15 MW Bundled grid-connected wind electricity generation project in Radhapuram Taluk of Tirunelveli District in Tamil Nadu, India

Audit Analysis

A 15 MW grid-connected wind project in Tamil Nadu with a VVB-confirmed investment additionality test and a jurisdictional grid baseline, but undermined by a 0% leakage deduction with no stated justification, contradictory baseline classifications across documents, and internal inconsistencies in the verification report's material findings. The project delivered roughly 74% of its pro-rata ex-ante expectation for the monitored period, indicating conservative (under-)delivery rather than over-crediting.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Leakage deduction of 0% with justification recorded as 'not addressed' in the most recent verification report (March 2023), despite the earlier verification report (January 2023) calling it 'deemed negligible' — the treatment is inconsistent and inadequately documented.
• ⚠Baseline method is classified as 'jurisdictional' in the 2023 verification report but 'project' in the 2009 validation report; the more recent document is privileged, but the discrepancy raises questions about whether the baseline was truly jurisdictional from the outset.
• ⚠Two verification reports from the same year (Feb 2023 and Mar 2023) report different verified ERR figures (149,672 vs 71,419 tCO2e), and the material findings contain two conflicting under-delivery percentages (-1.51% and -29.49%), indicating data reliability issues.
• ⚠CORSIA eligibility and CCP status are not stated in any available document, leaving dual-channel risk unassessed.

Credit Vintages

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