Heilongjiang Qinghequan Biomass Cogeneration Project in Hulin City, Heilongjiang Province

Audit Analysis

A CDM biomass cogeneration project with a VVB-confirmed investment additionality test and a conservative decision to exclude heat-displacement claims, but limited by the absence of any monitoring reports, a project-specific baseline using a 2008 grid factor, and an unresolved discrepancy in how leakage treatment is described across documents. The project's crediting period (2011–2017) has expired, and no verified performance data is available to confirm actual delivery against the claimed 401,079 tCO₂e over seven years.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Leakage treatment is contradictory: the validation report (2011) states leakage was 'deemed negligible' with a 0% deduction, while a project appendix describes it as 'quantified' — the basis for the 0% deduction is unclear.
• ⚠No monitoring reports or verified emission reduction figures are available in the extracted record, so actual performance against the 401,079 tCO₂e lifetime claim cannot be confirmed.
• ⚠The grid emission factor of 1.02535 tCO₂/MWh is from 2008 and no baseline reassessment date is recorded; for a project-specific baseline this raises questions about whether the factor remained representative over the full 2011–2017 crediting period.
• ⚠A corrective action was required to revise the PDD based on expert opinions, and the EB raised a Request for Review on the substantiation of O&M cost inputs in the investment analysis.

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.