Gansu Qilianshan Cement 6000kW Waste Heat Recovery Project

Audit Analysis

A CDM waste-heat-recovery project in the cement sector with VVB-confirmed additionality and a jurisdictional baseline, but undermined by 20 material findings, 19 corrective actions, a significant discrepancy between claimed (6,849 t) and verified (23,779 t) emission reductions for the same monitoring period, and an outdated 2006 grid emission factor. The project's MRV and documentation quality raise meaningful concerns about the reliability of its credit figures.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Verified ERR (23,779 tCO₂e) is 3.5× the claimed ERR (6,849 tCO₂e) for the 2017-01-01 to 2017-07-14 monitoring period — an inversion that is highly unusual and suggests a data or reporting error
• ⚠20 material findings and 19 corrective actions identified by the VVB, including baseline emission-factor calculation errors, unconfirmed monitoring of imported grid electricity, and missing meter-failure procedures
• ⚠Grid emission factor of 0.84 tCO₂/MWh is from 2006 and was never updated over the 10-year crediting period, risking over- or under-estimation of reductions
• ⚠Leakage deduction of 0% justified only as 'deemed negligible' with no quantified analysis for a cement-sector project where waste heat could have alternative industrial uses

Credit Vintages