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Gansu Huanghe Bingling Hydropower Station Project

Developer: Gansu Diantou Bingling hydropower Development Co.,Ltd

VCS-453 ↗

#214of 5074 in Renewable energy#62of 3063 in China#155of 1612 in Verra (VCS)#161of 3470 in ACM0002

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 6.8 / 10 Dimension scores are locked — the faint arcs are empty tracks, not zero scores.

Scale 0–10 · method weights: integrity 35% · transparency 25% · claim safety 25% · documentation 15%.

Analysis

Gansu Huanghe Bingling Hydropower Station Project (China) generates grid-connected renewable electricity (conventional hydropower design using the natural water flow of the river and medium head, 5 bulb-type propeller turbine-generators with an individual capacity of 48 MW, amounting to a total combined installed capacity of 240MW) under ACM0002 version 6; registry status Registered (VCS), 2,632,747 credits issued (vintages 2008–2015). The documents name SGS United Kingdom Ltd as validation body and Shenzhen CTI International Certification Co., Ltd (2013-01-01 – 2015-12-31), China Classification Society Certification Co. Ltd. (CCSC) (2016-01-01 – 2018-08-03) as verification bodies. The documents estimate 764,452 tCO2e per year. The latest verification report (01-January-2016 – 03-August-2018) verifies 1,743,999 tCO2e. Credits issued so far are 47% of the ex-ante estimate for the crediting period elapsed.

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Findings

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Eligibility & market

What can you claim with this credit?

Four checks buyers ask about, from the registry and the Integrity Council (ICVCM).

  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    No CORSIA label on the registry

    Not usable for airlines' CORSIA obligations.

    Source: registry label

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Methodology not approved by ICVCMACM0002

    The Integrity Council assessed this methodology as not meeting the Core Carbon Principles.

    Source: ICVCM assessment

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

    Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.

    Source: project sector

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    No Article 6 authorization

    No corresponding adjustment: the host country can also count this reduction towards its own target.

    Source: registry label

Information only, from public sources. Claim rules (CORSIA, SBTi, EU rules on green claims) change: check them before making a public claim. Since 27 September 2026, EU consumer rules do not allow “climate neutral” product claims based on offsets.

Registry labels last checked:2026-10-11

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2008
88,391027,140
2009
53,709016,005
2013
888,17319,854868,319
2014
838,5769,452829,124
2015
763,8983,363760,535
Total2,632,74732,6692,501,123

Methodology versions used

The methodology version stated in each monitoring, verification and issuance document, by period, compared with the official methodology pages.

  1. 2013–2015ACM0002 v6.0since replaced by v22.0

    monitoring report

    official page · verified on

  2. 2016–2018ACM0002version not confirmed in the document text

    monitoring report + verification report

  • ACM0002: Active (CDM / UNFCCC) · official page · verified on

A version is shown only when the document's own text writes it next to the methodology code. Current versions, status and CCP ranges come from the official pages linked, checked on the date shown.

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Analysis ProvenanceACM0002 version 6

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