VICTOR GRAEFF LANDFILL GAS PROJECT

Audit Analysis

The Victor Graeff Landfill Gas Project is a registered VCS project with a combined additionality test and a project-specific baseline, but the verification report identifies 11 material findings including calculation errors, team competence concerns, and monitoring deviations. FPIC was not conducted, the buffer pool and reversal history are not documented, and five contradictions between the PDD and monitoring report undermine data reliability. The project delivered roughly 76% of its pro-rata lifetime expectation, which is conservative, but the volume of material findings and low extraction confidence raise meaningful quality concerns.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠11 material findings in the verification report, including incorrect BECH4 and FCH4,EL calculations, inconsistent flare efficiency versus the registered PDD, and a team competence concern
• ⚠FPIC was not conducted for a landfill gas project in Brazil affecting local communities
• ⚠Five contradictions between the PDD and monitoring report, including baseline type (measured vs. modeled), grid emission factor (0.2268 vs. 0.3482), and leakage justification (deemed negligible vs. quantified)
• ⚠Corrective actions list is empty despite 11 material findings, creating ambiguity about whether issues were resolved
• ⚠Buffer pool percentage and reversal event history are not stated in any available document

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