Novocarbo Ruhr/Tyssenkrupp

Audit Analysis

The Novocarbo Ruhr/Tyssenkrupp biochar project demonstrates a solid additionality case (investment test confirmed by bio.inspecta AG) and a 14% buffer pool, but four material findings from the 2024 verification report — including an unverifiable supplier chain, inconsistent carbon-content data, and a significant LCA distance discrepancy (394 km vs. 1,184 km) — raise meaningful over-crediting risk. Several key parameters (leakage deduction, usage rates, baseline reassessment date, CORSIA/CCP status) are absent from the extracted record, limiting confidence in the net credit figure.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠LCA transport distance to end consumer is 394 km in the project document but 1,184 km per Google Maps — a ~3× discrepancy that could materially inflate the net credit
• ⚠The verification report (2024-09-25) could not establish a clear link between the certificate holder and the end supplier UMWELTKONTOR, undermining the chain-of-custody claim
• ⚠Carbon content from a less-accurate pilot-stage analysis was used instead of the lower, more reliable post-pilot value, potentially overstating sequestration
• ⚠FNRB method is contradictory within the same verification report: listed as both 'not applicable' and 'local field', making the 0.86 value's derivation unclear

Credit Vintages Exhausted