Dempsey Ridge Wind Project

Audit Analysis

The Dempsey Ridge Wind Project is a registered VCS renewable energy project with verified additionality and no reversal events, but it carries significant documentation and monitoring quality concerns reflected in over ten corrective actions across multiple verification cycles. The 0% leakage deduction lacks any stated justification, and the project-specific baseline (rather than a jurisdictional one) introduces moderate over-crediting risk. Overall, the project is functional but shows recurring compliance gaps that temper confidence in its credit quality.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Ten or more corrective actions were issued across verification cycles, including missing 2016 generation data, incorrect net electricity values in monitoring reports, and inadequate QA/QC provisions in the monitoring plan
• ⚠Leakage deduction is 0% with the justification recorded as 'not addressed' in the 2021 verification report, despite an earlier 2014 verification report describing it as 'quantified'
• ⚠Revenue meter calibration evidence was missing for the 2020 monitoring period (material finding in the 2021 verification report)
• ⚠No buffer pool percentage is stated in any available document, and the project-specific baseline has no recorded reassessment date

Credit Vintages