Diaobingshan New-built 49.5MW Wind Power Station Project

Audit Analysis

A 49.5 MW onshore wind project in China validated under CDM methodology ACM0002 v17.0 by RINA Services, using a jurisdictional grid baseline and a 0% leakage deduction appropriate for renewable generation. The project shows no material findings or corrective actions, but the extracted record lacks explicit additionality test details and any verification-stage reports, and a grid emission factor discrepancy between the validation report and an appendix warrants attention.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Grid emission factor differs by ~18% between the validation report (0.9547 tCO₂/MWh) and an undated appendix (1.1291 tCO₂/MWh); the VVB's lower value was privileged as the authoritative figure, but the discrepancy suggests inconsistent data handling across project documents.
• ⚠Additionality test type and explicit VVB confirmation are absent from the extracted record; while RINA Services would have assessed additionality as part of CDM validation, the specific test (investment, barrier, or regulatory) is not documented in the available data.
• ⚠No verification-stage reports appear in the document set (only a validation report, PDD, and an appendix), limiting the ability to confirm that actual generation matched the ex-ante estimate over the full 2016–2023 crediting period.

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