Ordu Landfill Gas to Electricity Project

Audit Analysis

The Ordu Landfill Gas to Electricity Project is a registered VCS project with VVB-confirmed additionality and appropriate safeguards, but its credit calculations are undermined by a significant ex-ante error (based on only two engines rather than total installed capacity), a GWPCH4 source error, and 24 material findings requiring corrective action. The project-specific baseline, contradictory leakage justifications within the same monitoring report, and the absence of FNRB, CORSIA, and CCP documentation create moderate over-crediting and transparency risks.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Ex-ante EGPJ,y calculated on only two engines instead of total installed capacity of 53,025 MWh, invalidating the lifetime ex-ante estimate
• ⚠GWPCH4 value sourced from IPCC AR6 instead of the required AR5, with parameters Pn and Tn missing
• ⚠24 material findings and 24 corrective actions identified by the VVB, including inconsistent waste characterization values and EGEC,y figures not matching EPIAS/TEIAS records
• ⚠Leakage justification is internally contradictory within the same monitoring report (stated as both 'quantified' and 'deemed negligible')
• ⚠PDD dated 2023-03-13 post-dates the project start date of 2021-06-24, raising questions about the validation timeline

Credit Vintages