340 MW Gas based combined cycle power project expansion at Hazira

Audit Analysis

A 340 MW gas-based combined cycle expansion in India that switches from a dirtier fuel source, with additionality confirmed by Bureau Veritas via a combined test. However, the validation process surfaced 15 material findings requiring corrective action, the baseline method is inconsistently described across documents, and a significant discrepancy exists in the claimed emission reduction figures between two monitoring reports. The project carries moderate over-crediting and documentation reliability risks typical of fossil-fuel-switch CDM projects.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠15 material findings (CARs) at validation, including errors in leakage CER calculations, missing CH4 emission factor justification, and incorrect gas consumption assumptions (50% error)
• ⚠Claimed ERR of 1,042,908 tCO2e in the October 2022 monitoring report contradicts 1,440,894 tCO2e in the May 2022 monitoring report — a 28% unexplained reduction
• ⚠Baseline method described as 'jurisdictional' in the monitoring report but 'project-specific' in the validation report, creating ambiguity about the baseline's robustness
• ⚠Crediting period dates differ between the validation report (2009-11-01 to 2019-11-01) and the monitoring report (2010-10-26 to 2020-10-25)

Credit Vintages

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