Heqing Solar Cooker Project II

Audit Analysis

The Heqing Solar Cooker Project II is a CDM avoidance project with a VVB-confirmed investment additionality test and a reputable verification body (TÜV Rheinland Japan Ltd.), but it is undermined by a project-specific baseline, a 0% leakage deduction with contradictory justifications across documents, and an unresolved internal inconsistency in the claimed ERR figures within the same monitoring report. The absence of a verified ERR figure and a confirmed usage rate limits confidence in the actual credit volume.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Internal contradiction in the 2018 monitoring report: total ERR claimed appears as both 102,557 and 154,035 tCO₂e within the same document, a ~50% discrepancy that cannot be resolved from available records
• ⚠Leakage justification is inconsistent: the 2011 validation report states leakage was 'deemed negligible' while the 2018 monitoring report describes it as 'quantified,' yet the deduction remains 0% in both cases
• ⚠Verified ERR figure is not stated in any available document, preventing independent confirmation of actual reductions against the claimed total
• ⚠Usage rate is assumed at 129.3 (units not specified) but no verified usage rate is reported in the monitoring record

Credit Vintages