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Re-assessment pendingGSBiogas - ElectricityIndiaRegistry: RegisteredAMS-I.E

Household biogas plants in rural parts of Central India

Developer: Value Network Ventures Pte. Ltd

GS-2739 ↗ · current registry ID: GS10782

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#486of 498 in Biogas#2616of 2757 in India#2154of 2176 in Gold Standard (GS)#101of 105 in AMS-I.E

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 5 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

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01020304 Overall 3.1 / 10
Integrity 🔒 Transparency 🔒 Claim Safety 🔒 Documentation 🔒
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Scale 0–10 · method weights: integrity 35% · transparency 25% · claim safety 25% · documentation 15%.

Re-assessment pending · v2.1

Scored2026-09-05medium confidence

evidence: 22/24 registry documents analyzed · 4 red flags

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Analysis

This Gold Standard household biogas project in rural Central India has a VVB-verified combined additionality test and a quantified 5% leakage deduction, but is severely undermined by a verified emissions reduction figure (62,256 tCO₂e) that is roughly three times the ex-ante lifetime estimate (20,225 tCO₂e), sixteen material findings, twenty-two corrective actions, and six cross-document contradictions in key parameters. The documentation quality is poor, with low extraction confidence and numerous calculation and reporting errors in the monitoring report, raising serious over-crediting and data-reliability concerns.

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On this page: the analysis of 5 Sep 2026, marked “Re-assessment pending”. Per-dimension scores, risk indicators, 4 red flags, score factors, detailed analysis, and 24 registry documents (22 analyzed).

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  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    Pilot phase only (2021–2023)

    Eligible only for the pilot phase: not usable for the current 2024–2026 phase.

    Source: registry label · read on 27 Sep 2026

    Covers: credits of this project that carry the label on the registry — not every unit or lot

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Methodology not approved by ICVCMAMS-I.E

    The Integrity Council assessed this methodology as not meeting the Core Carbon Principles.

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

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  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

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

    Source: registry label · read on 27 Sep 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:2026-09-27

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2019
16,74816,7480
2020
29,78929,7890
2021
41,66740,904763
2022
41,81632,8268,990
2023
41,92636,5115,415
2024
16,770016,770
Total188,716156,77831,938

Methodology versions used

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  1. 2019–2020AMS-I.E v10.1since replaced by v14.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  2. 2020–2021AMS-I.E v10.1since replaced by v14.0

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  3. 2021–2022AMS-I.E v10.1since replaced by v14.0

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  4. 2022–2024AMS-I.E v10.1since replaced by v14.0

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

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Analysis ProvenanceAMS I.E: Switch from non-renewable biomass for thermal applications by the user
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