Huadian Akesai Dangjinshan Second Phase 49.5MW Wind Power Project

Audit Analysis

A 49.5 MW CDM wind project in China validated by DNV with a confirmed investment additionality test, but the project record is undermined by a seven-fold discrepancy in the claimed emission reduction figure between the validation report and an appendix, a contradiction in baseline methodology, and the absence of any verified monitoring data. The project is a straightforward renewable-energy avoidance activity with low inherent reversal risk, yet the data reliability issues and documentation gaps significantly weaken confidence in the credit quantity.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠The validation report states a total claimed emission reduction of 89,895 tCO₂e, while an appendix (dated 2012-10-23) records 629,264.59 tCO₂e — a roughly seven-fold discrepancy that raises serious questions about the reliability of the project's quantification.
• ⚠The PDD describes the baseline as jurisdictional, but the validation report (the authoritative VVB assessment) classifies it as project-specific, creating ambiguity about which grid emission factor basis was actually validated.
• ⚠No verified emission reduction figure was found in any available document; the full crediting period (2013–2019) has no corresponding monitoring report in the extracted record.
• ⚠Seven material findings were raised during validation, including insufficient sensitivity analysis of key parameters and questions about the reasonableness of the average annual output estimation.

Credit Vintages

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