Adavikanda, Kuruwita Division Mini Hydro Power Project
GS-1060 ↗ · current registry ID: GS6051
#579of 1935 in Renewable energy#3of 10 in Sri Lanka#297of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)#196of 806 in AMS-I.D
Audit Analysis
A small mini-hydro project in Sri Lanka with a VVB-verified investment additionality test and a jurisdictional baseline, but undermined by unaddressed reversal risk, six material findings (including a stakeholder consultation deficiency), and four cross-document contradictions in key parameters. The project over-delivered relative to its pro-rata expectation, suggesting a conservative baseline, yet the absence of a grievance mechanism and missing FNRB/usage data limit confidence in the credit's robustness.
Red Flags
- Reversal events explicitly marked as 'not addressed' in the verification report, with no buffer pool percentage stated
- Four contradictions across documents: baseline method (jurisdictional vs project), ERR (7,249 vs 17,549), grid emission factor (0.6766 vs 0.8806), and grievance mechanism (absent vs present)
- Grievance mechanism absent per the more recent monitoring report, contradicting the earlier validation report
- Local stakeholder consultation process found non-compliant with Gold Standard review comment 7
- ODA declaration not provided as required by Gold Standard section A.7
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1,228 | 614 | 614 | |
| 2017 | 13,574 | 6,787 | 6,787 | |
| Total | 14,802 | 7,401 | 7,401 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-verified investment test
mixed evidence / unresolved risk
0% deemed negligible, reasonable for mini-hydro
Jurisdictional per VVB but contradicted by PDD; reassessment timing not stated
Safeguards mentioned, benefit sharing described, but no grievance mechanism and stakeholder consultation non-compliant
CCP and CORSIA statuses not stated in available documents
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