Dalian Maoyingzi Landfill Gas Recovery for Power Generation Project
#113of 189 in Methane#867of 1084 in China#1150of 1459 in CDM (UNFCCC)#105of 159 in ACM0001
Audit Analysis
A CDM landfill gas-to-power project in China with a VVB-confirmed investment additionality test, but significant data reliability concerns arising from a seven-fold discrepancy between the PDD and validation report on total emission reductions. The project lacks a buffer pool, monitoring data, and several key transparency indicators, while eleven corrective actions were required at validation, indicating substantial PDD quality issues.
Red Flags
- Seven-fold discrepancy in total emission reductions: PDD (Sep 2016) reports 125,137 tCO2e while the validation report (Oct 2016) reports 875,962 tCO2e — a 7× difference that, while potentially explained by the addition of Phase 4 to the project boundary, raises serious data reliability concerns
- Eleven corrective actions required at validation, including misalignment of baseline calculations, project emission calculations, and monitoring plan parameters with methodology ACM0001 v16.0
- No monitoring reports or verified monitoring period data found in the extracted record despite the crediting period ending in November 2023
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 209,687 | 0 | 209,687 | |
| 2013 | 321,456 | 0 | 321,456 | |
| Total | 531,143 | 0 | 531,143 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed investment test
LFG source is finite
0% deemed negligible; thin justification
Project-specific, modeled; reassessed at start only
Grievance mechanism and benefit sharing present; FPIC not st
CCP and CORSIA status not stated
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