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Re-assessment pendingVCSEnergy industries (renewable/non-renewable sources)United StatesRegistry: Verification overdueACM0002

Dempsey Ridge Wind Project

Developer: Dempsey Ridge Wind Farm, LLC

VCS-780 ↗

#2855of 5075 in Renewable energy#698of 1794 in United States#796of 1609 in Verra (VCS)#2027of 3472 in ACM0002

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 2 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 5.2 / 10 Dimension scores are locked — the faint arcs are empty tracks, not zero scores.

Scale 0–10 · method weights: integrity 35% · transparency 25% · claim safety 25% · documentation 15%.

Re-assessment pending · v2.1

Analysis

The Dempsey Ridge Wind Project is a registered VCS renewable energy project with confirmed additionality and no reversal events, but it carries notable documentation quality concerns including over ten corrective actions, a 0% leakage deduction with no justification in the most recent verification report, and a baseline method contradiction between the verification and monitoring reports. The project's claims are internally consistent for the 2020 monitoring period, and CORSIA ineligibility eliminates dual-channel risk, but the accumulation of unresolved documentation gaps and the absence of a buffer pool moderate confidence in the credit's robustness.

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Findings

Risk Indicators

Additionality

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Permanence

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Leakage

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Baseline

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Safeguards

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Double-claim

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Eligibility & market

What can you claim with this credit?

Four checks buyers ask about, from the registry and the Integrity Council (ICVCM).

  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    No CORSIA label on the registry

    Not usable for airlines' CORSIA obligations.

    Source: registry label

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Methodology not approved by ICVCMACM0002

    The Integrity Council assessed this methodology as not meeting the Core Carbon Principles.

    Source: ICVCM assessment

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

    Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.

    Source: project sector

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    No Article 6 authorization

    No corresponding adjustment: the host country can also count this reduction towards its own target.

    Source: registry label

Information only, from public sources. Claim rules (CORSIA, SBTi, EU rules on green claims) change: check them before making a public claim. Since 27 September 2026, EU consumer rules do not allow “climate neutral” product claims based on offsets.

Registry labels last checked:2026-10-04

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2012
202,924202,9240
2013
255,689255,6890
2014
288,749288,7490
2015
249,424249,4240
2016
275,309275,3090
2017
206,660161,31145,349
2018
231,795221,64210,153
2019
222,228221,2281,000
2020
223,436222,993443
Total2,156,2142,099,26956,945

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