A Luoi Hydro Power Project

Audit Analysis

The A Luoi Hydro Power Project is a small hydro CDM project with a VVB-confirmed combined additionality test, a jurisdictional grid-emission-factor baseline, and no reversal risk inherent to the avoidance methodology. The main concerns are a significant discrepancy between the PDD and monitoring-report ERR figures, a contradiction in how the baseline method is characterised across documents, and a set of ten material findings (mostly minor corrections) that point to some sloppiness in the project documentation. Overall the project is sound but carries moderate data-reliability risk.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠ERR contradiction: the PDD (2015) states a total claimed reduction of 389,763 tCO₂ while the monitoring report (2014) states 700,608 tCO₂ — a factor of ~1.8× difference that is not explained in the extracted record
• ⚠Baseline method is described as 'jurisdictional' in the monitoring report but as 'project' in the validation report, creating ambiguity about whether the grid emission factor or a project-specific calculation underpins the baseline
• ⚠Ten material findings were logged during verification, including a temporary deviation in monitoring imported electricity for dam and intake areas and a permanent removal of a meter from the monitoring plan, indicating the MRV protocol was not fully stable at the time of verification

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