Gansu Yumen Diwopu Wind Power Project

Audit Analysis

A CDM wind power project in Gansu, China, with a jurisdictional baseline and VVB-confirmed additionality, but with notable gaps in monitoring detail, safeguards documentation, and a significant discrepancy between the PDD and validation report on claimed emissions reductions. The project delivered its verified credits without material findings or corrective actions, and the 0% leakage deduction is reasonable for grid-connected wind generation.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠The PDD (June 2019) claims 572,698 tCO2e while the validation report (July 2019) states 81,814 tCO2e — a 7× discrepancy that, while potentially explainable by different crediting-period assumptions, is not reconciled in the available documents
• ⚠Additionality is confirmed by the VVB but the specific test type (investment, regulatory, or barrier) is not stated in the extracted record
• ⚠No monitoring report is explicitly listed among the evidence documents; the only verification document is the validation report dated October 2019
• ⚠CORSIA eligibility and CCP status are both unstated, leaving dual-channel risk unassessed

Credit Vintages