Hebei Chongli Qingsanying 49.3MW Wind Farm Project

Audit Analysis

A 49.3 MW onshore wind project in Hebei, China, registered under CDM methodology ACM0002, with a 7-year crediting period (2016–2023) and a 4-year monitoring window. The project is inherently low-risk for permanence as an avoidance-type renewable energy credit, but the extracted record shows gaps in additionality confirmation, a baseline-method contradiction between the validation and monitoring reports, and a missing verified ERR figure that limits independent verification of claimed reductions.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Baseline method is described as 'project-specific' in the 2021 monitoring report but 'jurisdictional' in the 2016 validation report — an unresolved discrepancy that affects the credibility of the baseline calculation.
• ⚠Total verified ERR is not stated in any available document; only the cumulative claimed figure of 455,637 tCO₂e (2021 monitoring report) is available, preventing independent cross-checking.
• ⚠Additionality test type and VVB confirmation of additionality are not recorded in the extracted data, leaving the additionality claim unverified in the available evidence.
• ⚠Two material findings were raised during verification (grid emission factor update and parameter clarification in the PDD), with one corrective action still required.

Credit Vintages