Huadian Ningxia Ningdong Phase 4 49.5MW Wind Farm Project

Audit Analysis

A 49.5 MW onshore wind project in Ningxia, China, validated under CDM with a VVB-confirmed combined additionality test and a standard grid-emission-factor baseline. The project is inherently low-risk (avoidance-type, no reversal exposure), but the extracted record contains only the validation-stage documentation with no monitoring or verification reports, and three material contradictions between the PDD and validation report reduce confidence in the final credit figures.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Grid emission factor contradiction: the validation report uses 0.89635 tCO₂/MWh (2011) while an appendix lists 1.0001 tCO₂/MWh; the higher value would inflate claimed reductions by roughly 12% if it had been applied.
• ⚠Total ERR discrepancy: the validation report states 89,068 tCO₂e while the PDD states 623,476 tCO₂e; the basis (per-period vs. lifetime) is not clarified in either document, making it impossible to confirm the correct ex-ante estimate.
• ⚠Baseline method contradiction: the validation report classifies the baseline as project-specific, whereas the PDD describes it as jurisdictional; the two characterisations carry different robustness implications.
• ⚠No monitoring or verification reports were found in the extracted record, so actual delivery against the ex-ante estimate cannot be assessed.

Credit Vintages

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