Henan Fangcheng Wind Farm Project

Audit Analysis

A CDM wind project in Henan, China, validated by DNV in 2012 using the standard ACM0002 methodology with a jurisdictional grid baseline. Additionality was confirmed via a combined test, and the 0% leakage deduction is reasonable for grid-connected wind. However, significant contradictions in the grid emission factor and total ER figures between the PDD and validation report, combined with the absence of any monitoring or verification data, limit confidence in the project's long-term performance claims.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Grid emission factor differs by a factor of ~2 between the validation report (0.877 tCO₂/MWh) and an appendix (0.419 tCO₂/MWh), creating uncertainty about the baseline used for ER calculations.
• ⚠Total ER claimed in the PDD (338,751 tCO₂) is roughly 7× the figure validated by DNV (48,393 tCO₂), indicating a major over-estimation in the project design document that was only corrected during validation.
• ⚠No monitoring reports, verified ER figures, or post-validation data are present in the extracted record despite the crediting period ending in August 2019.
• ⚠Twelve material findings were raised during validation, including missing Letters of Approval, absent ER calculations in the spreadsheet, and inconsistent decimal precision, all of which required corrective action.

Credit Vintages

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