Guodian Shanxi Pinglubeishan Phase I Wind Power Project

Audit Analysis

A CDM wind power project in China with a verified combined additionality test and jurisdictional baseline, but hampered by a seven-fold discrepancy between the PDD and validation report on total emissions reductions, twelve material findings (including missing Letters of Approval from both national authorities), and a near-complete absence of monitoring or verification data. The project is a straightforward renewable-energy avoidance activity with low inherent reversal risk, yet the documentation record is thin and the ERR contradiction undermines confidence in the claimed credit volume.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Total ERR discrepancy of ~7× between the PDD (602,791 tCO₂e) and the validation report (86,113 tCO₂e) raises serious questions about which figure was actually issued
• ⚠CAR01: Letters of Approval from the Designated National Authorities of both China and the Netherlands were not obtained at validation, a fundamental CDM compliance requirement
• ⚠No monitoring reports, verification reports, or verified ERR figures are present in the extracted record, making it impossible to confirm whether any credits were actually issued or retired
• ⚠Twelve material findings and seven corrective actions were raised by the VVB, indicating the PDD required substantial revision before validation could be completed

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.