Ferrosilicon waste heat power generation project
GS-37 ↗ · current registry ID: GS1041
#42of 202 in Industrial#76of 204 in China#125of 426 in Gold Standard (GS)#3of 15 in ACM0012
Audit Analysis
A Gold Standard waste-heat recovery project in China's ferrosilicon sector with VVB-confirmed additionality and no open corrective actions, but weakened by the absence of a buffer pool, a project-specific baseline, a 0% leakage deduction justified only as 'deemed negligible,' and two unresolved contradictions in ERR figures and crediting-period dates across documents.
Red Flags
- No buffer pool percentage stated in any available document, leaving permanence risk unquantified for a 10-year crediting period
- Leakage deduction of 0% justified solely as 'deemed negligible' without a quantitative analysis in the verification report
- Contradiction in total ERR: 278,788 tCO2e in the 2021 verification report vs 145,368 tCO2e in the 2017 appendix — the basis for the lower figure is unclear
- Crediting-period start date differs between the validation report (1 Feb 2012) and the verification report (1 Jan 2013), creating ambiguity about the true project start
- Grid emission factor of 0.84125 tCO2/MWh is anchored to 2008 data, which may overstate or understate current grid intensity
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 72,993 | 0 | 72,993 | |
| 2018 | 90,130 | 0 | 90,130 | |
| 2019 | 93,901 | 0 | 93,901 | |
| 2020 | 16,188 | 0 | 16,188 | |
| Total | 273,212 | 0 | 273,212 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed combined test; not legally required
No buffer pool stated; no reversal data
0% deduction, 'deemed negligible' only
Project-specific; reassessment date not stated
Safeguards mentioned; FPIC and grievance mechanism not docum
CORSIA and CCP status not stated
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