10 MW Biomass Based Renewable Energy Generation for the Grid at Saradambika Power Plant Private Limited at Chandrapur District, Maharashtra

Audit Analysis

A 10 MW biomass power plant in Maharashtra, India, registered under CDM with a jurisdictional grid baseline and VVB-confirmed combined additionality test. The project delivered approximately 75% of its pro-rata ex-ante expectation for the first monitoring period, which is conservative. However, 14 material findings and 12 corrective actions at validation, combined with a 0% leakage deduction despite flagged biomass-competition concerns, moderate the overall quality.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠14 material findings at validation (including boiler capacity change, substation relocation, and unverified additionality barriers) indicate the project design required substantial revision before issuance
• ⚠Leakage deduction of 0% despite the validation report explicitly flagging the need to 'demonstrate surplus biomass availability' and the monitoring report listing 'leakage due to biomass competition needed demonstration' as a material finding
• ⚠Grid emission factor of 814 gCO2/kWh is sourced from 2006 data; no evidence of periodic grid EF updates across the 10-year crediting period was found in the extracted record
• ⚠Feedstock sustainability, carbon content testing, and LCA are all absent from the available documentation

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