Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)’s Wind Power Project, India

Audit Analysis

A CDM wind power project with VVB-verified additionality and inherently low permanence risk, but undermined by a significant discrepancy between the ex-ante and monitoring-period emission reduction figures (roughly 7.7× the pro-rata expectation) and a contradictory baseline method description across documents. Several material findings and corrective actions were flagged during validation, and key transparency data points (FNRB, usage monitoring, CORSIA status) are absent from the extracted record.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Emission reduction figure in the monitoring report (5,654 tCO₂ for ~9 months) is approximately 7.7× the pro-rata expectation derived from the validation report's 10-year ex-ante estimate of 9,769 tCO₂, raising over-crediting concerns
• ⚠Baseline method is described as 'project' in the monitoring report but 'jurisdictional' in the validation report — a fundamental methodological inconsistency
• ⚠Three corrective actions were required at validation, including revision of the monitoring plan and a delay to the crediting-period start date
• ⚠Net electricity exported to the grid was calculated rather than measured, contrary to the registered PDD, as noted in the validation report's material findings

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