9 MW Beas Kund Hydel Power Project

Audit Analysis

The 9 MW Beas Kund hydro project in India has a sound design foundation with a VVB-confirmed investment additionality test and a jurisdictional baseline, but the record is marred by a critical discrepancy in verified emissions reductions (zero versus the 200,948 tCO₂e lifetime estimate) and the absence of any stated buffer pool, FPIC, or grievance mechanism. Ten corrective action requests during verification, all since closed, suggest moderate compliance friction. Overall the project is a conventional run-of-river hydro avoidance project with reasonable design but significant data-reliability concerns that limit confidence in the credit claims.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Verified ERR of 0 tCO₂e appears in the monitoring record alongside a lifetime claim of 200,948 tCO₂e — a discrepancy that, if genuine, would indicate no credits were actually delivered or a serious data-extraction failure
• ⚠No buffer pool percentage is stated in any available document, leaving permanence risk unquantified even though hydro reversal risk is inherently low
• ⚠Ten corrective action requests (CARs) were raised and closed during verification, indicating recurring documentation or compliance gaps
• ⚠Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) and a grievance mechanism are not documented in any extracted record

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.