Caquende and Juliões Small Hydroelectric Power Plants

Audit Analysis

A CDM small-hydro project in Brazil with a VVB-confirmed combined additionality test and no material findings, but severely limited by the absence of any monitoring or verification data. The project-specific baseline, thin leakage justification, and low extraction confidence create meaningful uncertainty around the 44,387 tCO₂e lifetime claim. The project is past its crediting period (ended April 2020) with no post-crediting evidence available.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠No monitoring or verification report data available — the 44,387 tCO₂e lifetime claim cannot be independently validated against actual generation
• ⚠Leakage justification contradicts itself across documents: the validation report states 'deemed negligible' while an appendix references a 'quantified' assessment, and the 0% deduction lacks a robust technical basis
• ⚠Grid emission factor of 0.1842 tCO₂/MWh is from 2007 and has not been updated or reassessed in any available document
• ⚠Low extraction confidence across the document set indicates key data may be missing or unreadable

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.