Fleixeiras I Wind Power Plant CDM Project

Audit Analysis

Fleixeiras I is a CDM wind power project in Brazil using the well-established ACM0002 methodology with a jurisdictional baseline and a reasonable 0% leakage deduction. However, the extracted record contains no monitoring or verification data, the additionality test type is not explicitly confirmed, and a significant discrepancy exists between the PDD and validation report on total estimated emission reductions (51,048 vs 357,336 tCO₂e), likely reflecting an annual-versus-lifetime reporting difference. The low extraction confidence and absence of post-validation documents limit the depth of assessment.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Total ERR discrepancy: the PDD (2020-09-25) reports 357,336 tCO₂e while the validation report (2020-09-30) reports 51,048 tCO₂e — a 7× difference that likely reflects an annual vs. 7-year lifetime basis but was not reconciled in the documents
• ⚠No monitoring reports or verification reports found in the extracted record; the project's crediting period began in November 2020, so at least one monitoring cycle should have been completed
• ⚠Five material findings and corrective actions were raised during validation, including inconsistencies in turbine count, installed capacity, and missing operating-margin emission factor in the monitoring plan
• ⚠Additionality test type and VVB confirmation are not explicitly stated in the extracted data, leaving the additionality assessment unverified in the available record

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