40 MW Grid Connected Wind Power Project

Audit Analysis

A standard 40 MW grid-connected wind project in India registered under CDM with a combined additionality test confirmed by TÜV NORD CERT. The project delivered only about 25% of the pro-rata emission reduction expectation for the monitored period, raising over-crediting concerns, and several baseline and additionality details show inconsistencies across documents. Fundamentally sound as a wind avoidance project, but the delivery gap and documentation contradictions temper confidence.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Verified emissions reductions of 30,729 tCO₂e represent only ~25% of the pro-rata expectation (~122,000 tCO₂e) for the 4.5-year monitoring period out of the 10-year crediting period, suggesting the ex-ante estimate was significantly optimistic
• ⚠Baseline method is described as 'project' in the 2022 monitoring report but 'jurisdictional' in the 2008 validation report — a material inconsistency for a grid-connected wind project where the grid emission factor should be the baseline
• ⚠Grid emission factor of 0.89 tCO₂/MWh is dated 2007 and no updated or reassessed value is found in the extracted record
• ⚠CORSIA eligibility and CCP status are not stated in any available document, leaving dual-channel risk unassessed

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