schemes such as ISCC EU and REDcert require:
- Continuous reconciliation of incoming and outgoing certified volumes
- Traceable allocation of sustainability characteristics and GHG values
- Accurate carry-over handling between reporting periods
- Auditable linkage between incoming PoS records and outgoing claims
- Scheme-specific accounting across multiple entities, products, and locations
Why biofuel mass balance becomes unmanageable manually
Most biofuel companies still manage allocations, transfers, and balances through disconnected spreadsheets maintained by different teams and entities. This creates structural risks across the trading chain. As trading volumes, counterparties, and certification schemes increase, spreadsheet-based mass balance becomes increasingly difficult to control, verify, and scale.
- Balances diverge between counterparties, sites, and internal records
- Manual carry-over calculations create reconciliation issues at period close
- GHG values and sustainability characteristics lose traceability across transfers
- Outgoing claims cannot reliably be linked back to originating fuel positions
- Audits require manual reconstruction of transactions across spreadsheets, emails, and certificates
How FuelFWD handles mass balance
Three capabilities that replace the workbook stack with a system that closes itself.
One live record, multiple entities
Separate mass balance accounts per site, legal entity and scheme, consolidated into a single group view. No parallel spreadsheets.
Automated carry-over and period close
Running balances update automatically as deliveries are booked. Period close is a review step, not a rebuild.
Chain of custody, end to end
Every outgoing PoS is linked back to the specific incoming certificates it was allocated against, auditable at transaction level.
Who uses this
Built for the roles that own the obligation
Questions about mass balance
- Yes. The chain-of-custody mode applied is determined by the scheme and site configuration. Both physical and book-and-claim are supported where the scheme allows.
- Yes. Each legal entity maintains its own ledger, and the platform provides a consolidated group view.
- Automatically. The opening balance of each new period is derived from the closing balance of the previous one, with full traceability.
- A correction creates a new append-only entry referencing the original. The original record is preserved, both are visible in the audit trail.
- Yes, via our APIs. Common ERPs including SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, and Navision can be connected through these APIs. Custom integrations are available as Implementation Services.
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