Ganluo Wagujiao Hydropower Project

Audit Analysis

The Ganluo Wagujiao small hydro project (CDM-6269) has a confirmed additionality assessment and a jurisdictional grid-emission-factor baseline, but the validation report flagged 15 material findings and required 16 corrective actions, indicating significant PDD quality issues at the time of validation. No monitoring reports or verified emission reductions were found in the extracted record, and the crediting period (2014–2020) has already expired without available post-validation data. The project is a low-complexity small hydro scheme, which inherently limits reversal and leakage risk, but the documentation gaps and contradictions between the PDD and validation report reduce confidence in the overall credit quality.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠15 material findings at validation, including incorrect geographic coordinates, wrong turbine type, missing financial parameters, and insufficient sensitivity analysis — all requiring corrective action before registration
• ⚠No monitoring reports or verified emission reductions found in the extracted record despite the crediting period (2014–2020) having expired
• ⚠Contradiction between PDD and validation report on leakage treatment (PDD implies quantified leakage; validation report states deemed negligible)
• ⚠Minimum extraction confidence rated low, indicating at least one key document was poorly readable or incomplete
• ⚠No buffer pool, permanence mechanism, or reversal-risk mitigation documented for the project

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.