Datca WPP

Audit Analysis

The Datça wind project is a jurisdictional-baseline renewable energy avoidance project with VVB-confirmed combined additionality and no reversal risk, but it carries notable data-quality concerns: four cross-document contradictions (including a 24% gap in claimed ERR between the PDD and verification report), a 0% leakage deduction with inconsistent justification, and a low extraction confidence rating that limits assurance in the extracted record. The project over-delivered relative to its pro-rata ex-ante expectation (~125%), which is a positive signal, yet the environmental setting in a Special Protection Area and 35 resolved CARs temper confidence in the overall robustness.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Contradiction in claimed ERR: the PDD (2026-02-09) states 166,486.5 tCO2e while the verification report (2026-02-16) certifies 207,174 tCO2e — a 24.4% gap that is not explained in the extracted record.
• ⚠Leakage justification is inconsistent: the validation report (2026-02-11) describes it as 'quantified' while the PDD (2026-02-09) labels it 'deemed negligible', yet the deduction is 0% in both cases.
• ⚠Crediting period discrepancy: the verification report states 2018-02-09 to 2028-02-08 (10 years), but an undated document (2025-05-09) records 2020-02-09 to 2035-02-08 (15 years), creating ambiguity about the actual crediting window.
• ⚠The project is located in a Special Environmental Protection Area; the verification report flags the need to reassess environmental risks, and 35 CARs were raised during validation/verification.
• ⚠Minimum extraction confidence is rated 'low', meaning at least one key document was poorly readable, reducing assurance in the structured data.

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