Hebei Shangyi Hanjiazhuang Phase II Wind Farm Project

Audit Analysis

A CDM wind farm project with VVB-confirmed additionality and inherent permanence (avoidance of grid emissions), but undermined by a baseline-method contradiction between the validation report and the later monitoring report, a 0% leakage deduction with inconsistent justification across reports, and the absence of any verified ERR figure. The project's documentation is reasonably complete with high extraction confidence, yet key MRV data points (verified ERR, FNRB, usage monitoring) are missing from the extracted record.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Baseline method is stated as 'project' in the 2021 monitoring report but 'jurisdictional' in the 2011 validation report — an unresolved contradiction that could affect the validity of the displacement calculation
• ⚠No verified ERR figure is available in the extracted record, making it impossible to confirm whether claimed credits were actually delivered
• ⚠Leakage justification is inconsistent: 'quantified' in the 2021 monitoring report versus 'not addressed' in the 2012 monitoring report, despite a 0% deduction in both cases
• ⚠Grid emission factor is from 2008 (0.9309 tCO2/MWh) and no baseline reassessment or update is documented for the full 7-year crediting period

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