Brazil NovaGerar Landfill Gas to Energy Project
#61of 189 in Methane#88of 211 in Brazil#812of 1459 in CDM (UNFCCC)#58of 159 in ACM0001
Audit Analysis
The NovaGerar landfill gas project has a VVB-confirmed investment additionality test and a 7-year crediting period, but is undermined by ten corrective actions, a 0% leakage deduction with inconsistent justification across documents, and a project-specific modeled baseline. The project appears to be under-delivering relative to its ex-ante estimate, which is conservative, but key MRV parameters (FNRB, usage monitoring, verified ERR) are absent from the extracted record.
Red Flags
- Ten corrective actions required by the VVB, including reclassification of the LFG collection efficiency change from 50% to 95% and insufficient baseline policy documentation
- Leakage deduction of 0% with justification described as 'not addressed' in the monitoring report, contradicting the validation report's 'deemed negligible' statement
- Grid emission factor discrepancy of 71% between the PDD (0.2401) and the validation report (0.1404), raising data reliability concerns
- Total verified ERR not found in the extracted record, preventing independent verification of actual credit issuance
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 67,303 | 0 | 67,303 | |
| 2010 | 81,530 | 0 | 81,530 | |
| 2011 | 82,657 | 0 | 82,657 | |
| 2012 | 166,622 | 0 | 166,622 | |
| 2013 | 171,606 | 0 | 171,606 | |
| 2014 | 112,004 | 0 | 112,004 | |
| 2015 | 139,186 | 0 | 139,186 | |
| 2016 | 99,137 | 0 | 99,137 | |
| 2017 | 106,675 | 0 | 106,675 | |
| 2021 | 396,095 | 0 | 396,095 | |
| 2022 | 1,137,719 | 0 | 1,137,719 | |
| Total | 2,560,534 | 0 | 2,560,534 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed investment test
No reversal data
0% deduction, inconsistent justification
Project-specific, modeled, reassessed 2021
Safeguards mentioned; FPIC and grievance not confirmed
CORSIA and CCP status not stated
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