Hebei Weichang Guangfayong Wind power project

Audit Analysis

A CDM wind power project in China with VVB-confirmed additionality and a standard grid-emission-factor baseline, but with notable gaps in verified emissions data, a meter-accuracy material finding, and several cross-document contradictions that reduce confidence in the extracted record. The project delivered approximately 132% of its pro-rata expectation for the monitored half-year, indicating no over-crediting risk.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Meter M2 accuracy of 1.0 falls below the 0.5S class required in the registered PDD, and the meter is controlled by the grid company so the project participant cannot remediate it (monitoring report, Jan 2013).
• ⚠Total verified ERR for the monitoring period is not cleanly captured in the structured record (field is empty), though a figure of 74,183 tCO2e appears in the contradictions section from the monitoring report.
• ⚠Grid emission factor of 0.9502 tCO2/MWh is drawn from 2007 data, making it over five years old at the time of the 2012 monitoring period.
• ⚠Baseline method is described as 'project' in the monitoring report but 'jurisdictional' in the validation report, creating ambiguity about the baseline construction.

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