Nanyang Danjiang River Solar Cooker Project Phase I (GS1378 CER to VER conversion)
GS-701 ↗ · current registry ID: GS4124
#58of 150 in Cookstoves#527of 1084 in China#621of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)#28of 115 in AMS-I.C
Audit Analysis
The Nanyang Danjiang River Solar Cooker Project is a Gold Standard solar thermal heat project with VVB-confirmed additionality and approximately 99% pro-rata delivery of its lifetime ex-ante estimate. However, the project carries moderate integrity concerns due to a project-specific baseline with no stated reassessment date, contradictory leakage justifications across documents, and a substantial list of material findings and corrective actions related to data quality. The CER-to-VER conversion context and medium extraction confidence further temper confidence in the overall record.
Red Flags
- Leakage justification is contradictory: the verification report (Dec 2015) states leakage was 'quantified' while the monitoring report (Apr 2014) describes it as 'deemed negligible', yet the deduction applied is 0% in both cases
- Eleven material findings and seventeen corrective actions were identified, including ER value inconsistencies with the CDM verified figure, data transfer errors in the emission reduction spreadsheet, and use of historical average solar irradiance instead of monitored data
- Usage rate of 120 (assumed) has no corresponding verified figure in the extracted record, leaving a key performance parameter unconfirmed
Credit Vintages Exhausted
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 61,700 | 61,700 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 45,712 | 45,712 | 0 | |
| Total | 107,412 | 107,412 | 0 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed investment test
no reversal events but no explicit permanence mechanism
0% deduction with contradictory justifications across documents
Project-specific baseline; no reassessment date stated
Grievance mechanism and benefit sharing present; FPIC not stated
CORSIA and CCP status not stated in available documents
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