10 MW solar power project by NKG Infrastructure Limited

Audit Analysis

A 10 MW solar PV project in India validated under CDM methodology AMS-I.D v18 with a jurisdictional baseline and VVB-confirmed combined additionality test. The project is fundamentally sound in design, but the available record is limited to the PDD and validation report with no monitoring data, and a significant discrepancy in the claimed emissions reduction figure between the two documents raises data-reliability concerns.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠The PDD (Sep 2019) claims a total ERR of 98,758 tCO2e while the validation report (Oct 2019) states 14,108 tCO2e — a roughly 7-fold difference that likely reflects different time bases (7-year crediting period vs. annual) but is not explicitly reconciled in the extracted record.
• ⚠No monitoring or verification report is present in the extracted record; the monitoring period is not stated, so actual delivery against the validated baseline cannot be assessed.
• ⚠Six corrective action requests (CARs) were raised during validation, including use of an outdated methodology version and missing technical details, indicating initial PDD quality issues (all resolved before validation approval).

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