3MW Shinan Wind power project

Audit Analysis

A standard 3 MW onshore wind project in South Korea using the simplified CDM methodology AMS-I.D, with VVB-confirmed investment additionality and a jurisdictional grid baseline. The project delivered approximately 105% of its pro-rata emission reduction expectation for the first monitoring period, with no reversal risk inherent to the wind-displacement design. Minor documentation discrepancies across the PDD, validation report, and monitoring report were identified but are explainable by differing document purposes and time bases.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Baseline method is described as 'jurisdictional' in the monitoring report but as 'project' in the validation report — the more recent monitoring report and the grid-emission-factor approach (0.6096 tCO₂/kWh, 2007) support the jurisdictional reading, but the inconsistency warrants attention.
• ⚠Crediting period differs between the PDD (2009-12-01 to 2016-11-30) and the monitoring report (2010-04-18 to 2017-04-17); the PDD is also dated later (2013) than the monitoring report (2012), an unusual sequencing that raises questions about which document reflects the registered period.
• ⚠Grievance mechanism is not documented in the extracted record, leaving a gap in the safeguards picture despite FPIC being confirmed.

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