FANAPEL Biomass-based CHP

Audit Analysis

The FANAPEL Biomass-based CHP project in Uruguay has a VVB-confirmed additionality assessment and a standardised CDM methodology (AMS-I.C v19), but the available record is limited to validation-stage documents from 2013 with no monitoring or verification reports. Two material contradictions between the PDD and the validation report (grid emission factor and baseline method) reduce confidence in the baseline, and the absence of any verified emissions reductions data prevents any assessment of actual delivery against the 12,186 tCO₂e lifetime claim.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Grid emission factor differs between the PDD (0.612) and the validation report (0.55), creating uncertainty about the baseline calculation basis
• ⚠Baseline method is stated as 'project-specific' in the validation report but 'jurisdictional' in the PDD — a fundamental classification discrepancy
• ⚠No monitoring reports or verification reports are available for the full 2013–2020 crediting period; actual emissions reductions are unverified
• ⚠Eleven material findings were raised at validation, including incomplete additionality evidence, unclear monitoring calibration, and a double-counting concern in the cogeneration capacity limit
• ⚠Leakage is described as 'quantified' in the validation report but no deduction percentage or methodology is found in the extracted record

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.