Dak Ne Hydropower Project

Audit Analysis

The Dak Ne Hydropower Project is a small diversion-type hydro scheme in Vietnam registered under CDM methodology AMS-I.D (v13), with additionality confirmed by TÜV Rheinland Japan via an investment test and a jurisdictional grid-emission-factor baseline. The project shows no reversal events, a reasonable 0% leakage deduction for grid-connected generation, and no outstanding corrective actions. The principal concern is a discrepancy between the first-year claimed emissions reductions (38,296 tCO₂e) and the total project estimate recorded in the issuance document (144,158 tCO₂e), which is most likely a scope difference (per-period vs. lifetime) but warrants clarification.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠ERR figures differ between the monitoring report (38,296 tCO₂e for the first monitoring period) and the issuance document (144,158 tCO₂e, likely the total project estimate); the scope of each figure is not explicitly reconciled in the extracted record.
• ⚠Baseline method is described as 'project' in the validation report (2010) but 'jurisdictional' in the monitoring report (2011); while both are consistent with a grid-EF approach, the terminology inconsistency reduces clarity.
• ⚠Crediting-period start date differs between the validation report (01 Apr 2010) and the monitoring report (22 Oct 2010), a gap of over six months that is not explained in the available documents.

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.