Electricity Generation through Wind Power by SRHHL

Audit Analysis

A 10-year VCS wind power project in India with confirmed investment additionality and no reversal risk, but undermined by a 19-month meter calibration delay, a grid emission factor frozen at 2009 values, and multiple documentation inconsistencies across the project's verification history. The project is inherently low-risk on permanence (avoidance-type) but carries moderate MRV and baseline-accuracy concerns.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Meter calibration was delayed by 19 months and a maximum permissible error of 0.50% was applied for a period in 2011, raising questions about the accuracy of energy measurements during that window
• ⚠The grid emission factor of 0.944 tCO2/MWh is anchored to 2009 data; India's grid has become significantly cleaner since, meaning the actual displacement benefit per MWh is likely lower than claimed
• ⚠FPIC was not conducted despite the project's presence in a community context in India
• ⚠Four corrective actions were required in the 2022 verification report, including missing calibration records and inconsistent data formatting across wind turbines

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