15 MW bundled grid connected wind energy project in Gujarat, India

Audit Analysis

A CDM wind energy project in Gujarat with a solid investment-test additionality assessment confirmed by the VVB and a jurisdictional grid baseline, but severely limited by the absence of any monitoring or verification data, a seven-fold discrepancy in claimed emissions reductions between the PDD and validation report, and low extraction confidence across the document set. The project is past its stated crediting period (ended January 2020), and no verified emissions reductions are available to confirm the ex-ante claims.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Seven-fold discrepancy in total claimed emissions reductions: the PDD reports 195,153 tCO2 while the validation report reports 27,879 tCO2, both dated 13 November 2012 — a factor of ~7 that cannot be reconciled from the available documents
• ⚠No monitoring reports or verification reports found in the extracted record; total verified emissions reductions are not stated, making it impossible to confirm whether the project delivered on its claims
• ⚠Project name states 15 MW but the extracted capacity is 3.0 MW (2 × 1.5 MW machines), and the crediting period is stated as both 7 years (2013–2020) and 20 years in different fields
• ⚠Low extraction confidence flagged across the document set, indicating at least one key document was poorly readable

Credit Vintages

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