Hainan Danzhou Eman Phase II Wind Power Project

Audit Analysis

A CDM wind power project in Hainan, China, with VVB-confirmed combined additionality and a reasonable project-specific baseline using the 2011 grid emission factor. The project is inherently low-risk on permanence (avoidance-type, no reversal events), but documentation gaps around verified ERR, FNRB, and a minor inconsistency in leakage justification between the validation and monitoring reports temper confidence. Overall a solid but not exceptional credit with typical CDM-era documentation limitations.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Leakage justification is inconsistent: the validation report (2011) states leakage was 'deemed negligible' while the monitoring report (2013) records it as 'not addressed', leaving the 0% deduction without a clear, carried-forward justification.
• ⚠Total verified ERR is not stated in the extracted record; only the claimed figure of 75,712 tCO2e for the first monitoring period is available, limiting independent verification of actual delivery.
• ⚠Baseline method is labelled 'project-specific' in the monitoring report but 'jurisdictional' in the PDD, creating ambiguity about whether the baseline relies on a jurisdictional grid factor or a project-level calculation.

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