2 MW Kalm Small Hydro Electric Project in Himachal Pradesh, India

Audit Analysis

A 2 MW small hydro project under CDM with a VVB-verified investment additionality test and a standardised AMS-ID methodology, but the available record contains no monitoring or verified-credit data, a baseline-method contradiction between the PDD and validation report, and low extraction confidence across the document set. The project is an avoidance-type credit (displacing grid electricity) with negligible reversal risk, and the 20 material findings raised during validation were all administrative or financial corrections that were subsequently addressed.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Baseline method contradiction: the PDD (Nov 2011) describes a jurisdictional baseline while the validation report (Dec 2011) records a project-specific baseline; the more recent and authoritative validation report is privileged, but the discrepancy weakens baseline confidence.
• ⚠No monitoring-period data or verified ERR figures are present in the extracted record, making it impossible to confirm actual credit delivery against the 83,480 tCO₂e lifetime claim.
• ⚠Low extraction confidence across the document set indicates at least one key document was poorly readable, reducing reliability of the structured facts.
• ⚠Leakage treatment contradiction: an appendix (Jan 2010) references a quantified leakage assessment while the validation report (Dec 2011) records leakage as deemed negligible with a 0% deduction.

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.