12.8 MW Bundled Small Hydropower Project in Nasha and Nabin
#904of 1935 in Renewable energy#476of 1084 in China#632of 1459 in CDM (UNFCCC)#293of 806 in AMS-I.D
Audit Analysis
A standard 12.8 MW small hydropower CDM project in China displacing grid electricity, validated by Applus (LGAI) with an investment additionality test and jurisdictional baseline. The project presents moderate integrity and claim-safety profiles typical of the sector, but documentation quality is weakened by low extraction confidence, an unidentified source document, and several unresolved contradictions between the validation report and supporting appendices.
Red Flags
- Min extraction confidence rated 'low' and one of four evidence documents is listed as 'unknown', undermining confidence in the completeness of the record
- Contradiction on leakage treatment: the validation report states leakage is 'deemed negligible' while an appendix references a 'quantified' approach, leaving the actual basis unclear
- No buffer pool percentage or reversal-event history is stated in any available document, leaving permanence risk unquantified
- Safeguards documentation is contradictory: the PDD (2015-07-03) indicates safeguards are mentioned, but the validation report (2015-07-06) records them as absent
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 37,255 | 0 | 37,255 | |
| 2012 | 32,054 | 0 | 32,054 | |
| Total | 69,309 | 0 | 69,309 |
Risk Indicators
Investment test present but VVB confirmation not explicitly
hydro infrastruct
0% deduction with 'deemed negligible' justification; contrad
Jurisdictional grid EF (0.5571 tCO₂/MWh, 2014), reassessed 2
PDD claims safeguards; validation report records them as abs
CORSIA and CCP status both not stated; dual-channel risk una
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