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100 MW grid connected Wind Power project in Jamnagar Gujarat, India

Standard
VCS
Methodology
ACM0002 (CDM)
Registry
VCS-2019 ↗ · Registered
Country
India
Credit type
Energy industries (renewable/non-renewable sources)
Developer
Verdant Renewables Private Limited
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CarbonMeld's document-based rating gives 100 MW grid connected Wind Power project in Jamnagar Gujarat, India (VCS-2019) 3.8 out of 10 (Low rating) under CarbonMeld methodology v3, documents read on 16 Oct 2026. The analysis read 15 of the 22 registry documents. It is CarbonMeld's own assessment, not a rating given by the registry or the standard.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based rating

010203 Document-based rating 3.8 / 10
Additionality 🔒 Quantification 🔒 Claim safety 🔒
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Document-based rating

3.8/10

Low rating (3.5 to 4.9)

Evidence coverage: high

How solid the credit is, as far as the registry's public documents show. Additionality and quantification start from a public grade; permanence starts at 5.0, the neutral point, where none applies, and claim safety always does.

Methodology v3 · documents read on 16 Oct 2026

Starting point

  • Additionality: CCQI's score for this type of project
  • Quantification: the ICVCM's decision on this methodology
  • Claim safety: neutral (5.0) — no public grade of this type of project applies

Rules that raised the number: 1

Rules that lowered the number: 1

Each rule, with the fact and the source it rests on, is in the Premium analysis.

Not counted in the number

  • The oldest vintage still on sale, the content of the safeguards and the verifier's quality: not among the facts read

Analysed on 16 Oct 2026Latest verified period ends:

evidence: 15/22 registry documents read

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How this analysis was made

Standard
Verra (VCS) How our current method reads projects of this standard
Methodology
ACM0002 version 19.0 How our current method reads projects of this type
Our method
CarbonMeld methodology v3 · documents read on 16 Oct 2026 · 15/22 registry documents read

Analysis

100 MW grid connected Wind Power project in Jamnagar Gujarat, India (India) generates grid-connected renewable electricity (wind, 50 WTGs of 2.1 MW each = 105 MW) under ACM0002 version 19.0; registry status Registered (VCS), 1,059,054 credits issued (vintages 2019–2023). The documents name Earthood Services Private Limited as validation body and Earthood Services Private Limited (2019-06-21 – 2021-03-31), Applus Certification (2021-04-01 – 2022-03-31, 2022-04-01 – 2023-03-31), LGAI Technological Center S.A. (Applus+ Certification) (2021-04-01 – 2022-03-31, 2022-04-01 – 2023-03-31) as verification bodies. The documents estimate 363,796 tCO2e per year, 3,637,960 tCO2e over the 10-year crediting period. The latest verification report (01-April-2022 – 31-March-2023) verifies 314,731 tCO2e. The latest monitoring period achieved 87% of its ex-ante estimate (per the monitoring report).

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 12 Nov 2026

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

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Methodology not approved by ICVCMACM0002

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

    Source: ICVCM assessment · ICVCM table read on 4 Nov 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: project sector

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

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    No Article 6 authorization

    No corresponding adjustment: the host country can also count this reduction towards its own target.

    Source: registry label · read on 12 Nov 2026

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

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.

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2019
85,00184,99110
2020
280,961227,19453,767
2021
315,790217,89597,895
2022
316,741168,915147,826
2023
60,561060,561
Total1,059,054698,995360,059

Methodology versions used

The methodology version stated in each monitoring, verification and issuance document, by period, compared with the official methodology pages.

  1. 2019–2021ACM0002 v19.0since replaced by v22.0

    monitoring report + verification report + issuance document

    official page · verified on

  2. 2021–2022ACM0002 v19.0since replaced by v22.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  3. 2022–2023ACM0002 v19.0since replaced by v22.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  • ACM0002: Active (CDM / UNFCCC) · official page · verified on

A version is shown only when the document's own text writes it next to the methodology code. Current versions, status and CCP ranges come from the official pages linked, checked on the date shown.

Documents on the registry

Retired by

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