8 MW biomass based renewable energy generation for the grid, Gondia District, Maharashtra,India

Audit Analysis

A 2008-era CDM biomass power project (8 MW, Gondia, India) with a solid combined additionality test confirmed by DNV and a well-justified zero-leakage claim based on a 64% biomass surplus survey. The project is an avoidance-type renewable energy generation scheme with no inherent reversal risk, but the absence of a verified ERR figure for the monitoring period and a contradiction in the baseline method description between the validation and monitoring reports introduce moderate uncertainty. Overall a reasonably robust but somewhat dated CDM project with typical documentation gaps for its era.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Baseline method is described as 'project-specific' in the monitoring report (2013) but 'jurisdictional' in the validation report (2008) — the two documents disagree on a fundamental methodological classification.
• ⚠Verified ERR for the monitoring period (2008–2011) is not available in the extracted record, preventing a pro-rata delivery check against the 282,681 tCO2e lifetime claim.
• ⚠Grid emission factor is from 2006 (814 gCO2/kWh); no updated or reassessed baseline value is found in the available documents.
• ⚠One of the four source documents is listed with an unknown type, reducing confidence in the completeness of the documentary record.

Credit Vintages

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