CDMBiomass EnergyBrazilAMS-I.C

CAMIL Itaqui Biomass Electricity Generation Project

CDM-0231 ↗

#91of 352 in Biomass#75of 211 in Brazil#735of 1459 in CDM (UNFCCC)#31of 115 in AMS-I.C

5.1/ 10
Integrity
5.5
Transparency
4.5
Claim Safety
5.0
Documentation
5.5

Scored2026-08-26medium confidence Latest verified monitoring: 2011-04-30

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Audit Analysis

The CAMIL Itaqui biomass electricity project (CDM-0231) has a VVB-confirmed additionality assessment and a reasonable pro-rata delivery rate (~82% of expectation), but suffers from significant documentation gaps in feedstock sustainability, carbon content verification, and verified ERR figures. The project is a 2009-era CDM registration with a project-specific baseline and no buffer pool, leaving moderate uncertainty around long-term additionality and permanence.

Red Flags

  • Feedstock sustainability and carbon content testing are not documented in any available record, creating a material gap for a biomass project's additionality claim
  • 25 Corrective Action Requests were raised during validation, indicating significant initial documentation deficiencies (though all were subsequently closed)
  • Verified ERR figure is not stated in the extracted record, preventing independent confirmation of actual emission reductions
  • No buffer pool or permanence mechanism is documented, and no reversal events data is available

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2006
207,2980207,298
2008
53,599053,599
2009
74,147074,147
2010
41,168041,168
2013
18,127018,127
Total394,3390394,339

Risk Indicators

Additionality

VVB-confirmed combined test

Permanence

mixed evidence / unresolved risk

Leakage

0% deduction, quantified but justification language inconsis

Baseline

Project-specific baseline, last reassessed 2009

Safeguards

Safeguards and benefit sharing mentioned; FPIC and grievance

Double-claim

CORSIA and CCP status not stated in available documents

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Analysis ProvenanceScored2026-08-26AMS-I.C; AMS-III.E
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