Guohua Tongliao Kezuo Zhongqi Phase I 49.5 MW Wind Farm Project

Audit Analysis

A 49.5 MW onshore wind project in China registered under CDM with a VVB-confirmed combined additionality test and a standard grid-emission-factor baseline. The project is fundamentally sound for its type, but documentation gaps (no verified ERR figure, inconsistent leakage treatment across reports, and a missing verification report) and four material findings from the VVB temper confidence in the data record.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Total verified ERR is not stated in any available document, preventing any delivery check against the claimed lifetime estimate of 53,739 or 67,251 tCO₂e
• ⚠Leakage treatment is inconsistent: the validation report (Dec 2010) deems leakage negligible, but the monitoring report (Jan 2013) records it as 'not addressed', leaving the 0% deduction without a clear, current justification
• ⚠The VVB raised four material findings at validation, including a corrective action on the Letter of Approval and three clarifications on investment analysis and monitoring equipment, indicating the project design had unresolved weaknesses at registration
• ⚠Two different lifetime ERR figures (53,739 and 67,251 tCO₂e) appear in successive monitoring reports, with no documented explanation for the ~20% downward revision

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