Barro Forte Ceramic Switching Fuel Project
#1of 104 in Brazil#63of 629 in Verra (VCS)#1of 26 in AMS-I.E
Audit Analysis
The Barro Forte Ceramic Switching Fuel Project is a VCS-registered biomass fuel-switching project in Brazil with a confirmed investment additionality test and conservative FNRB, but it carries moderate data-reliability concerns due to 12 cross-document contradictions and several safeguards fields that conflict between the 2013 verification report and the 2023 monitoring report. The project is not CORSIA-eligible and shows no reversal events, which is consistent with a fuel-substitution design that stores no carbon.
Red Flags
- Twelve contradictions across documents, including conflicting FNRB values (0.994 in the 2011 verification report vs 95.03 in the 2023 monitoring report) and opposing statements on FPIC, grievance mechanism, and benefit sharing
- Project-specific baseline rather than a jurisdictional or standardised baseline, increasing sensitivity to local assumptions
- No buffer pool percentage stated in any available document, leaving permanence risk unquantified even though the fuel-switching design carries minimal reversal risk
- Usage monitoring method and grid emission factor are not stated in the extracted record, limiting independent verification of activity data
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 8,814 | 8,814 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 23,165 | 23,165 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 30,199 | 13,430 | 16,769 | |
| 2011 | 19,946 | 0 | 19,946 | |
| 2012 | 17,251 | 0 | 17,251 | |
| 2013 | 20,785 | 18,085 | 2,700 | |
| 2014 | 20,090 | 13,912 | 6,178 | |
| 2015 | 11,308 | 5,654 | 5,654 | |
| 2016 | 10,661 | 9,143 | 1,518 | |
| 2017 | 8,699 | 5,390 | 3,309 | |
| 2018 | 19,868 | 0 | 19,868 | |
| 2019 | 20,998 | 0 | 20,998 | |
| 2020 | 10,914 | 0 | 10,914 | |
| Total | 222,698 | 97,593 | 125,105 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed investment test (2023)
Fuel-switching design, no reversal risk
0% deduction, quantified justification
Project-specific, reassessed 2018
Conflicting FPIC/grievance data across docs
Not CORSIA-eligible; CCP status not stated
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