Fuling Waste Heat Recovery for power generation project

Audit Analysis

A CDM waste-heat-recovery power project in China with a solid combined additionality test verified by RINA and a reasonable zero-leakage justification for the project type. However, the monitoring report flags a 42% shortfall versus the PDD estimate, operational delays, and meter-accuracy discrepancies, and the extracted record contains unresolved contradictions in the ERR figures, baseline classification, and crediting-period dates. The project is conservative in its actual claims relative to the PDD, which limits over-crediting risk, but the documentation gaps and figure inconsistencies temper confidence.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Material finding in the monitoring report (Dec 2012): actual emission reductions were 42% lower than the registered PDD estimate, driven by a delayed second HRS unit and lower-than-expected load
• ⚠Contradiction in total ERR figures: 11,644 tCO₂e (monitoring report, 2012-12-03) versus 54,272 tCO₂e (monitoring report, 2012-10-01) — the basis for each figure is not clearly distinguished in the extracted record
• ⚠Meter accuracy discrepancy: actual meters rated 0.5 s versus 1 s as stated in the registered PDD, flagged as a material finding
• ⚠Baseline method described as 'jurisdictional' in the monitoring report but 'project' in the validation report — the classification is inconsistent across documents
• ⚠Crediting period differs between the validation report (2008-05-01 to 2018-04-30) and the monitoring report (2009-04-30 to 2019-04-29)

Credit Vintages