44 MW Bundled Wind Power Project in Maharashtra managed by Enercon India Limited.

Audit Analysis

A long-running 44 MW wind power project with a VVB-confirmed investment additionality test and jurisdictional baseline, but plagued by persistent meter calibration delays, data inconsistencies, and dozens of corrective actions across multiple verification cycles. The VVB consistently applied conservative error factors and reduced claimed emissions reductions by roughly 17% during verification, providing a meaningful safety margin. Overall a moderate-quality project with solid design fundamentals undermined by recurring monitoring and reporting deficiencies.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Recurring meter calibration delays across multiple sites (Panchpatta, Varekarwadi, Bhambarwadi, Kadvekhurd) spanning at least three monitoring periods, requiring permanent deviation to a 5-year calibration frequency
• ⚠Dozens of corrective actions (CARs) issued across multiple verification cycles, including missing JMRs, inconsistent baseline calculations, and unreported project deviations
• ⚠FPIC status is contradictory: the 2017 verification report states it was not conducted, while the 2020 monitoring report states it was conducted — unresolved discrepancy
• ⚠Grid emission factor of 0.9777 tCO2/MWh is from 2016 and has not been updated in the extracted record, potentially overstating or understating baseline emissions

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