Carbofex 1 Hiedanranta

Audit Analysis

Carbofex 1 Hiedanranta is a Finnish biomass carbon-removal project verified by DNV under the Puro CO2 Removal Marketplace Methodology v2.0, with a 1,000-year permanence claim and a 2.5% buffer pool. The verification report (June 2022) reports no material findings and no corrective actions, and the project has a documented LCA, tested carbon content, and feedstock sustainability assessment. However, critical integrity parameters — additionality test type, baseline method, leakage treatment, and both claimed and verified ERR figures — are absent from the extracted record, limiting the depth of quality assurance that can be confirmed.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Additionality test type and VVB confirmation of additionality are not stated in any available document, leaving the core additionality claim unverifiable from the extracted record.
• ⚠Baseline method and last reassessment date are not stated, making it impossible to confirm the validity or recency of the baseline.
• ⚠Leakage deduction and justification are entirely absent from the extracted record for a biomass project where displacement of existing biomass use is a plausible leakage pathway.
• ⚠Both claimed and verified ERR figures are missing, preventing any assessment of over- or under-delivery against the ex-ante estimate.

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