Guohua Guyuan Bayuan 100MW Wind Farm Project

Audit Analysis

A 100 MW onshore wind farm in China validated under CDM methodology ACM0002 with a VVB-confirmed combined additionality test and a standard jurisdictional grid baseline. The project type carries inherently low permanence and leakage risk, but the available record is limited to the validation stage: no monitoring reports, no verified emission reductions, and a significant discrepancy between the PDD and validation report on total claimed reductions create material uncertainty about the actual credit volume.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Total claimed emission reductions differ by a factor of ~7 between the PDD (1,389,094 tCO₂e) and the validation report (198,442 tCO₂e); the validation report figure is privileged as the later, authoritative document, but the discrepancy is unexplained and undermines confidence in the credit volume.
• ⚠No monitoring reports or verified emission-reduction figures are present in the extracted record, so actual performance against the ex-ante estimate cannot be assessed.
• ⚠The additionality test type is described as 'combined' in the validation report but as 'investment' in an earlier document (2012-06-26); the validation report is privileged, but the inconsistency suggests the PDD may have been drafted with a narrower test.

Credit Vintages

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