Ganluo Aga Hydropower Project

Audit Analysis

The Ganluo Aga Hydropower Project is a CDM-registered small hydro scheme in China with a VVB-confirmed combined additionality test and a jurisdictional baseline, but the record is undermined by 11 material findings in the validation report, the complete absence of any verification or monitoring data, and a low extraction confidence rating. The project's claimed lifetime emissions reductions of roughly 487,000 tCO₂e over seven years cannot be independently corroborated from the available documents.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Eleven material findings in the validation report, including an incorrect installed capacity, a benchmark document that was not yet effective at the investment decision date, missing financial parameters, and an inconsistent monitored parameter relative to the methodology
• ⚠No verification or monitoring report data is present in the extracted record despite the crediting period (2014–2020) having fully elapsed, making it impossible to confirm actual emissions reductions
• ⚠Low extraction confidence across the document set, indicating at least one key document was poorly readable and the structured data may be incomplete
• ⚠Contradiction between the PDD (additionality described as an investment test) and the validation report (combined test), creating ambiguity about the actual additionality basis

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.