20MW Waste gas based captive power project based at Kharagpur, West Bengal

Audit Analysis

A 20 MW waste-gas captive power project in West Bengal validated under CDM methodology ACM0004 v02, with a 7-year crediting period (2007–2014) and a claimed 804,972 tCO₂e. Additionality was confirmed by SGS United Kingdom via a combined test, but six material findings were raised during validation (all subsequently resolved), and no monitoring reports or verified emission-reduction figures are available in the extracted record. The project is long past its crediting period, and the absence of any post-validation data significantly limits confidence in the claimed reductions.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠No monitoring reports or verified emission-reduction figures are available for the entire 7-year crediting period (2007–2014); the 804,972 tCO₂e claim is entirely ex-ante and unverified.
• ⚠Six material findings were raised during validation, including missing host-country approval, unclear project boundary, missing baseline calculation sheet, and lack of additionality transparency (CAR01, CAR03, CAR04, CAR07, CAR08, CAR19).
• ⚠Grid emission factor of 964.51 kg CO₂/kWh is dated 2005 and has not been updated or reassessed in any available document.
• ⚠Leakage is deemed negligible with a 0% deduction, but no quantitative justification or sensitivity analysis is provided in the extracted record.
• ⚠Low extraction confidence across the document set means key data points may be incomplete or misread.

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.