29.70 MW Wind Power Project In Karnataka India

Audit Analysis

A 29.7 MW wind power avoidance project in Karnataka, India, verified under VCS methodology ACM0002 v06 by Applus+ Certification. Additionality is confirmed via an investment test and the grid emission factor of 0.93 tCO₂/MWh is reasonable for India's coal-heavy grid. However, the leakage justification is weak (0% deduction with 'not addressed' rationale), the baseline method is inconsistently described across documents, and the verification was conducted more than four years after the monitoring period ended.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Leakage deduction of 0% with justification recorded as 'not addressed' in the 2022 verification report, despite the 2021 report stating 'deemed negligible' — the more recent and authoritative document provides no explicit rationale
• ⚠Baseline method described as 'project' in the 2022 verification report but 'jurisdictional' in the 2022 monitoring report, creating ambiguity about whether the grid emission factor application is standardised or project-specific
• ⚠Verification report dated August 2022 covers a monitoring period ending May 2018 — a gap of over four years between the end of the monitoring window and the verification date
• ⚠Corrective action requires the project proponent to submit an undertaking against double accounting, indicating the VVB identified a potential dual-registration risk that was not fully resolved in the report

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