Hebei Zhangjiakou Kangbao Tunken 2nd Phase Wind Farm Project

Audit Analysis

A CDM wind farm project in China with a confirmed combined additionality test and a jurisdictional grid-emission-factor baseline, which are appropriate for the technology. However, the absence of a verified ERR figure, an unexplained discrepancy between two ERR values in the same monitoring report, and a contradiction on the baseline method between the validation and monitoring reports introduce meaningful uncertainty. The project is low-risk in principle (wind displacing grid electricity) but the documentation record has notable gaps.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Two different total ERR values (669,706 and 28,585) appear in the same monitoring report (2022-10-28); the relationship between them is unexplained and could indicate a data-extraction error or an unreported revision.
• ⚠The validation report (2012) describes the baseline as jurisdictional while the monitoring report (2022) labels it 'project'; for a wind project using a grid emission factor the jurisdictional characterisation is more consistent, but the discrepancy is unexplained.
• ⚠No verified ERR figure was found in any available document, making it impossible to confirm actual delivery against the 669,706 tCO₂e lifetime claim.
• ⚠Leakage justification is inconsistent: the validation report (2012) deems leakage negligible, while the monitoring report (2022) records it as 'not addressed'.

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