2 * 1.5 MW + 0.60 MW Bundled Wind Power CDM Project in Tamil Nadu, India

Audit Analysis

A 3.6 MW bundled wind power CDM project in Tamil Nadu with a well-supported investment-test additionality and a jurisdictional grid baseline, but severely limited by the absence of any verified monitoring data, a ten-fold discrepancy in claimed emission reductions between the PDD and the validation report, and twenty corrective actions flagged by the VVB. The project's credit type (wind displacing grid electricity) is low-risk in principle, yet the data gaps and contradictions prevent a confident assessment of actual delivery.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Ten-fold discrepancy in total claimed emission reductions: the PDD (Nov 2011) states 76,410 tCO₂ while the validation report (Dec 2011) states 7,641 tCO₂; the PDD figure is more consistent with the expected output of a 3.6 MW wind project over a 10-year crediting period, suggesting a possible typographical error in the validation report, but the contradiction undermines data reliability.
• ⚠Twenty corrective actions were required by Bureau Veritas at validation, including missing justification for zero leakage, absent sensitivity analysis, incomplete investment-analysis documentation, and lack of a cross-checking procedure for monitored data — indicating the PDD was substantially underdeveloped at the time of validation.
• ⚠No monitoring reports, verified ERR figures, or monitoring-period data were found in any available document, making it impossible to confirm whether the project actually delivered the claimed reductions.
• ⚠Minimum extraction confidence is rated low, meaning at least one key document was poorly readable, further reducing confidence in the extracted data.

Credit Vintages

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