100 MW Wind Power Project in Andhra Pradesh by OAWPPL

Audit Analysis

A 100 MW wind power project in Andhra Pradesh with a solid combined additionality test verified by Applus+ and a jurisdictional baseline using the 2022 grid emission factor. However, the project's documentation record is weak, with 11 corrective actions and 7 compliance-level findings raised during verification, numerous documents missing at initial submission, and a 27% under-delivery in the prior crediting period. The new crediting period's first monitoring year delivered exactly 100% of the pro-rata expectation, which is reassuring, but the 0% degradation factor applied to 10-year-old turbines remains questionable.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Actual generation in the prior monitoring period was 27% below the PDD estimate (352,210 MWh vs 479,808 MWh), and actual emission reductions were 27% below the estimated 469,106 tCO2e (actual: 344,355 tCO2e), as noted in the verification report.
• ⚠A 0% degradation factor was applied to 10-year-old wind turbines and was explicitly questioned by the assessment team; manufacturer specifications were requested but the justification remains thin.
• ⚠Eleven corrective actions (CAR-01 to CAR-11) and seven compliance-level findings (CL-01 to CL-07) were raised during verification, covering missing PPA, O&M agreements, calibration certificates, commissioning certificates, bird strike registers, grievance registers, and multiple PDD errors.
• ⚠The PDD initially described the project as 'solar' rather than 'wind,' contained incorrect map coordinates, presented tables as images, and used an outdated CEA database version (pre-18.0).
• ⚠CORSIA eligibility and CCP status are not stated in any available document, leaving the double-claiming risk unassessed.

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