Guohua Dongying Lijin Phase II 49.5 MW Wind farm Project

Audit Analysis

A 49.5 MW onshore wind project in China validated under CDM with a jurisdictional grid baseline and VVB-confirmed investment additionality test. The project is technically straightforward (wind displacing grid electricity), but the available record is limited to the 2012 validation report and PDD, with no monitoring or verification reports, low extraction confidence, and a significant discrepancy between the PDD's lifetime ER figure (761,596 tCO₂) and the validation report's confirmed figure (108,799 tCO₂). The grid emission factor dates from 2007, raising a modest over-crediting concern for a project registered in 2012.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠The PDD states a total expected ER of 761,596 tCO₂ while the validation report confirms only 108,799 tCO₂ — a roughly 7× discrepancy that likely reflects an annual vs. lifetime basis but was not explicitly reconciled in the available documents.
• ⚠The grid emission factor of 1.0755 tCO₂/MWh is drawn from 2007 data, yet the project was registered in December 2012; China's grid intensity has declined since then, so the baseline may overstate actual displacement benefits.
• ⚠Eighteen material findings were raised during validation (including IRR transparency, common-practice analysis, monitoring-plan completeness, and bird-migration impacts), all requiring corrective action before approval — indicating a weak initial submission.
• ⚠No monitoring or verification reports are present in the extracted record, so actual performance against the claimed ER cannot be assessed.

Credit Vintages

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