Henan Taiyangshi 5MW Cement Waste Heat Recovery Project

Audit Analysis

A CDM cement waste-heat-recovery project validated in 2012 with a confirmed investment-test additionality assessment by TÜV Rheinland, but the available record is limited to the validation stage with no monitoring reports, a stale 2006 grid emission factor, and a project-specific baseline. The ERR figure discrepancy between the PDD and validation report is resolved in favour of the later, more specific validation report, but the overall evidence base is thin and extraction confidence is low.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Grid emission factor of 0.85285 tCO2/MWh is drawn from 2006 data; China's grid has become substantially cleaner since then, meaning the claimed reductions are likely overstated relative to current conditions.
• ⚠No monitoring reports or verified ERR figures are present in the extracted record, so actual delivery against the 22,879 tCO2e/yr claim cannot be confirmed.
• ⚠Minimum extraction confidence is rated 'low', indicating at least one key document was poorly readable, which undermines confidence in the extracted facts.
• ⚠The PDD lists a total ERR of 228,790 tCO2e/yr while the validation report states 22,879 tCO2e/yr — a tenfold discrepancy that, although resolved by the later validation report, signals a data-quality weakness in the project documentation.

Credit Vintages

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