DelAgua Clean Cooking Grouped Project in Rwanda

Audit Analysis

The DelAgua Clean Cooking project in Rwanda demonstrates solid additionality (VVB-confirmed combined test) and conservative credit delivery (verified ERR below claimed), but is undermined by multiple internal contradictions across verification and monitoring reports—particularly around FPIC, safeguards, leakage justification, and FNRB values. The project-specific baseline and survey-based usage monitoring introduce moderate uncertainty, while the absence of a stated buffer pool leaves permanence risk partially unaddressed.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Eleven contradictions identified across documents, including FPIC status, grievance mechanism, safeguards, and benefit-sharing all flipping between false (May 2025) and true (March 2026) verification reports, raising data-reliability concerns
• ⚠Leakage justification is contradictory: the March 2026 verification report states 'not addressed' while the March 2025 report states 'quantified', yet a 5% deduction is applied—unclear basis for the deduction
• ⚠FNRB value contradicts itself within the same monitoring report (0.6565 vs 0.8872, both dated 2026-02-18), and usage rate similarly shows 0.9 vs 1.0 in the same document
• ⚠Buffer pool percentage is not stated in any available document, leaving permanence risk unquantified for a cookstove project with a 7-year crediting period
• ⚠Usage monitoring relies on annual surveys rather than the smart-meter method referenced in the 2024 issuance document, reducing measurement precision

Credit Vintages