Alaçati Wind Power Project, Turkey

Audit Analysis

The Alaçati Wind Power Project is a grid-connected renewable energy project under VCS ACM0002 with a verified investment additionality test and no reversal events, but its integrity is undermined by 22 corrective actions, a grid emission factor dating to 2011 applied to a 2021–2024 monitoring period, and a baseline-method contradiction between the verification and monitoring reports. Transparency is moderate: the claimed and verified ERR figures match exactly, yet CORSIA eligibility, usage-monitoring method, and buffer-pool details are absent from the extracted record, and the minimum extraction confidence is flagged as low. Overall the project is functional but carries meaningful data-quality and documentation gaps that warrant caution before relying on its credits.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠22 corrective actions (CAR-1 through CAR-22) were raised in the 2024 verification report, indicating a substantial volume of non-conformities even though no material findings were reported
• ⚠The grid emission factor of 0.5833 tCO₂/MWh is from 2011, yet it was applied to the 2021–2024 monitoring period; no updated or interim grid factor is documented
• ⚠Baseline method is recorded as 'project' in the 2024 verification report but 'jurisdictional' in the 2024 monitoring report — an unresolved contradiction that affects baseline credibility
• ⚠Minimum extraction confidence is rated low, meaning at least one key document was poorly readable and the structured record may be incomplete
• ⚠CORSIA eligibility and CCP status are not stated in any available document, leaving dual-channel risk unassessed

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