13.25 MW Wind Power Generation By Rmtl, In Kutch, Gujarat

Integrity

The verification report confirms additionality and a named VVB (LGAI/Applus+) which supports baseline/additionality credibility. However, no baseline method is stated in the available record and leakage treatment is described as not addressed in the later monitoring report (2021). Multiple corrective actions were required in verification, indicating material weaknesses. These factors lower robustness on additionality, baseline validity and leakage.

Transparency

Project-level transparency is mixed: a monitoring period (2012–04–01 to 2016–03–30) and a named VVB are present (monitoring report, validation report), and verified ERR is reported. But there are clear contradictions between documents on total ERR claimed/verified and on safeguards/leakage, and extraction confidence is medium, reducing trust in reported numbers.

Claim Safety

CORSIA eligibility is explicitly false (good), which reduces one double-claim risk. Nonetheless, the inconsistent ERR figures (39,541 vs 81,011 tCO2e across documents) and unresolved leakage justification increase over‑crediting risk. FN/RB and usage monitoring are not documented, further elevating claim risk.

Documentation

There are multiple supporting documents (monitoring and validation reports; n_docs_used = 6) and the monitoring report is recent (2021-04-30). However, the extraction confidence is medium and many corrective actions were required by the verifier, suggesting the documentation is incomplete or of limited reliability. Key items such as baseline method and buffer pool percentage are not stated.

Overall

I privileged the more recent validation/monitoring documents (validation report dated 2021-05-24 and monitoring report 2021-04-30) over older 2009 documents because they are later and should supersede earlier figures. Specifically, for total ERR claimed/verified I used the 81,011 tCO2e figure from the 2021 validation report as the current reported value. For leakage and safeguards I treated the 2021 monitoring report (which states leakage not addressed and safeguards mentioned) as the authoritative recent record. These contradictions and the medium extraction confidence reduce the overall score to reflect data reliability and potential over‑crediting; if the contradictions are not resolved, the project remains moderately risky and scores remain low–moderate.