Guohua Shenmu Dunliang Wind Farm Project

Audit Analysis

A 49.5 MW onshore wind farm in China validated under CDM methodology ACM0002 with a VVB-confirmed investment additionality test and a jurisdictional grid-emission-factor baseline. The project is inherently low-risk (avoidance-type, no reversal exposure), but the validation report carries 14 material findings and three cross-document contradictions—including a seven-fold discrepancy in the claimed emission reduction—significantly undermining confidence in the data. No monitoring or verification reports are available, leaving the project's actual performance unverified.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Seven-fold discrepancy in total claimed emissions reductions: the PDD states 590,478 tCO₂ while the validation report states 84,354 tCO₂ for the same 7-year crediting period (2013–2019); the VVB figure is privileged but the gap is unexplained
• ⚠14 material findings and corrective actions in the validation report, including incomplete demonstration that static investment would not decrease (CAR7) and a common-practice analysis not fully aligned with the CDM additionality tool (CAR8)
• ⚠No monitoring or verification reports are present in the extracted record; total verified emissions reductions are not stated, so actual delivery cannot be assessed
• ⚠Additionality test type is inconsistent between documents: the PDD describes a 'combined' test while the validation report records an 'investment' test

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