4 MW Small Hydro Project by Shansha Hydro Power Project Co-Operative Society Ltd.

Audit Analysis

A 4 MW small hydro project in India under CDM with a VVB-confirmed investment additionality test and a jurisdictional grid baseline. The project is structurally sound for its type, but the available record contains only validation-stage data with no monitoring reports, and a ten-fold discrepancy in the claimed emission reduction figure between two source documents raises data-reliability concerns.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Ten-fold discrepancy in total claimed emissions reductions: the validation report (2016) states 18,725 tCO₂e while an earlier appendix (2014) states 187,250 tCO₂e — the privileged value (18,725) is from the more recent and authoritative validation report, but the inconsistency undermines confidence in the project's quantification.
• ⚠No monitoring-period data, verified ERR, or FNRB figures are present in the extracted record, making it impossible to confirm that the project is actually delivering the claimed reductions.
• ⚠Grid emission factor of 0.9679 tCO₂/MWh is dated to 2014 with no documented update or reassessment, and the crediting period runs to January 2028.

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.