Renewable Energy Programme in Dominican Republic

Audit Analysis

A solar photovoltaic project in the Dominican Republic displacing grid electricity, verified by AENOR Confía S.A.U under the CerCarbono standard. Additionality is confirmed via an investment test and the jurisdictional (grid) baseline is appropriate for the technology, but several inter-document contradictions—particularly around FPIC status, the crediting period length, and the leakage justification—introduce moderate uncertainty. All corrective actions from the verification process were resolved, and the project presents no reversal risk given its nature as an avoidance-type renewable energy installation.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠FPIC status is contradictory: the verification report (2025) states FPIC was not conducted, while the monitoring report (2024) indicates it was; the more recent verification report is privileged, leaving a gap in community engagement documentation
• ⚠Crediting period differs between the validation report (10 years, 2024–2034) and the verification report (30 years, 2023–2053); the 30-year period is standard for ACM0002 but the discrepancy suggests the validation may have been superseded without full traceability
• ⚠The verification report contains an internal contradiction on leakage justification (described as both 'deemed negligible' and 'quantified' in the same document), weakening confidence in the 0% leakage deduction

Credit Vintages