Effective utilization of waste heat by installing vacuum pre-concentrator in urea section at Indo Gulf Fertilisers (A Unit of Aditya Birla Group), Jagdishpur.

Audit Analysis

A CDM energy-efficiency project in India's urea sector that utilises waste heat via a vacuum pre-concentrator. Additionality is confirmed by a reputable VVB (TÜV SÜD) through a barrier test, and the project delivered roughly 112% of its pro-rata expectation for the monitored period. However, six material findings at validation—including missing emissions calculations, absent technical specifications, and monitoring-plan gaps—along with a project-specific baseline and limited monitoring coverage temper confidence in the overall credit quality.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Six material findings at validation, including emissions from additional electrical loads initially excluded from the project boundary and non-transparent emission-reduction calculations
• ⚠Monitoring covers only 9 months (Feb–Oct 2008) of a 10-year crediting period, leaving the vast majority of the period unverified in the available record
• ⚠Project-specific baseline with no evidence of reassessment or sensitivity analysis in the extracted documents

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.