Heilongjiang Huangtuanling Wind Power Project

Audit Analysis

A CDM wind power project validated by DNV in 2012 with a confirmed combined additionality test and reasonable leakage treatment, but severely hampered by a 7-fold discrepancy between the PDD's claimed credits (662,494) and the VVB-validated figure (94,642), a grid emission factor contradiction, and the absence of any verification or monitoring reports in the available record. The project's fundamental design (wind displacing grid electricity) is sound, but the documentation gaps and data inconsistencies limit confidence in the credit quantity.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠The PDD claims 662,494 tCO₂e while the validation report validates only 94,642 tCO₂e — a 7-fold over-claim by the project proponent that raises serious questions about the accuracy of the project's public documentation.
• ⚠Grid emission factor discrepancy: the validation report uses 0.9636 tCO₂/MWh while an appendix references 1.0852 tCO₂/MWh, a 12% difference that directly affects credit quantity.
• ⚠Baseline method is described as 'project-specific' in the validation report but 'jurisdictional' in the PDD, creating ambiguity about the actual baseline construction.
• ⚠No verification reports, monitoring reports, or issuance records were extractable from the available documents, leaving the actual credit delivery history unverifiable.
• ⚠Low extraction confidence across the document set, meaning key data may be missing or misread.

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.