5 MW Small Hydro Project by Jawala Hydro Power Pvt. Ltd

Audit Analysis

A 5 MW small hydro project in India validated under CDM AMS I.D with a jurisdictional grid baseline and VVB-confirmed investment additionality. The project design is sound and the claimed emissions reductions are consistent with the installed capacity, but the available record is limited to the validation stage with no monitoring data, no verified ERR figures, and low extraction confidence, leaving significant evidence gaps on delivery and permanence.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠No monitoring reports or verified ERR figures found in the extracted record; only the 2014 validation report provides quantitative data
• ⚠Minimum extraction confidence rated 'low', indicating at least one key document was poorly readable and data completeness is uncertain
• ⚠No buffer pool or permanence mechanism documented; hydro projects carry drought and reservoir-change reversal risk that is unaddressed in the available record
• ⚠Contradiction between the validation report (leakage 'deemed negligible') and a 2012 appendix (leakage 'quantified') suggests the leakage treatment was not consistently documented

Credit Vintages

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