Biogas Support Program – Nepal (BSP-Nepal) Activity-2

Audit Analysis

The BSP-Nepal Activity-2 biogas project has VVB-confirmed additionality and a quantified 5% leakage deduction, but is undermined by a 20.5% gap between assumed (100%) and verified (79.47%) usage rates, a project-specific baseline, no stated buffer pool, and numerous material findings and corrective actions across multiple verification cycles. Seven contradictions between documents—including on FPIC status, fNRB method, and crediting period—raise data-reliability concerns that temper confidence in the verified figures.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Usage rate assumed at 100% in the PDD but only 79.47% verified in the 2022 monitoring report, a 20.5-point gap that inflates the ex-ante credit estimate
• ⚠FPIC status is directly contradicted: the validation report (Nov 2020) records FPIC as conducted, while the PDD (two days earlier) records it as not conducted
• ⚠No buffer pool percentage is stated in any available document, leaving permanence risk for digester failure unaddressed
• ⚠Seven cross-document contradictions on key parameters (fNRB value, fNRB method, crediting period, ERR figures, usage rate, FPIC) indicate persistent data-quality issues
• ⚠Multiple outstanding corrective actions (13 items) and material findings (17 items) across at least three verification cycles signal recurring MRV weaknesses

Credit Vintages