Haouma Wind Farm Project, developed by NAREVA HOLDING

Audit Analysis

The Haouma Wind Farm is a CDM wind project with VVB-confirmed additionality, but the record is marred by five inter-document contradictions, eight material findings, and ten corrective actions that indicate the PDD required substantial revision before approval. The absence of a verified ERR figure, a 0% leakage deduction with inconsistent justification, and a project-specific baseline (contradicting the validation report's jurisdictional framing) limit confidence in the credit's robustness. The project's inherent low-risk profile as a wind displacement activity partially offsets these documentation and methodological concerns.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Five contradictions between the validation report (2011) and monitoring report/PDD (2018) on leakage justification, additionality test type, baseline method, ERR figures, and crediting period dates
• ⚠Eight material findings and ten corrective actions in the validation report, including errors in the emission factor calculation spreadsheet and an additionality demonstration that initially did not follow the required tool steps
• ⚠No verified ERR figure found in any available document; the monitoring report's 178,357 tCO₂e figure is unconfirmed against the PDD's 941,472 tCO₂e lifetime claim
• ⚠Leakage deduction of 0% with contradictory justification: the monitoring report states leakage was 'not addressed' while the validation report states it was 'deemed negligible'
• ⚠Grid emission factor of 0.7005 tCO₂/MWh is from 2008, and no updated or reassessed baseline value is found in the extracted record

Credit Vintages