Generation of Electrical Energy in SOL Coqueria by Process Heat Recovery

Audit Analysis

A CDM heat-recovery CHP project in Brazil with a VVB-confirmed combined additionality test and a thorough validation process (eight corrective actions resolved), but significant gaps in verified delivery data, a thin leakage justification, and a baseline-method contradiction between the validation report and the monitoring report. The fixed 2009 grid emission factor and absence of a verified ERR figure limit confidence in the claimed 2.08 MtCO2e over the 10-year crediting period.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Baseline method is stated as 'jurisdictional' in the 2018 monitoring report but 'project-specific' in the 2012 validation report — an unresolved contradiction that affects the credibility of the counterfactual.
• ⚠Grid emission factor is fixed at the 2009 value (0.3112 tCO2/MWh) for the entire 10-year crediting period with no update mechanism, risking over-crediting as the Brazilian grid decarbonises.
• ⚠No verified ERR figure is available in the extracted record, so actual delivery against the 2,079,298 tCO2e claim cannot be confirmed.
• ⚠Leakage is set at 0% with only a 'deemed negligible' label; the 2012 validation report does not address leakage at all, and no quantitative analysis is provided in the monitoring report.

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