10 MW Biomass based Power Plant by Sanjog Sugars & Eco-Power Private Limited

Audit Analysis

A 10 MW seasonal biomass power plant in India under CDM with a VVB-confirmed investment additionality test and a jurisdictional grid baseline. However, the project carries significant documentation quality concerns (eight corrective action requests at validation), a grid emission factor frozen at 2011 levels despite an 11-year crediting window in a rapidly decarbonising grid, a 0% leakage deduction justified only as 'deemed negligible' that contradicts the PDD's quantified approach, and no verified ERR figure available to confirm the 304,951 tCO₂e claimed.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Grid emission factor of 0.84 tCO₂/MWh was set in 2011 and never updated across the full 2012–2022 crediting period, despite India's grid becoming substantially cleaner; this risks systematic over-crediting.
• ⚠Eight corrective action requests (CARs) at validation revealed errors in the investment analysis, grid EF calculation, baseline description, and monitoring plan — all resolved but indicating weak initial project design quality.
• ⚠No verified ERR figure is available in the extracted record; the 304,951 tCO₂e claimed in the monitoring report cannot be independently confirmed.
• ⚠Leakage justification is contradictory: the PDD quantified leakage while the monitoring report (2023) labels it 'deemed negligible' with a 0% deduction, with no quantified basis provided.

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.