33.9 MW Bundled Wind Power project in states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

Audit Analysis

A 33.9 MW bundled wind project in India with VVB-confirmed additionality and no reversal risk, but undermined by a project-specific baseline using a 2009 grid emission factor, a 0% leakage deduction with contradictory justification, a 48.4% under-delivery finding, and a serious internal contradiction in verified ERR figures within the same verification report. Multiple data inconsistencies across documents and five corrective actions required by the VVB further erode confidence in the project's data integrity.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Internal contradiction in the 2022 verification report: verified ERR appears as both 33,189 and 290,721 within the same document, a 8.7× discrepancy that cannot be reconciled without further clarification
• ⚠48.4% under-delivery of estimated VER attributed to wind flow and grid availability variations, flagged as a material finding by TÜV SÜD
• ⚠Leakage deduction of 0% with justification described as 'not addressed' in the verification report, while the monitoring report claims it was 'deemed negligible' — the VVB's own assessment is the weaker one
• ⚠Five corrective actions required by the VVB, including inconsistencies in project start date, missing GPS coordinates for wind turbines, missing meter calibration details, and missing VCS registration details
• ⚠Grid emission factor of 0.9448 tCO₂/kWh is from 2009, over a decade old at the time of the 2022 verification, and no baseline reassessment date is recorded

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