Emission free electricity generation at Harihar, Karnataka

Audit Analysis

A Gold Standard wind energy project in Karnataka, India, with a jurisdictional baseline and investment-test additionality, but severely undermined by a 97% reduction in verified credits relative to the monitoring report's claim (1,868 vs 60,924 tCO₂) and twelve material findings including the project being misidentified as solar and located in the wrong state. The VVB (Applus+) caught these errors, but the magnitude of the discrepancy and the quality of the underlying monitoring data raise significant concerns about the reliability of the project's emissions accounting.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Verified credits (1,868 tCO₂) are only 3.1% of the monitoring report's claimed figure (60,924 tCO₂) for the same period, indicating a 97% reduction by the VVB
• ⚠The monitoring report incorrectly described the project as a solar power plant and stated the wrong state (Telangana instead of Karnataka)
• ⚠Twelve material findings were raised in the verification report, including incorrect meter readings for three meters (BVP-03, BVP-08, BVP-11) and missing calibration certificates
• ⚠FPIC was not conducted despite the project's community-facing nature in rural Karnataka
• ⚠Leakage justification is contradictory across documents: 'quantified' in the 2022 verification report versus 'deemed negligible' in the 2013 verification report

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.