7.85 MW Bundled Wind Power Project in Southern India

Audit Analysis

A 7.85 MW bundled wind project in Southern India registered under CDM with a VVB-verified combined additionality test and no inherent permanence risk. The project's integrity is moderated by a baseline-method contradiction between the validation report (jurisdictional) and the 2022 monitoring report (project-specific), and by six corrective action requests raised during validation (notably a non-conservative PLF assumption that was subsequently corrected). Documentation is reasonably complete with high extraction confidence, but verified ERR figures and several MRV parameters remain absent from the extracted record.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Baseline method is described as 'jurisdictional' in the 2007 validation report but 'project' in the 2022 monitoring report — an unexplained shift that could affect the validity of the emission-factor basis.
• ⚠The validation process raised six corrective action requests, including a finding that the initial CER calculation used guaranteed (rather than actual) plant load factor, indicating the original credit estimate was not conservative.
• ⚠Total verified ERR is not stated in any available document, preventing independent cross-check of claimed versus delivered credits.

Credit Vintages