5 MW Photovoltaic Power Generation Project at Saraburi province, Thailand

Audit Analysis

A 5 MW solar PV project in Thailand validated under CDM with a confirmed additionality test and a reasonable zero-leakage assumption, but the validation report identified six material findings requiring corrective action, including errors in grid emission factor calculations and project boundary definition. No monitoring reports or verified emissions data are available in the extracted record, and the baseline method is described inconsistently across documents (project-specific in the validation report versus jurisdictional in the PDD). The overall picture is of a technically sound project concept undermined by documentation quality issues and a complete absence of post-validation performance data.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Six material findings (CARs) in the validation report, including corrections to grid emission factor calculations (OM, BM, CM), project boundary diagram, and IRR spreadsheet — indicating the initial PDD contained multiple quantitative errors
• ⚠No monitoring reports or verified emissions data available in the extracted record despite the crediting period (2011–2021) having ended
• ⚠Baseline method contradicts between the validation report (project-specific) and the PDD (jurisdictional), creating uncertainty about the actual baseline approach
• ⚠Minimum extraction confidence rated low, meaning at least one key document was poorly readable and data completeness cannot be assured

Credit Vintages

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