Bagasse Based cogeneration power project of Rana Sugars Limited, Amritsar District, Punjab;

Audit Analysis

A CDM bagasse cogeneration project with VVB-confirmed additionality but significant methodological concerns flagged by the verifier, including unsubstantiated baseline validity and leakage calculations. The project delivered only about 25% of its pro-rata expected emissions reductions in the first monitoring year, and key monitoring parameters remain unreported. The combination of four corrective action requests and a baseline-method contradiction between the validation and monitoring reports undermines confidence in the credit quality.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠CAR #4 in the monitoring report states the project proponent failed to demonstrate the validity of the original/current baseline — a fundamental integrity concern
• ⚠CAR #5 states the approach used to calculate leakage and project emissions was not substantiated, yet the project claims a 0% leakage deduction with a 'quantified' justification
• ⚠Baseline method is contradictory: the validation report (2009) records a jurisdictional baseline while the monitoring report (2010) records a project-specific baseline
• ⚠Verified ERR figure is not stated in any available document, making independent verification of actual emissions reductions impossible
• ⚠Only one year of monitoring data (2009–2010) is available for a seven-year crediting period ending in 2016

Credit Vintages