Gansu Zhouqu County Hujia’ai Hydropower Station Project

Audit Analysis

A CDM hydro project in Gansu, China, validated by TÜV NORD CERT with a jurisdictional baseline and a 7-year crediting period (2016–2023). The project carries three corrective action requests related to measurement methods and turbine data, and the extracted record lacks confirmation of additionality testing, verified ERR figures, and any monitoring reports, leaving significant evidence gaps. Leakage is treated as negligible (0%), which is reasonable for a small hydro scheme, but the absence of a buffer pool and safeguards documentation weakens the integrity profile.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Additionality test type and VVB confirmation are not stated in the extracted record, leaving the core CDM additionality requirement unverified in available documents
• ⚠Three corrective action requests (CARs) were raised at validation: measurement methods for EGP,J needed elaboration, turbine capacity and coordinates were inconsistent, and parameter CAPpj was not initially monitored
• ⚠Total verified ERR is not available in the extracted record, making it impossible to confirm actual credit delivery against the 561,190 tCO2e lifetime claim
• ⚠No buffer pool percentage is stated, and no reversal events data is available, leaving permanence risk unquantified
• ⚠No FPIC, grievance mechanism, or detailed safeguards documentation is present in the extracted record

Credit Vintages