Guangdong Xinyi Qianpai Wind Power Project

Audit Analysis

A CDM wind power project in China with a VVB-confirmed investment additionality test and a jurisdictional grid-emission-factor baseline, both appropriate for the sector. However, a significant discrepancy in the total emissions-reduction figure between the PDD and the validation report, combined with low document-extraction confidence and 19 material findings at validation (all since resolved), limits confidence in the data trail. The project is a straightforward avoidance-type wind installation with minimal reversal or leakage risk.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Total ERR figure differs by a factor of ~7 between the PDD (545,412 tCO₂e) and the validation report (77,916 tCO₂e); the PDD value is privileged as the lifetime ex-ante estimate, but the discrepancy is unexplained in the available record.
• ⚠Minimum extraction confidence is rated low, meaning at least one key document was poorly readable, reducing reliability of the extracted data.
• ⚠Nineteen material findings (CAR01–06, CL01–09) were raised during validation, indicating substantial documentation and calculation gaps at the time of submission, although all were subsequently resolved.
• ⚠Grid emission factor is dated 2011; no evidence of an updated or reassessed baseline value was found in the extracted record.

Credit Vintages

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