*EECOPALSA biogas capture & utilization

Audit Analysis

The EECOPALSA biogas project in Honduras has a verified investment-test additionality and a measured baseline, but is undermined by an extensive list of 30+ corrective actions revealing a severely deficient MRV system (no quality management system, no calibration procedures, no reporting procedures). Seven contradictions between documents—including conflicting leakage justifications, inconsistent ERR figures, and a baseline described as both measured and modeled—further erode confidence in the carbon accounting. The absence of a buffer pool, FPIC, and grievance mechanism, combined with unstated CORSIA/CCP status, leaves material gaps in permanence and safeguards.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠30+ corrective actions issued by the VVB, including no quality management system, no calibration procedures, no reporting procedures, and missing biogas temperature measurements
• ⚠No buffer pool percentage stated in any available document, leaving permanence risk unaddressed for a biogas project
• ⚠Leakage justification contradicts itself across documents: 'quantified' in the 2011 verification report vs 'deemed negligible' in the 2010 monitoring report, both with a 0% deduction
• ⚠ERR figures conflict: the 2010 monitoring report claims 28,344 tCO2e while the 2011 verification report confirms only 25,011 tCO2e, an 11.4% reduction
• ⚠Baseline described as 'measured' in the monitoring report but 'modeled' in the PDD, creating methodological ambiguity

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