4.5 MW Industrial Waste based Grid-connected Power Project

Audit Analysis

This CDM biomass power project in India has a VVB-confirmed additionality assessment and a reputable verifier (DNV), but suffers from significant data contradictions across documents—most critically a 7.6× discrepancy between the ex-ante emissions estimate and the monitoring-period claim, a baseline-method conflict, and a grid emission factor mismatch. No buffer pool, permanence mechanism, or verified ERR figure is stated, and key MRV parameters (FNRB, usage monitoring) are absent from the record.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠The monitoring report claims 53,374 tCO₂ for a ~3.5-year period while the validation report's ex-ante estimate is only 20,049 tCO₂ for the full 10-year crediting period, implying the project delivered roughly 7.6× the pro-rata expectation—an extreme over-delivery that raises serious over-crediting concerns.
• ⚠Baseline method is stated as 'project-specific' in the monitoring report but 'jurisdictional' in the validation report, a fundamental contradiction that undermines confidence in the baseline.
• ⚠No buffer pool, permanence mechanism, or reversal-risk treatment is stated in any available document, leaving the project's permanence unaddressed.
• ⚠Grid emission factor differs between the PDD (739.14 kgCO₂/MWh) and the validation report (0.795 tCO₂/MWh ≈ 795 kgCO₂/MWh), a ~7.6% discrepancy that affects the baseline calculation.

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