Jiaozhou Landfill Gas Recovery Project

Audit Analysis

The Jiaozhou Landfill Gas Recovery Project is a standard VCS LFG project (ACM0001 v19.0) verified by Applus+ Certification, with a confirmed investment additionality test and a reasonable 0% leakage deduction. However, the project delivered only about 40% of its pro-rata ex-ante expectation for the first monitoring period, the baseline methodology is inconsistent between the PDD (modelled) and the verification report (measured), and a direct contradiction exists on whether FPIC was conducted. Five cross-document contradictions and medium extraction confidence further temper confidence in the record.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠FPIC contradiction: the PDD (Oct 2022) states FPIC was conducted, but the monitoring report (Jan 2024) records it as not conducted — the more recent operational document is privileged, leaving a safeguards gap.
• ⚠Baseline methodology contradiction: the PDD describes a modelled baseline while the verification report describes a measured baseline; the VVB's assessment is privileged but the inconsistency undermines baseline confidence.
• ⚠Significant under-delivery: verified ERR of 56,640 tCO₂e for the ~2-year monitoring period is only ~40% of the pro-rata expectation (~140,914 tCO₂e) derived from the PDD lifetime estimate of 704,570 tCO₂e over the 10-year crediting period.

Credit Vintages

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