Heilongjiang Huanan Hengdaishan West Wind Power Project

Audit Analysis

A registered VCS wind power project in China with a VVB-confirmed investment additionality test and no material findings, but undermined by a project-specific baseline, a grid emission factor drawn from 2004 (nearly two decades old at verification), and a 0% leakage deduction with no stated justification. Multiple contradictions across documents—particularly on baseline method and leakage treatment—reduce confidence in the data record.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Grid emission factor of 1.1014 tCO₂/MWh is from 2004, nearly 18 years before the 2022 verification report; China's grid mix has changed substantially since then, creating a material over-crediting risk.
• ⚠Leakage deduction is 0% and the verification report states leakage was 'not addressed,' while the 2022 monitoring report claims it was 'quantified'—an unresolved contradiction that leaves the leakage treatment unclear.
• ⚠Baseline method is recorded as 'project' in the verification report but 'jurisdictional' in the 2022 monitoring report; the project-specific baseline is the weaker of the two and is the value in the authoritative verification document.
• ⚠FPIC was not conducted and no grievance mechanism is in place, despite safeguards being mentioned in the verification report.

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