Adani Enterprises Limited Solar PV Power Project in Gujarat, India

Audit Analysis

A CDM solar PV project in Gujarat with a VVB-confirmed combined additionality test and a jurisdictional baseline, but the available record is limited to the PDD and validation report with no monitoring or verification data. A significant 7× discrepancy in the claimed emission reduction figure between the PDD and the validation report undermines confidence in the credit quantity, and the absence of permanence, buffer, and safeguards documentation leaves material gaps.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠ERR contradiction: the PDD (2019-05-31) states 441,571 tCO₂e while the validation report (2019-06-08) states 63,082 tCO₂e — a 7× gap that matches the 7-year crediting period, suggesting a possible annual-vs-total unit error, but the discrepancy is unresolved in the record
• ⚠No monitoring reports or verification reports are present in the extracted record; total ERR verified, monitoring period, and usage monitoring method are all absent
• ⚠No buffer pool, permanence risk assessment, or reversal-event data found in any available document
• ⚠Four corrective action requests (CARs) were raised during validation, including an incorrect methodology version and a non-compliant PDD section, all resolved but indicating initial documentation quality issues

Credit Vintages