Hebei Wuan Lancun Biogas Digester Project

Audit Analysis

A CDM biogas digester project in China validated in 2011 with a VVB-confirmed investment additionality test, but the record is heavily weighted toward a single validation report containing 23 material findings and four cross-document contradictions. No monitoring or verification data is available to confirm actual emission reductions, and the project-specific modeled baseline with a thin leakage justification limits confidence in the claimed 13,212 tCO₂e over the 10-year crediting period.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Ten-fold discrepancy in claimed ERR: the PDD states 132,120 tCO₂e while the validation report states 13,212 tCO₂e — a factor-of-ten error that undermines confidence in the project's quantification
• ⚠23 material findings in the validation report covering calculation transparency, missing data sources, and monitoring plan gaps, indicating a substantially underdeveloped PDD at the time of validation
• ⚠No monitoring reports, verification reports, or verified ERR figures are present in the extracted record, making it impossible to confirm whether the project delivered its claimed reductions
• ⚠Grid emission factor differs between the PDD (0.89355) and the validation report (0.7802), and the PDD did not initially address leakage at all

Credit Vintages

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