Fuerza Eolica del Istmo Wind Farm

Audit Analysis

Fuerza Eolica del Istmo is a CDM wind project with a VVB-confirmed investment additionality test, a jurisdictional baseline, and a reasonable 0% leakage deduction for a renewable-energy avoidance project. The main concerns are a material finding on the monitoring plan (shared transmission line with Phase II), several key transparency fields left unreported (verified ERR, FNRB, usage monitoring method), and four cross-document contradictions that, while largely explainable by unit differences or different reporting periods, introduce some data-reliability uncertainty.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Material finding in the 2013 verification report: the project participant was unable to implement the registered monitoring plan due to a shared transmission line with the Phase II project; the plan was revised to use transmission-loss factors and electricity-bill cross-checks, which is a weaker monitoring approach than direct metering.
• ⚠The additionality test type is reported as 'investment' in the 2009 validation report but as 'combined' in the 2013 PDD, creating ambiguity about which test the VVB actually verified.
• ⚠Total verified ERR for the full three-year monitoring period (2012–2015) is not stated in the extracted record, preventing a full pro-rata delivery check beyond the first-year figure.
• ⚠CORSIA eligibility and CCP status are both not stated in any available document, leaving the double-claiming risk unassessed.

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