Hangjin Yihewusu Phase I 49.5MW Wind Power Project

Audit Analysis

A 49.5 MW onshore wind project in Inner Mongolia, China, registered under CDM with a combined additionality test confirmed by the VVB. The project shows reasonable pro-rata delivery (~96% of expected credits for the monitoring period), but is undermined by four cross-document contradictions (baseline method, leakage justification, ERR figures, crediting period), 15 material findings at validation, and the absence of any permanence or reversal-risk safeguards in the extracted record.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Four contradictions between the validation report (2012) and the monitoring report (2016) on baseline method, leakage justification, ERR figures, and crediting period dates
• ⚠15 material findings at validation (1 CAR + 14 CLs) including missing wind-speed data, absent stakeholder-consultation evidence, and an unresolved CAR requiring Letters of Agreement from both PRC and UK designated authorities
• ⚠No buffer pool, reversal-event tracking, or permanence safeguard documented for a finite-life wind asset
• ⚠PDD is dated 2015-02-03, which post-dates the validation report (2012-09-04), raising questions about document chronology and version control

Credit Vintages