3 MW renewable energy project by Gunsola Hydro Power Generation Pvt. Ltd.

Audit Analysis

A 3 MW small hydro project in India validated under CDM methodology AMS-I.D v15 with a jurisdictional grid baseline and VVB-confirmed combined additionality test. The project is structurally sound as an avoidance-type renewable energy credit, but the available record is limited to the validation stage with no monitoring or verification reports, and a significant 10× discrepancy in the claimed ERR between the PDD and the validation report raises data-reliability concerns.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠The PDD (July 2010) states a total ERR of 116,500 tCO2e while the validation report (October 2010) records 11,650 tCO2e — a tenfold discrepancy that cannot be reconciled from the available documents and undermines confidence in the credit quantity.
• ⚠No monitoring or verification reports were found in the extracted record; actual delivered credits and performance over the 2011–2021 crediting period are entirely unverified.
• ⚠Minimum extraction confidence is rated low, indicating at least one key document was poorly readable, which compounds the uncertainty around the ERR figure.

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.