20 MW biomass based power project in Maharashtra, India

Audit Analysis

A 20 MW biomass power project in Maharashtra validated under CDM methodology ACM0006 with a combined additionality test confirmed by TÜV SÜD and no material findings. However, the project record is severely limited: no monitoring data, no verified emissions reductions, no feedstock sustainability assessment, and a 10-fold discrepancy in the claimed ERR between the PDD and the validation report. The low extraction confidence across 21 documents further undermines confidence in the available evidence.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠10-fold discrepancy in total ERR: the PDD (July 2009) states 713,690 tCO2e while the validation report (October 2009) states 71,369 tCO2e — a factor-of-ten difference that cannot be reconciled from available documents
• ⚠No monitoring reports, verified ERR figures, or usage-rate data found in the extracted record, making it impossible to assess actual delivery against the claimed baseline
• ⚠Feedstock sustainability, carbon content testing, and life-cycle assessment are all absent from the record for a biomass energy project, leaving the biogenic carbon accounting unverified
• ⚠Minimum extraction confidence rated 'low', indicating at least one key document was poorly readable and the structured data may be incomplete

Credit Vintages

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