10MW Hydroelectric Power Project at Munirabad, Karnataka

Audit Analysis

A 10 MW hydro project in Karnataka with a jurisdictional baseline and VVB-confirmed investment additionality test, but undermined by a seven-fold discrepancy in claimed emissions reductions between the PDD and validation report, seven material findings raised during validation, and a complete absence of monitoring or verified-credit data. The leakage treatment (0% deduction) is contradicted by an earlier appendix that described it as quantified, and no permanence or buffer mechanism is documented.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠ERR contradiction: the validation report (Apr 2015) states 9,840 tCO₂e while the PDD (Dec 2014) states 68,880 tCO₂e — a 7× gap that is never reconciled in the available documents
• ⚠Seven material findings (CAR-01 through CAR-07) were raised during validation, including an altered PDD template, an outdated emission-factor tool, and a missing energy-flow diagram
• ⚠Leakage justification is inconsistent: the validation report calls it 'deemed negligible' while a 2012 appendix describes it as 'quantified'
• ⚠No monitoring report, monitoring period, or verified ERR figure is present in the extracted record
• ⚠Grid emission factor is fixed at 0.8418 tCO₂/MWh from 2012 with no evidence of periodic updating

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.