Ahebulong 1st Level Hydro Power Project

Audit Analysis

A straightforward small-hydro CDM project in China using the standard ACM0002 methodology, with VVB-confirmed additionality and a jurisdictional grid baseline. The project is low-risk in terms of permanence (avoidance-type, no reversal exposure) and leakage (reasonably deemed negligible), but the verified ERR figure is absent from the extracted record and a baseline-method contradiction between the PDD and monitoring report introduces a minor data-reliability concern.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Baseline method is described as 'project' in the PDD (2012) but 'jurisdictional' in the monitoring report (2022) — a contradiction that, while resolvable in favour of the more recent verification document, signals inconsistent project documentation.
• ⚠Total verified ERR is not present in the extracted record, preventing an independent cross-check of the 379,604 tCO2e lifetime claim against actual monitored output.
• ⚠15 Corrective Action Requests were raised during verification (all subsequently closed), indicating a non-trivial number of initial documentation or calculation issues.

Credit Vintages

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