ESTRE Pedreira Landfill Gás Project (EPLGP)
#114of 189 in Methane#134of 211 in Brazil#1154of 1459 in CDM (UNFCCC)#106of 159 in ACM0001
Audit Analysis
The ESTRE Pedreira Landfill Gas Project is a CDM landfill gas capture project in Brazil with a combined additionality test and a project-specific modeled baseline. Significant data gaps exist — no monitoring reports, no verified ERR figures, and a 0% leakage deduction with no documented justification — while a seven-fold discrepancy between the PDD and validation report on total claimed reductions raises material data-reliability concerns.
Red Flags
- Seven-fold discrepancy in total claimed emission reductions: the PDD (Jan 2023) states 5,123,035 tCO2e while the validation report (Feb 2023) states 731,862 tCO2e; the basis for this difference is unexplained in the available documents.
- Leakage deduction of 0% with justification recorded as 'not addressed' in the validation report, despite the PDD indicating leakage was quantified — an unresolved contradiction that undermines confidence in the net reduction figure.
- No monitoring or verification reports found in the extracted record; the project has been in its crediting period since February 2022 but no verified performance data is available.
- Buffer pool percentage and reversal-event history are not stated in any available document, leaving permanence risk unquantified.
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 40,321 | 0 | 40,321 | |
| 2013 | 511,134 | 0 | 511,134 | |
| 2015 | 1,083,148 | 0 | 1,083,148 | |
| 2021 | 1,441,356 | 0 | 1,441,356 | |
| 2022 | 1,145,344 | 0 | 1,145,344 | |
| Total | 4,221,303 | 0 | 4,221,303 |
Risk Indicators
Combined test present but VVB confirmation not explicitly st
mixed evidence / unresolved risk
0% deduction with justification recorded as 'not addressed'
Project-specific modeled baseline; last reassessed 2023
Safeguards mentioned and benefit-sharing described, but FPIC
CORSIA eligibility and CCP status not stated in available do
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