Guodian Wuqi zhouwan 2nd 49.5MW Wind Power Project

Audit Analysis

A 49.5 MW onshore wind project in China registered under CDM (ACM0002 v13.0.0) with a combined additionality test confirmed by VVB JCI. The project has a 0% leakage deduction justified as quantified, which is reasonable for grid-connected wind, but several key data points (verified ERR, FNRB, buffer pool, CORSIA/CCP status) are absent from the extracted record. Multiple contradictions between the PDD and monitoring reports—particularly on baseline method and ERR figures—reduce confidence in the data trail.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Baseline method is contradictory: the PDD (2012) describes a jurisdictional baseline while the 2021 monitoring report characterises it as project-specific, creating ambiguity about the reference case.
• ⚠Total ERR claimed differs between the 2017 monitoring report (342,284 tCO₂e) and the 2021 monitoring report (287,865 tCO₂e); although the two reports likely cover different sub-periods, both are labelled as lifetime totals, making the true cumulative figure unclear.
• ⚠No buffer pool percentage or permanence mechanism is stated in any available document, leaving reversal risk unquantified despite the 7-year crediting period.
• ⚠Thirteen material findings and thirteen corrective actions were raised at validation, all documentation-related, indicating the initial PDD submission was substantially incomplete.

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