An Qiu Biogas Utilization Project

Audit Analysis

The An Qiu Biogas Utilization Project is a VCS-registered biogas energy-substitution project in China with a confirmed investment additionality test and FPIC, but it carries 13 material findings and 13 corrective actions from its validation report, a 10× discrepancy in claimed ERR between the PDD and validation report, and a contradictory leakage treatment (0% deduction labelled 'quantified' yet flagged as unclear in the same report). Documentation is limited to the validation report and PDD with no monitoring report available, and several key MRV parameters remain unstated.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠10× discrepancy in total ERR: the PDD states 4,008,380 tCO₂e while the validation report states 400,838 tCO₂e — a factor-of-ten difference that undermines confidence in the credit quantity
• ⚠13 material findings and 13 corrective actions identified in the validation report, including unclear leakage accounting, missing baseline scenario justification, and unmonitored emergency flaring emissions
• ⚠Leakage deduction of 0% is labelled 'quantified' in the validation report yet a material finding in the same report states 'unclear whether leakage is accounted for' — an internal contradiction
• ⚠No feedstock sustainability assessment, no LCA, no end-use tracking, and no carbon-content testing data found in available documents

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.