AGA FANO Liquid CO2 production using CO2 from a fermentation plant at Ingenio Providencia

Audit Analysis

A CDM CO2-usage project capturing fermentation byproduct CO2 for liquid CO2 production in Colombia, validated by ICONTEC with a combined additionality test. The project carries moderate integrity risk due to five material findings (including baseline data inconsistencies and weak additionality justification) and six required corrective actions, though the usage-based credit type inherently limits permanence risk. Transparency is limited by the absence of verified ERR figures, end-use tracking data, and a stated monitoring methodology in the extracted record.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Five material findings in the validation report, including a baseline data inconsistency between natural gas consumption and CO2 production records in PDD v1, and lack of calibration records for CO2 measurement equipment over the 5-year baseline period
• ⚠Insufficient justification for additionality barriers related to raw material supply risks (sugar cutter conflict) flagged as a material finding, undermining the robustness of the combined additionality test
• ⚠Total verified ERR is not found in the extracted record, preventing any pro-rata comparison against the 66,198 tCO2 lifetime claim
• ⚠Six corrective actions were required, including correcting baseline data, updating emission factor sources, and establishing formal calibration procedures — indicating the initial documentation did not meet full CDM requirements

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