Guizhou Wangjiazhai CMM Power Generation Project

Audit Analysis

The Guizhou Wangjiazhai CMM power generation project is a well-understood project type under the mature ACM0008 methodology, with VVB-confirmed additionality and inherently low permanence risk since captured methane is combusted. However, eight material contradictions across documents — including conflicting statements on FPIC, grievance mechanisms, safeguards, baseline type, and leakage justification — significantly undermine confidence in the data. The exact match between claimed and verified ERR figures, combined with three unresolved material findings on stakeholder and land-use documentation, raises concerns about the depth of actual verification.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Eight contradictions across documents, including conflicting FPIC status, grievance mechanism presence, safeguards documentation, baseline type (measured vs modeled), and leakage justification (quantified vs deemed negligible)
• ⚠Claimed and verified ERR are identical (1,499,890 tCO2e), suggesting the 'verification' may be a carry-forward of the ex-ante estimate rather than an independent measurement of actual output
• ⚠Financial document reports 149,989 tCO2e — exactly one-tenth of the claimed figure — creating ambiguity about whether the verified figure is annual or lifetime
• ⚠Three material findings (CARs) on stakeholder identification, land-use rights, and electricity/CMM authorisation remain in the record, yet the corrective actions list is empty
• ⚠Leakage deduction of 0% is justified as 'quantified' in the monitoring report but 'deemed negligible' in the validation report — these are fundamentally different justifications

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.