Guodian Linghai Qingsong Wind Farm Project

Audit Analysis

A CDM wind farm project in China using a jurisdictional baseline and ACM0002 methodology, with a 7-year crediting period (2017–2024). The project type carries inherently low permanence and leakage risk, but the extracted record shows significant gaps in additionality documentation, verified emission reductions, and safeguards detail. Two administrative corrective actions were raised, and the low extraction confidence limits confidence in the completeness of the available evidence.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Additionality test type and VVB confirmation are not stated in any available document, leaving the additionality claim unverified in the extracted record.
• ⚠The validation report reports 96,048 tCO₂e while the PDD reports 672,336 tCO₂e; although 96,048 × 7 = 672,336 suggests an annual-vs-lifetime presentation difference, the inconsistency in reporting basis is a documentation concern.
• ⚠No verified emission reduction figure is available in the extracted record, making it impossible to confirm actual delivery against the ex-ante estimate.
• ⚠Low extraction confidence indicates at least one key document was poorly readable, reducing reliability of the extracted data.

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