Central Energética do Rio Pardo Cogeneration Project (CERPA)
#54of 352 in Biomass#50of 211 in Brazil#526of 1459 in CDM (UNFCCC)#8of 81 in ACM0006
Audit Analysis
The CERPA cogeneration project (CDM-0209) is a sugarcane bagasse biomass energy project in Brazil with a combined additionality test and a project-specific baseline. The monitoring report shows the project delivered approximately 121% of the pro-rata ex-ante expectation for the elapsed period, indicating no over-crediting risk. However, the absence of a buffer pool, contradictory leakage justifications between documents, and missing safeguards documentation limit the overall quality assessment.
Red Flags
- Leakage justification is contradictory: the validation report (2011) characterises leakage as 'deemed negligible' while the monitoring report (2013) states it was 'quantified', yet the deduction remains 0% in both cases
- No buffer pool or permanence mechanism is documented for the project, and no reversal events data is available
- Safeguards documentation is absent: no FPIC, no grievance mechanism, and no explicit safeguards statement found in any extracted document
- Baseline is project-specific rather than jurisdictional, increasing sensitivity to local assumptions
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 55,056 | 0 | 55,056 | |
| 2007 | 19,379 | 0 | 19,379 | |
| 2008 | 26,819 | 0 | 26,819 | |
| 2012 | 62,575 | 0 | 62,575 | |
| 2014 | 32,330 | 0 | 32,330 | |
| Total | 196,159 | 0 | 196,159 |
Risk Indicators
Combined test applied; VVB confirmation not explicitly extra
no reversal data available
0% deduction with contradictory justifications across docume
Project-specific baseline; last reassessed at validation (20
No FPIC, grievance mechanism, or safeguards statement found
CORSIA and CCP status not stated in available documents
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