Pingjiang County Domestic Waste Harmless Landfill Site LFG Utilization Project

Audit Analysis

A VCS-registered landfill gas capture project (ACM0001) in China with a VVB-confirmed combined additionality test and matching claimed/verified ERR of 78,131 tCO₂e for the first monitoring period. However, five material findings, six corrective actions, and five inter-document contradictions—particularly on whether gas capture is legally required and on the leakage justification—undermine confidence in the additionality and leakage claims. The absence of a stated buffer pool and the 0% leakage deduction in a project type where gas escape is a realistic risk leave meaningful permanence and leakage concerns unaddressed.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Contradiction on capture_legally_required: the PDD (Aug 2024) states capture is legally required, while the monitoring report (Aug 2024) states it is not—directly undermining the additionality claim if the PDD is correct.
• ⚠Five material findings in the verification report, including inconsistent project start date, parameter η_PJ sourced from the FSR rather than methodology defaults, and an insufficient ex-ante/ex-post comparison in Section 5.4.
• ⚠Leakage deduction of 0% with a 'deemed negligible' justification in the monitoring report, yet the validation report records leakage as 'not addressed'—a direct contradiction in a project type where uncaptured LFG is a realistic emission pathway.
• ⚠CORSIA eligibility and CCP status are both not stated in any available document, leaving dual-channel risk unassessed.

Credit Vintages

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