9 MW wind power project of M/s. L.S.Mills Limited in Tamilnadu

Audit Analysis

A 9 MW CDM wind project in Tamil Nadu using the standard AMS-I.D methodology with a jurisdictional grid baseline. Additionality was confirmed via an investment test by TÜV NORD CERT, but the verification process surfaced 19 material findings spanning PDD quality, monitoring plan gaps, and financial calculation errors. A 31% discrepancy in claimed emission reductions between two monitoring reports and the absence of a verified ERR figure limit confidence in the project's quantified output.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠31% discrepancy in total claimed emission reductions between two monitoring reports (68,668 tCO₂e in the August 2022 report vs 90,086 tCO₂e in the July 2022 report)
• ⚠19 material findings raised during verification, including unjustified benchmark values, insufficient baseline explanation, and meter calibration lapses
• ⚠No verified emission reduction figure is available in the extracted record, preventing independent confirmation of actual output
• ⚠Grid emission factor of 0.9269 tCO₂/MWh is drawn from 2008 data, which is over a decade old at the time of the monitoring report

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