Biomass based power plant at Siltara, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.

Audit Analysis

A CDM biomass power plant in Chhattisgarh, India, with VVB-confirmed additionality and conservative credit delivery (66.5% of pro-rata expectation), but undermined by seven material findings at validation, a contradiction in how leakage was treated, and the absence of FPIC, a grievance mechanism, and independently verified storage data. The project is explicitly excluded from CORSIA, reducing double-claim risk, yet the overall documentation and safeguards picture is incomplete.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Seven material findings raised at validation, including a discrepancy in biomass cost used for the investment barrier analysis (1,100 vs 1,200 Rs/Ton), missing N2O and NH3/NOx emission calculations, and an inconsistency in truck-load figures in leakage equations.
• ⚠Contradiction between the monitoring report (leakage 'quantified') and the validation report (leakage 'deemed negligible') creates uncertainty about whether leakage was actually measured or simply assumed away.
• ⚠No FPIC conducted, no grievance mechanism in place, and benefit-sharing not confirmed by the VVB — significant safeguards gaps for a project operating in a rural Indian community.
• ⚠Total verified ERR figure is not stated in the extracted record, preventing independent confirmation of the 48,156 tCO2e claimed in the monitoring report.

Credit Vintages