Bujagali Hydropower Project

Audit Analysis

The Bujagali Hydropower Project presents a severely compromised integrity profile, with the VVB failing to verify additionality, 27 material findings spanning ER calculation errors, baseline assessment deficiencies, and methodology applicability gaps, and no buffer pool in place. Multiple contradictions across documents on baseline method, leakage treatment, and grid emission factor further undermine confidence in the claimed emission reductions. The project's claim safety is weak given the volume of uncorrected calculation errors and the absence of independent additionality confirmation.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Additionality was NOT verified by the VVB (AENOR), despite a barrier test being cited in the monitoring report
• ⚠27 material findings identified by the VVB, including fundamental errors in ER spreadsheet calculations (simple average used instead of weighted average, BM not following tool section 6.5, solar power plant misclassified, import power excluded as LCMR)
• ⚠Baseline method is contradictory: the PDD (2019) describes a jurisdictional baseline while the monitoring report (2022) describes a project-specific baseline
• ⚠Leakage justification is contradictory: the monitoring report (2022) states 'deemed negligible' while the appendix (2019) states 'quantified', with a 0% deduction applied

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