Oregon Biochar Solutions
#23of 61 in Biochar#207of 345 in United States#50of 111 in Puro.earth (PUR)
Audit Analysis
Oregon Biochar Solutions is a Puro-registered biochar removal project with a named VVB and a recent verification report, but it carries several material concerns: over-calculation of credits identified in the verification report, a very low 2.5% buffer pool, storage that was not independently verified, a significant permanence-claim contradiction (100 vs 1,000 years), and no quantified leakage treatment. The project's additionality rests on a combined test that was not explicitly confirmed by the VVB, and the baseline is project-specific with no reassessment date on record.
Red Flags
- Verification report identifies over-calculation of 75 CORCs (transportation/sales data) and 22 CORCs (natural gas invoices, listed twice), totalling 119 excess credits, with five corrective actions still required.
- Permanence claim contradicts itself across documents: the PDD (2023) states 100 years while the issuance record (2021) states 1,000 years, yet the buffer pool is only 2.5% and storage was not independently verified.
- No leakage deduction or justification is stated in any available document, despite biochar end-use displacement being a plausible leakage pathway.
- Additionality test type is recorded as 'combined' but explicit VVB confirmation of the additionality assessment is not found in the extracted record.
Credit Vintages Exhausted
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4,323 | 4,323 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 1,602 | 1,602 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 5,209 | 5,209 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 3,691 | 3,691 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 6,926 | 6,926 | 0 | |
| Total | 21,751 | 21,751 | 0 |
Risk Indicators
Combined test present but VVB confirmation not explicitly stated
2.5% buffer, storage not independently verified, permanence claim contradicted
No deduction or justification stated in any document
Project-specific baseline, no reassessment date on record
Safeguards mentioned but FPIC and grievance mechanism not confirmed
CORSIA and CCP status not stated in available documents
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