Gansu Province Yangtian 3.2MW Small-Scale Hydropower Project

Audit Analysis

A 3.2 MW small-scale hydropower project in Gansu, China, validated under CDM with a combined additionality test confirmed by the VVB, but the validation report flagged 15 material findings including a baseline inconsistency, additionality compliance gaps, and the disruptive impact of the Wenchuan earthquake on construction and the CER buyer relationship. The low extraction confidence across 17 documents and numerous unquantified fields limit confidence in the project's data integrity.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠CAR-2 in the validation report identifies an inconsistency between baseline emission figures in sections B.6.1 and B.6.3 of the PDD, undermining baseline reliability
• ⚠The Wenchuan earthquake seriously impacted construction and caused the CER buyer to terminate its letter of intent, with no alternative buyer identified at validation
• ⚠A gap of over three years between the project start date (April 2007) and the ERPA (November 2010) was flagged as a material finding
• ⚠Low extraction confidence across the document set means at least one key document was poorly readable, reducing reliability of all extracted figures
• ⚠Additionality compliance with the microscale project guidelines (version 02) was not fully demonstrated at validation and required corrective action

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.