Guodian UPC Kangping Haoguan 49.5 MW Wind Farm Liaoning

Audit Analysis

A 49.5 MW wind farm in Liaoning, China, registered under CDM with a VVB-confirmed combined additionality test, but the project record contains three material contradictions between the validation and monitoring reports (ERR figures, baseline method, and leakage justification) that undermine confidence in the credit quantity and baseline integrity. Five corrective action requests were raised during validation, and the verified ER figure is absent from the extracted record, leaving the actual delivery unconfirmed.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠ERR contradiction: the monitoring report (Dec 2013) claims 163,574 tCO2 while the validation report (Jan 2012) estimated 108,154 tCO2 — a 51% discrepancy that suggests either an upward revision of the ex-ante estimate or a mislabelled monitoring-period figure
• ⚠Baseline method contradiction: the monitoring report describes the baseline as 'project' while the validation report describes it as 'jurisdictional'; for a wind project under ACM0002 the grid emission factor (jurisdictional) is the expected baseline, making the monitoring report's characterisation inconsistent with the methodology
• ⚠Leakage justification is inconsistent: the validation report deems leakage negligible, but the monitoring report records it as 'not addressed', and the deduction is 0% with no quantified analysis in either document
• ⚠Five corrective action requests (CARs) were raised during validation, including missing Letters of Approval, unprotected calculation spreadsheets, and incomplete monitoring plan details

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.