Hebei Weichang Dishuihu Wind Power Project

Audit Analysis

A CDM wind power project in China with confirmed additionality (combined test, VVB-verified) and inherently low permanence risk as an avoidance-type project. The first monitoring period delivered only ~28% of the pro-rata lifetime expectation, which is conservative but raises questions about the ex-ante estimate. Several documentation gaps and contradictions between the validation and monitoring reports (leakage justification, baseline method, crediting period dates) moderate confidence in the overall record.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Contradiction between validation report (leakage 'deemed negligible') and monitoring report (leakage 'quantified') while the deduction remains 0% — the justification basis is inconsistent across documents
• ⚠Grid emission factor fixed at 0.9502 tCO₂/MWh from 2009 with no evidence of periodic update over the 7-year crediting period
• ⚠Eight material findings (CAR01–03, CL01–05) in the validation report, including missing DNA approval letters, incomplete PDD parameters, and an opaque IRR calculation
• ⚠Baseline method described as 'project' in the monitoring report but 'jurisdictional' in the validation report — the applicable baseline approach is ambiguous

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