DAKFOCAM Wastewater project

Audit Analysis

The DAKFOCAM Wastewater project is a CDM biogas project in Viet Nam with a solid investment-test additionality confirmed by Deloitte-TECO, but its integrity is undermined by multiple material findings (six CARs, a SCADA outage, data discrepancies), an unaddressed reversal risk for biogas, and a thin 0% leakage justification. Transparency is moderate: a reputable VVB and clear monitoring data are present, yet FNRB, usage rates, and CORSIA status are absent from the record. The project delivered roughly 90% of its pro-rata emission-reduction expectation for the elapsed monitoring period, which is reasonable but leaves limited margin for over-crediting given the project-specific baseline and missing FNRB data.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Six corrective action requests and one open finding (FAR.1) were raised during verification, including discrepancies in COD treated, coal NCV, foil, starch, and biogas flare figures
• ⚠SCADA system breakdown from June 26 to mid-October 2012 resulted in no emission-reduction claim for July–December 2012, indicating monitoring fragility
• ⚠Reversal risk for the biogas system is not addressed in any available document
• ⚠Crediting period differs between the PDD (2010-07-01 to 2020-06-30) and the verification report (2011-11-01 to 2021-10-31), raising questions about the registered period
• ⚠Leakage deduction of 0% is justified only as 'deemed negligible' without a quantified analysis in the verification report

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