50 MW Wind Power Project in Madhya Pradesh, India

Audit Analysis

A 50 MW wind power project in Madhya Pradesh with a VVB-verified investment additionality test and a grid-based baseline, but the verification report (June 2024) raised three corrective action requests and two clarification requests, including a monitoring report that did not match the registered passport and an ER sheet with blank import/export values. Multiple contradictions across documents—particularly on leakage justification, baseline method, and ERR figures—undermine confidence in the data integrity. The project is fundamentally sound in design but suffers from documentation and reporting quality issues that warrant caution.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠The 2024 verification report issued 3 Corrective Action Requests and 2 Clarification Requests, including that the monitoring report was not prepared as per the registered passport and the ER sheet contained blank import and export values with no definitive conclusion possible
• ⚠The appendix (Dec 2023) reports a total ERR of 713,608 tCO2 while the monitoring report (Dec 2023) and verification report (Jun 2024) both report 243,990 tCO2 for the same period—a 3× discrepancy that is not explained in the available documents
• ⚠The PDD (Jun 2023) states FPIC was not conducted, while the 2024 monitoring report states it was—this contradiction on a fundamental safeguard requirement is unresolved
• ⚠The 2024 verification report records leakage as 'not addressed' while the 2021 verification report recorded it as 'deemed negligible'—the more recent report's silence on leakage is a documentation gap

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