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ScoredVCSavoidanceUgandaRegistry: RegisteredACM0002

Bujagali Hydropower Project

Developer: Bujagali Energy Limited

VCS-1505 ↗

#2577of 4070 in Renewable energy#58of 161 in Uganda#273of 590 in Verra (VCS)#1561of 2434 in ACM0002

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 5.0 / 10
Integrity 🔒 Transparency 🔒 Claim Safety 🔒 Documentation 🔒
Dimension scores are locked — the faint arcs are empty tracks, not zero scores.

Scale 0–10 · method weights: integrity 35% · transparency 25% · claim safety 25% · documentation 15%.

Scored2026-09-01medium confidenceLatest verified monitoring: 2013-10-31

evidence:8registry documents · 5red flags

Generated by CarbonMeld Analysis Pipeline · Methodology · Editorial Policy · About the System
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Analysis

The Bujagali Hydropower Project is a large-scale (263.5 MW) CDM-to-VCS transferred renewable energy project with VVB-confirmed additionality and a jurisdictional baseline, but it is undermined by seven material findings (including a 13.5 MW installed-capacity deviation and multiple data inconsistencies), the absence of documented FPIC, grievance mechanisms, and safeguards in the 2014 validation report, and a significant discrepancy between the PDD ex-ante estimate and the verified ERR figure. The project's inherent permanence risk is low given its physical infrastructure, but the data-quality and safeguards gaps materially weaken its integrity profile.

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Findings

Risk Indicators

Additionality

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Permanence

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Leakage

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Baseline

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Safeguards

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Double-claim

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Evidence

Eligibility & market

What can you claim with this credit?

Four checks buyers ask about, from the registry and the Integrity Council (ICVCM).

  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    No CORSIA label on the registry

    Not usable for airlines' CORSIA obligations.

    Source: registry label

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Methodology not approved by ICVCMACM0002

    The Integrity Council assessed this methodology as not meeting the Core Carbon Principles.

    Source: ICVCM assessment

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

    Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.

    Source: project sector

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    No Article 6 authorization

    No corresponding adjustment: the host country can also count this reduction towards its own target.

    Source: registry label

Information only, from public sources. Claim rules (CORSIA, SBTi, EU rules on green claims) change: check them before making a public claim. Since 27 September 2026, EU consumer rules do not allow “climate neutral” product claims based on offsets.

Registry labels last checked:2026-09-27

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2011
635,939627,2708,669
Total635,939627,2708,669

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