Tianjin Dahanzhuang LFG Power Generation Project I

Audit Analysis

The Tianjin Dahanzhuang LFG power generation project is a structurally sound avoidance-type project with inherently low permanence risk, but the verification report identifies 13 material findings and 10 corrective actions related to calibration lapses, monitoring frequency changes, and incomplete reporting. The project delivered only about 46% of its pro-rata expected emissions reductions for the two-year monitoring period relative to the lifetime PDD estimate, raising questions about the robustness of the original activity-level assumptions. Multiple contradictions between the PDD, monitoring report, and verification report, combined with low extraction confidence, limit overall confidence in the data record.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠13 material findings and 10 corrective actions in the verification report, including untimely calibration of flow meter, gas analyser, and electricity meters, and a gas analyser malfunction that forced a change from continuous to 3-hourly monitoring
• ⚠Verified emissions reductions of 76,681 tCO2e for the 2-year monitoring period represent only ~46% of the pro-rata expectation (~165,820 tCO2e) derived from the PDD lifetime estimate of 829,100 tCO2e over 10 years
• ⚠Six contradictions between the PDD, monitoring report, and verification report on FPIC status, baseline type, ERR figures, benefit sharing, and leakage justification
• ⚠Low extraction confidence across the document set, with one document of unknown type in the evidence list

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