Hebei Chicheng Stage I Windfarm Project

Audit Analysis

A CDM wind project with VVB-confirmed additionality and inherently low permanence risk, but undermined by 14 material findings (including errors in the grid emission factor calculation and ERR estimation) that required 8 corrective actions before registration. The absence of a verified ERR figure for the monitoring period and contradictions between the validation and monitoring reports on baseline method and leakage treatment reduce confidence in the data trail.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠CAR-5 and CAR-6: The validation team found the project failed to follow the CDM grid emission factor tool and rounded the EF upward rather than conservatively, directly inflating the credit quantity before correction.
• ⚠CAR-3: Inconsistency in the total estimated emission reductions calculation required a conservative revision, indicating the initial 126,269 tCO2e figure was not robustly derived.
• ⚠Contradiction between validation report (baseline = jurisdictional) and monitoring report (baseline = project) creates ambiguity about which baseline was actually applied.
• ⚠No verified ERR figure is available for the 2012 monitoring period, preventing any pro-rata delivery check against the lifetime claim.

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