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VCSEnergy industries (renewable/non-renewable sources); Mining/mineral productionChina Registry: RegisteredACM0008

Tongyi CMM Power Generation Project

VCS-5408 ↗

#122of 189 in Methane#898of 1084 in China#1023of 1339 in Verra (VCS)#20of 35 in ACM0008

4.5/ 10
Integrity
5.5
Transparency
4.0
Claim Safety
4.0
Documentation
4.0

Audit Analysis

The Tongyi CMM Power Generation Project is a registered VCS renewable energy project with VVB-confirmed additionality and no inherent reversal risk, but it is undermined by a 10× discrepancy in lifetime ERR between the financial document and the validation report, a project-specific (non-jurisdictional) baseline, and eight material findings at validation (all resolved). Multiple contradictions across documents and low extraction confidence limit confidence in the data record.

Red Flags

  • Lifetime ERR differs by a factor of 10 between the financial document (172,393 tCO₂e) and the validation report (1,723,930 tCO₂e); the validation report value is privileged as the authoritative VCS document, but the discrepancy is unexplained
  • Validation report raised a material finding explicitly questioning whether this project type should be eligible in the carbon market
  • Capture legally required is stated as true in one version of the validation report (2025-12-26) and false in the later version (2026-02-24), creating ambiguity about the regulatory additionality basis
  • Low extraction confidence across the document set reduces reliability of all extracted figures

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.

Risk Indicators

Additionality

VVB-confirmed combined test

Permanence

No storage; no reversal risk

Leakage

0% deemed negligible; reasonable for power gen

Baseline

Project-specific, modeled; not jurisdictional

Safeguards

FPIC and grievance present; stakeholder/land gaps flagged

Double-claim

CORSIA and CCP status not stated

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Analysis ProvenanceScored2026-08-30ACM0008

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