56.25 MW bundled wind energy project in Tirunelveli and Coimbatore districts in Tamilnadu, India.

Audit Analysis

A 56.25 MW bundled wind project in Tamil Nadu, India, verified by SGS United Kingdom under CDM methodology ACM0002. The project uses a jurisdictional baseline and an investment additionality test, both appropriate for wind, but the verification report identified seven material findings requiring corrective action, and significant contradictions exist between the PDD, monitoring report, and verification report on ERR figures, baseline method, and crediting period. The 0% leakage deduction is reasonable for grid-displacing wind, but multiple key safety indicators remain unquantified in the available record.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠The PDD reports a total ERR of 544,897 while the verification report confirms only 58,497 for the monitoring period — a roughly 9-fold discrepancy that raises serious over-crediting concerns until resolved
• ⚠Seven material findings were raised during verification, including inconsistencies in meter numbers, commissioning dates, geo-coordinates, project boundary definition, and an outdated grid emission factor, all requiring corrective action
• ⚠The monitoring report describes the baseline as 'project-specific' while the verification report classifies it as 'jurisdictional' — an unresolved methodological contradiction that affects baseline validity
• ⚠The monitoring report states a crediting period starting in 2002 while the verification report and PDD indicate 2009 — a 7-year discrepancy that affects the pro-rata ERR expectation

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