Hebei Shangyi Moshishan 49.5MW Wind Farm Project

Audit Analysis

A 49.5 MW onshore wind project in Hebei, China, validated under CDM methodology ACM0002 with a jurisdictional grid-emission-factor baseline and VVB-confirmed additionality. The fundamental design is sound for a wind-avoidance project, but the validation report surfaced 14 material findings (7 corrective actions, 7 clarifications) indicating significant initial documentation weaknesses, and no monitoring or verification data is available to confirm actual delivery. The ERR figures in the PDD and validation report differ by a factor of seven, which is consistent with an annual-versus-total reporting confusion but still reflects a documentation inconsistency.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠14 material findings (7 CARs + 7 CLs) in the validation report, including inconsistencies in financial parameters, generation figures, project title, coordinates, and monitoring plan — indicating the PDD required substantial revision before approval
• ⚠No monitoring or verification reports are available in the extracted record; actual ER delivery over the 2012–2019 crediting period cannot be confirmed
• ⚠ERR figures differ between the PDD (766,759 tCO₂e) and the validation report (109,537 tCO₂e); while the ratio is consistent with an annual-vs-total confusion (109,537 × 7 = 766,759), the inconsistency was not explicitly reconciled in the documents
• ⚠Leakage treatment is contradictory: the validation report states leakage was deemed negligible (0% deduction) while an appendix references a quantified leakage assessment

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