BALIKESİR LANDFILL GAS (LFG) CAPTURE AND UTILIZATION PROJECT

Audit Analysis

The Balikesir LFG project is a registered VCS landfill gas capture project with VVB-confirmed additionality, but it is burdened by 24 material findings, 9 corrective actions, an unaddressed permanence risk, and a 0% leakage deduction justified only as 'deemed negligible.' The project delivered roughly 77% of its pro-rata expected reductions for the monitoring period, with only 8 of 10 gas engines operational due to lower-than-expected landfill gas generation, raising meaningful over-crediting and data-integrity concerns.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠24 material findings in the verification report, including geocoordinates erroneously linked to Saudi Arabia, punched-in (non-linked) values in the ER calculation sheet, and a 2.8 MWe installed-capacity discrepancy between the PDD and the monitoring report
• ⚠Leakage deduction of 0% justified solely as 'deemed negligible' in the verification report, contradicting the validation report's 'quantified' characterization, with no quantified leakage analysis for a project involving gas transport, flaring, and incomplete capture
• ⚠Only 8 of 10 gas engines operational due to lower-than-expected LFG generation, meaning the project is underperforming relative to its design basis
• ⚠Change in project proponent from BIO SOLUTIONS to BIOTREND during the verification process, raising governance and continuity concerns

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