the better green: manure and fermentation residue refinement plants

Audit Analysis

A newly registered methane-avoidance project in Germany (manure and fermentation residue refinement) with a combined additionality test and a reputable VVB (DEKRA), but limited by the absence of any monitoring data, a project-specific baseline, a thin 0% leakage justification, and low extraction confidence across the available documents. The project is in its first crediting period (Oct 2025–Sep 2035), so the lack of verified emissions reductions is expected, but the documentation record remains thin.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Leakage deduction of 0% justified only as 'deemed negligible' with no quantified analysis in the PDD — weak for a manure-processing project where off-site handling changes are plausible
• ⚠Additionality test type is stated as 'combined' but explicit VVB confirmation of the additionality assessment is not found in the extracted record
• ⚠Low extraction confidence across the document set, with one document of unknown type and no verification report explicitly identified in the evidence list
• ⚠No buffer pool percentage stated, and no FNRB value or usage-rate data provided in any available document

Credit Vintages