Zhangbei Mijiagou 49.5 MW Windfarm Project

Integrity

The project applies ACM0002 (version 15) and uses a project-specific baseline approach, with a grid emission factor reported as 0.917. The validation report confirms additionality via the VVB, and no material findings or corrective actions are reported in the extracted record. Integrity is weakened by leakage: the monitoring report indicates leakage was not addressed, while the validation report characterizes leakage as negligible, and no explicit leakage deduction is evidenced.

Transparency

The monitoring period is clearly stated (2015-10-01 to 2019-12-31) and the extracted record includes a verified ER total of 406,306 tCO2e. However, the claimed ER total is not found in the extracted record, limiting cross-checking of issuance claims versus verification. Transparency is also reduced by missing or inconsistent disclosure on leakage treatment and by the absence of a stated baseline reassessment date.

Claim Safety

The project is explicitly not CORSIA-eligible, which lowers the risk of higher-stakes aviation-related claims and some double-claim concerns. Nonetheless, claim safety is constrained by uncertainty around over-crediting controls: leakage handling is contradictory between the monitoring report and validation report, and the baseline is project-specific with no baseline reassessment timing evidenced in the extracted record. CCP status is not stated in the extracted record, leaving an additional quality/eligibility signal unresolved.

Documentation

Three key document types are available (PDD, validation report, monitoring report) and the minimum extraction confidence is high, supporting a moderate-to-good documentation score. The validation report shows no material findings and no corrective actions required, which is a positive signal for completeness. However, repeated contradictions between the PDD and monitoring report on safeguards-related items (FPIC, grievance mechanism, benefit sharing, safeguards mention) and between monitoring and validation on leakage reduce confidence that the documentation consistently reflects implementation.

Overall

Overall quality is moderate: additionality is VVB-confirmed and the project is not CORSIA-eligible, but several quality-critical elements are either missing or inconsistent. For leakage, the monitoring report (2015-01-31) says leakage was not addressed, while the validation report (2021-09-05) deems it negligible; the monitoring report is privileged for implementation-period reporting, so this contradiction lowers integrity and transparency. For safeguards, the PDD (2014-08-26) indicates safeguards/FPIC/grievance/benefit sharing, but the monitoring report (2015-01-31) indicates these are absent; the monitoring report is again privileged as closer to operational evidence, increasing safeguards-related uncertainty and greenwashing risk.