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Re-assessment pendingGSEnergy Efficiency - DomesticEritreaRegistry: RegisteredGS-TPDDTEC

GS1247 VPA 45 Eritrean District Boreholes

Developer: CO2balance UK ltd

Methodology: GS-TPDDTEC (GS)

GS-791 ↗ · current registry ID: GS4422

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#1324of 1699 in Industrial#32of 38 in Eritrea#1770of 2179 in Gold Standard (GS)#337of 474 in GS-TPDDTEC

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 10 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 4.5 / 10
Integrity 🔒 Transparency 🔒 Claim Safety 🔒 Documentation 🔒
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

Scored2026-09-10medium confidence

evidence: 35/37 registry documents analyzed · 5 red flags

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Methodology
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Our method
CarbonMeld methodology v2.1 · analysed on 10 Sep 2026 · 35/37 registry documents analyzed · re-assessment under v2.2 pending

Analysis

This Gold Standard borehole project in Eritrea has VVB-confirmed additionality and no reversal events, but is undermined by extensive material findings including double-counting of users at proximate boreholes, misapplication of the Wp,y parameter, and multiple unresolved contradictions across documents. The leakage treatment is inconsistent (0% with 'quantified' justification in one report, 'deemed negligible' in another, and 5% in the PDD), and the fNRB value differs between the monitoring report (0.97) and the PDD (0.85). Numerous corrective actions and forward action requests remain open, indicating ongoing data-quality concerns.

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Findings

Risk Indicators

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Leakage

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On this page: the analysis of 10 Sep 2026, marked “Re-assessment pending”. Per-dimension scores, risk indicators, 5 red flags, score factors, detailed analysis, and 37 registry documents (35 analyzed).

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Eligibility & market

What can you claim with this credit?

Four checks buyers ask about, from the registry and the Integrity Council (ICVCM).

  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    No CORSIA label on the registry

    Not usable for airlines' CORSIA obligations.

    Source: registry label · read on 2 Nov 2026

    Covers: this project's credit records as read on the registry

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Methodology approved by ICVCMGS TPDDTEC

    The methodology meets the Core Carbon Principles; this project's credits do not carry the CCP label yet.

    Source: ICVCM assessment · ICVCM table read on 4 Oct 2026

    Covers: the methodology (every project using it), not this project's credits

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

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

    Source: registry label · read on 2 Nov 2026

    Covers: the project type, not a label on individual credits

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    Not published

    This registry does not publish Article 6 authorizations.

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.

Registry labels last checked:2026-11-02

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2015
1261260
2016
10,00010,0000
2017
10,0009,800200
2018
8498490
2019
9,1519,1510
2020
6,8396,8390
2021
6,8893,3153,574
2022
8,5663,2575,309
Total52,42043,3379,083

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