El Chaparral Hydroelectric Project (El Salvador)

Audit Analysis

El Chaparral is a small hydro displacement project under CDM with VVB-confirmed additionality and a reasonable 0% leakage assumption, but the record is hampered by two inter-document contradictions (baseline method and additionality test type), a low extraction confidence rating, and the absence of any monitoring-period data to verify actual delivery against the claimed 1,008,637 tCO₂e.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Baseline method is stated as 'project-specific' in the validation report but 'jurisdictional' in the PDD — an unresolved contradiction that affects the credibility of the baseline calculation.
• ⚠Additionality test type is recorded as 'combined' in the validation report but 'investment' in an appendix — the scope of the additionality assessment is ambiguous.
• ⚠No monitoring period or monitoring report was found in the extracted record, making it impossible to verify whether the 1,008,637 tCO₂e claimed was actually delivered.
• ⚠Minimum extraction confidence is rated 'low', indicating at least one key document was poorly readable, which undermines confidence in all extracted values.
• ⚠Five corrective action requests (CARs) were raised during validation, yet the corrective-actions-required list is empty, creating an inconsistency in the audit trail.

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.