Hebei Zhuozhou biomass combined stoves and heaters (BCSH) Project 1

Audit Analysis

A CDM biomass stove/heater project for households in Hebei, China, with additionality confirmed by the VVB via a barrier test. However, a ten-fold discrepancy in the claimed ERR between the PDD and validation report, a contradiction in the leakage treatment, and the absence of any monitoring or verification data in the extracted record significantly undermine confidence in the project's quantified claims.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠The PDD states a total ERR of 173,431 while the validation report states 17,343 — a ten-fold discrepancy that, even if attributable to a typographical error, signals a data-quality problem in the project documentation.
• ⚠The validation report characterises leakage as 'deemed negligible' (0% deduction) while the appendix describes it as 'quantified'; CAR08 confirms an inconsistency in residue amounts for the leakage calculation was raised and resolved, but the final treatment remains ambiguous.
• ⚠No monitoring reports, verification reports, or verified ERR figures are present in the extracted record, leaving the actual delivery of credits entirely unverified.
• ⚠Feedstock sustainability, carbon content testing, and LCA are all absent from the available documents, leaving the biomass supply chain unassessed.

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.