Anshan Iron and Steel Group Corporation (Anshan) Blast Furnace Gas Combined Cycle Power Plant Project

Audit Analysis

This CDM blast-furnace-gas combined-cycle power plant project in China has a verified investment-test additionality and a reasonable zero-leakage position for an energy-efficiency project, but is severely undermined by eight material findings, fifteen required corrective actions, and a CDM-EB rejection of CER issuance for a prior period. Multiple inconsistencies between the PDD, validation report, and monitoring report — including conflicting baseline methods, crediting-period dates, and leakage justifications — erode confidence in the underlying data. The project's claim safety is further weakened by the absence of verified ERR figures for the monitoring period and a grid emission factor drawn from 2004 data.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠CDM-EB rejected the request for issuance of CERs for the period 1 March 2010 to 30 September 2010, indicating a material compliance failure during the crediting period
• ⚠Eight material findings identified in the verification process, including missing monitoring of auxiliary fuel volume, metering arrangements differing from the registered PDD, and missing discussion of existing coal-fired captive power plants as baseline alternatives
• ⚠Fifteen corrective actions were required, spanning monitoring gaps, calculation errors, technical description mismatches, and baseline-section omissions
• ⚠Grid emission factor of 1.0027 tCO₂/MWh is drawn from 2004 data, raising questions about its continued representativeness for the 2010–2011 monitoring period
• ⚠Total verified ERR for the monitoring period is not stated in the extracted record, preventing independent verification of delivery against the pro-rata expectation

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