Sharjah Waste to Energy Plant project

Audit Analysis

The Sharjah Waste-to-Energy project has a VVB-verified additionality assessment and a registered VCS status, but is undermined by a severe discrepancy in lifetime emissions reductions (471,870 tCO₂e in the validation report versus 2,698,190 tCO₂e in the PDD), five material findings with required corrective actions, a 0% leakage deduction for a WTE project, and the absence of feedstock sustainability data, an LCA, or any buffer pool. The low extraction confidence and lack of monitoring-period data further limit confidence in the project's claims.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Lifetime ERR differs by a factor of ~5.7 between the PDD (2,698,190 tCO₂e) and the validation report (471,870 tCO₂e); the basis for this reduction is not explained in the extracted record
• ⚠Five material findings and five corrective actions remain open, including unresolved ownership-structure ambiguity, an unassessed MCF default of 1.0, and a capacity discrepancy (35.37 MW vs 26–29 MW in the ESIA)
• ⚠Zero leakage deduction for a waste-to-energy project with only a 'quantified' label; the PDD characterises leakage as 'deemed negligible', creating an inconsistency in the justification
• ⚠No feedstock sustainability assessment, no life-cycle analysis, and no carbon-content testing are present in the extracted record for a WTE project
• ⚠No buffer pool percentage is stated and no reversal events are reported, leaving permanence risk unquantified

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.