Ceran's 14 de Julho Hydro Power Plant CDM Project Activity

Audit Analysis

A CDM hydro project in Brazil validated by LRQA in 2016 with a standard jurisdictional grid baseline and a reasonable 0% leakage assumption. However, the available record contains only the validation report with six material findings (including an emission-factor calculation error), no verification or monitoring reports, and low extraction confidence, leaving the project's actual performance and additionality confirmation largely unverified in the extracted data.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Six material findings in the validation report, including incorrect default efficiency values in the emission-factor calculation spreadsheet (CAR1), which could have inflated or deflated the claimed 1,119,223 tCO2e ERR
• ⚠No verification or monitoring reports found in the extracted record; the crediting period ended in April 2023 but no post-validation data is available
• ⚠Low extraction confidence across the document set, with one evidence document listed as 'unknown'
• ⚠Additionality test type and VVB confirmation are not explicitly stated in the extracted data, despite the PDD referencing a Combined tool for additionality

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