Xinyang MSW Landfill Site LFG Recovery to Power Project

Audit Analysis

A Gold Standard landfill gas-to-power project in China with VVB-confirmed additionality and a measured project-specific baseline, but hampered by numerous clerical and data-quality findings across its monitoring and verification reports, a low extraction confidence rating, and several inter-document contradictions that reduce confidence in the underlying data. The project delivered roughly 81% of its pro-rata ex-ante expectation for the most recent monitoring period, and the absence of CORSIA/CCP status information leaves dual-channel risk unassessed.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠The PDD (2013) states landfill gas capture was legally required, while the 2020 monitoring report states it was not — this contradiction, if unresolved, could undermine the additionality claim.
• ⚠The monitoring report initially stated a 100% LFG usage rate, which was later corrected to 96.47%, indicating a material data-quality error in the primary MRV record.
• ⚠Twelve corrective actions were required by the VVB, including clarification of why zero project emissions and zero leakage were reported, suggesting the MRV narrative was not fully self-consistent.
• ⚠Minimum extraction confidence is rated low, meaning at least one key document was poorly readable, reducing reliability of the extracted record.

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