Amurang Biomass Cogeneration Project

Audit Analysis

The Amurang Biomass Cogeneration Project is a CDM avoidance-type energy project with VVB-confirmed additionality, but suffers from a major unresolved contradiction in claimed emission reductions (30,263 vs 211,843 tCO2e), a weak leakage justification, and a near-total absence of monitoring or verification data. The project's crediting period expired in 2014, and no post-validation evidence of actual performance was found in the available documents.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Major contradiction in total emission reductions: the validation report states 30,263 tCO2e over the crediting period, while an appendix figure of 211,843 tCO2e is approximately 7× higher — the discrepancy is unexplained and undermines confidence in the claimed credit volume.
• ⚠Leakage deduction of 0% is justified only as 'deemed negligible' in the validation report, yet an appendix appears to treat leakage as quantified — the justification is internally inconsistent and insufficiently documented.
• ⚠No monitoring reports, verified emission reductions, or post-validation data were found in the extracted record, leaving the project's actual performance entirely unverified.
• ⚠Multiple corrective actions were required at validation (DNA approvals, calculation clarity, permits, emergency procedures, internal audit), indicating the project design was not fully robust at the time of approval.

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.