Guangxi Baise Dongsun Hydropower Project

Audit Analysis

A small-scale hydro displacement project under CDM with a confirmed additionality test and jurisdictional baseline, but the available record is limited to the validation report and PDD with no monitoring data, low extraction confidence, and two material findings requiring corrective action. The leakage treatment (0% deduction, deemed negligible) is reasonable for this project type but is undermined by a contradiction between documents. Overall, the project design is sound but the evidentiary base is thin.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Two material findings (CARs) at validation: monitoring equipment descriptions and forecast load factor were missing from the PDD, and the required methodological tool was not listed in PDD tables B.7.1 and B.7.3
• ⚠Contradiction on leakage treatment: the validation report (Nov 2017) states leakage was 'deemed negligible' while another document references a 'quantified' approach — the basis for the 0% deduction is unclear
• ⚠No monitoring report or verified ERR data found in the extracted record; the project's actual performance over its 7-year crediting period (ending Dec 2024) is unverified
• ⚠Minimum extraction confidence is rated low, indicating at least one key document was poorly readable or incomplete

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