Ha Rao Quan Hydropower Project

Audit Analysis

The Ha Rao Quan Hydropower Project is a small-scale CDM hydro project with VVB-confirmed additionality via an investment test, but the available record is limited to validation-stage documents with no monitoring reports. The PDD required 18 corrective actions addressing calculation errors, missing analyses, and inconsistent data, and the grid emission factor dates to 2007. With no verified emissions reductions, no permanence or leakage monitoring data, and low extraction confidence, the project's long-term integrity and claim accuracy cannot be fully assessed.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠18 material findings and 18 corrective actions in the validation report indicate substantial PDD quality issues, including IRR calculation errors, missing sensitivity analysis, and insufficient benchmark justification
• ⚠No monitoring reports or verified ERR figures found in the extracted record — the project's actual performance over its 2010–2016 crediting period is unverified
• ⚠Grid emission factor of 0.5104 tCO₂/MWh is from 2007 and has not been updated in the available documents
• ⚠Min extraction confidence is rated low, meaning at least one key document was poorly readable and data completeness is uncertain
• ⚠Baseline method contradiction: validation report states project-specific baseline while the PDD references a jurisdictional baseline

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.