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Re-assessment pendingCDMHydroChinaRegistry: RegisteredAMS-I.D

Yuzaikou Small Hydropower Station

Developer: Rucheng County Yuzaikou Hydropower Co Ltd

CDM-0126 ↗

#2682of 5060 in Renewable energy#1371of 3053 in China#2703of 5732 in CDM (UNFCCC)#980of 2003 in AMS-I.D

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 25 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

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01020304 Overall 5.3 / 10 Dimension scores are locked — the faint arcs are empty tracks, not zero scores.

Scale 0–10 · method weights: integrity 35% · transparency 25% · claim safety 25% · documentation 15%.

Re-assessment pending · v2.1

Analysis

The Yuzaikou Small Hydropower Station is a grid-connected renewable electricity project under CDM AMS-I.D. that carries a moderate risk profile. Five corrective actions were raised during verification—most notably a flawed additionality assessment and a non-conservative emission factor—indicating meaningful initial quality issues that were subsequently addressed. The project's 0% leakage deduction is reasonable for a hydro displacement project, and the monitoring-period ERR (159,876 tCO₂e) is below the ex-ante lifetime estimate (198,835 tCO₂e), suggesting conservative delivery.

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Findings

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On this page: the analysis of 25 Sep 2026, marked “Re-assessment pending”. Per-dimension scores, risk indicators, 3 red flags, score factors, detailed analysis, and 5 registry documents (5 analyzed).

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Eligibility & market

Transactions in the CDM registry are discontinued as of 31 December 2026 (UNFCCC, checked 6 October 2026). This page keeps the project's record and our analysis.

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  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    No ICVCM information

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  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

    Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.

    Source: project sector

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    Not published

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Information only, from public sources. Claim rules (CORSIA, SBTi, EU rules on green claims) change: check them before making a public claim. Since 27 September 2026, EU consumer rules do not allow “climate neutral” product claims based on offsets.

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2008
34,654034,654
2009
43,762043,762
2010
25,869025,869
2011
50,814050,814
Total155,0990155,099

Methodology versions used

The methodology version stated in each monitoring, verification and issuance document, by period, compared with the official methodology pages.

  1. 2014–2020AMS-I.D v17.0since replaced by v18.0

    monitoring report

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  • AMS-I.D: Active (CDM / UNFCCC) · official page · verified on

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Analysis ProvenanceAMS-I.D.-Grid connected renewable electricity generation

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