Displacement of firewood by household biogas stoves in India

Audit Analysis

A VCS-registered household biogas stove project in India using the AMS-I.E. methodology, verified by TÜV SUD South Asia. Additionality is confirmed via a combined test and leakage is quantified at 5%, but the project-specific baseline, unresolved FPIC contradiction, and a notable gap between the PDD's ex-ante estimate and the verified monitoring-period figure introduce moderate uncertainty. No material findings were reported, and all corrective actions were resolved.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠FPIC status is contradictory across verification reports: the 2023-11-23 report states FPIC was not conducted, while the 2022-12-31 report states it was; the more recent report (false) is privileged, leaving a safeguards gap
• ⚠The PDD ex-ante estimate of 72,867 tCO2e and the verified monitoring-period figure of 54,167 tCO2e differ substantially; if the PDD figure covers the full 10-year crediting period, the single-year delivery is roughly 7× the pro-rata expectation, raising questions about the PDD's accuracy or a scope change
• ⚠Buffer pool percentage is not stated in any available document, leaving permanence risk unquantified in the extracted record
• ⚠Nine corrective action requests and four clarification requests were raised during verification, indicating a non-trivial number of findings (all resolved)

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