2.5 MW BEL grid-connected wind power project at Davanagere district, Karnataka, India

Audit Analysis

A 2.5 MW CDM wind project in Karnataka with VVB-confirmed additionality and a reasonable 0% leakage deduction, but undermined by four unresolved corrective actions, a contradiction in baseline methodology between the validation and monitoring reports, and an outdated 2006 grid emission factor flagged for update. The absence of a verified ERR figure, FNRB data, and any permanence safeguard limits confidence in the credit's integrity and transparency.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Four material findings / corrective actions were raised at validation (DNA approval, PPA, additionality strengthening, grid EF update) with no evidence of full resolution in the extracted record
• ⚠Baseline method is contradictory: the validation report (2007) states a jurisdictional baseline while the monitoring report (2012) describes a project-specific baseline
• ⚠Grid emission factor of 0.9323 tCO2/MWh is from 2006 and was explicitly flagged in CAR 4 as needing update to the latest CEA data
• ⚠Total verified ERR is not stated in any available document, preventing independent verification of credit issuance
• ⚠Reversal events are not addressed in any document and no buffer pool percentage is recorded

Credit Vintages