Şenbük Wind Power Project, Turkey
GS-1166 ↗ · current registry ID: GS733
#282of 1935 in Renewable energy#65of 295 in Turkey#117of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)#213of 1287 in ACM0002
Audit Analysis
The Şenbük Wind Power Project is a straightforward renewable-energy avoidance project with VVB-confirmed additionality and conservative credit delivery relative to ex-ante estimates. However, a project-specific baseline, a 0% leakage deduction with justification described as 'not addressed' in the most recent verification report, and nine cross-document contradictions (including conflicting statements on FPIC, grievance mechanism, and baseline method) moderate confidence in the overall data quality.
Red Flags
- Nine contradictions across documents, including conflicting FPIC status (false in 2022 monitoring report vs. true in 2025 validation report) and conflicting grievance-mechanism status (true in 2022 verification vs. false in 2022 monitoring report), undermining data reliability.
- Leakage deduction of 0% with justification recorded as 'not addressed' in the 2022 verification report, despite an earlier 2019 verification report describing it as 'quantified' — the most recent authoritative document lacks an explicit leakage rationale.
- Three Forward Action Requests remain open (capacity-addition check, ornithologist report update, noise report), indicating unresolved monitoring obligations that could affect future credit validity.
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 17,971 | 17,971 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 24,456 | 24,456 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 22,228 | 21,928 | 300 | |
| 2013 | 25,061 | 25,061 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 417 | 417 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 27,860 | 27,860 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 43,393 | 43,393 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 8,766 | 8,766 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 54,247 | 53,763 | 484 | |
| 2019 | 57,823 | 57,261 | 562 | |
| 2020 | 9,930 | 9,930 | 0 | |
| Total | 292,152 | 290,806 | 1,346 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed investment test
Technology-based; no carbon-stock risk
0% deduction, justification not addressed in latest report
Project-specific; reassessed 2025
FPIC and grievance confirmed but contradictory across docs
CORSIA/CCP status not stated in record
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