Eléctrica del Valle de México Wind Farm

Audit Analysis

A CDM wind farm project with VVB-confirmed additionality and conservative credit delivery (approximately 79% of pro-rata expectation), but undermined by five material findings, four required corrective actions, and a genuine contradiction in baseline methodology between the validation and monitoring reports. The project is fundamentally sound as an avoidance-type renewable energy credit, yet data quality issues and documentation gaps limit confidence in the underlying claims.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Baseline methodology is described as 'jurisdictional' in the monitoring report (2012) but as 'project' in the validation report (2011) — a genuine contradiction that undermines baseline robustness
• ⚠Five material findings in the verification report, including emission factor calculation inconsistencies and a monitoring plan missing environmental and social parameters, with four corrective actions still required
• ⚠Crediting period differs between the validation report (2010-09-29 to 2017-09-28) and the monitoring report (2011-02-02 to 2018-02-01), indicating the project start date was adjusted post-validation without clear documentation of the change

Credit Vintages