Reduction of Enteric Methane Emissions using Feed Additives on Dairy Farms in the Netherlands

Audit Analysis

This VCS dairy feed-additive project in the Netherlands has confirmed additionality and a functioning grievance mechanism, but is undermined by eight material findings—including inconsistencies in key emission parameters (GEI, fat content, GWP values) and a discrepancy between the PDD and verification report on transport parameters. The verified ERR of 32,674 tCO₂e for the first monitoring period represents only about 3% of the pro-rata expectation derived from the PDD's lifetime estimate of 7,198,488 tCO₂e, raising serious over-crediting concerns. Permanence risk inherent to feed-additive projects is not explicitly addressed, and no buffer pool is documented.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Verified ERR of 32,674 tCO₂e is only ~3.2% of the pro-rata expectation (~1,007,788 tCO₂e) derived from the PDD lifetime estimate of 7,198,488 tCO₂e over the 10-year crediting period, indicating a potential 200× over-crediting in the ex-ante estimate
• ⚠Eight material findings in the verification report, including inconsistencies in GEI, fat content, and GWP values between ex-ante and ex-post parameters, and a discrepancy in transport parameters (Di, TEFi) between the PDMR and JVVR
• ⚠Permanence/reversal risk is not explicitly addressed in the available documents and no buffer pool percentage is stated, despite the inherent reversal risk of a feed-additive project where discontinuation restores baseline emissions
• ⚠Low extraction confidence across the document set, meaning key parameters (FNRB, usage rates, carbon content) could not be reliably extracted from the available records

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