Energy efficiency improvement in power generation at Sajjan India Limited, Ankhleshwar, Gujarat

Audit Analysis

A CDM energy-efficiency project at an Indian power plant with a VVB-confirmed investment additionality test and a reasonable negligible-leakage justification. The project delivered roughly 6.4× its pro-rata ex-ante expectation in the first monitoring period, indicating conservative crediting. Key gaps include a project-specific (non-jurisdictional) baseline, missing FNRB and usage-monitoring details, and 14 material findings (largely resolved) that point to initial documentation weaknesses.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠The ex-ante ERR estimate (24,947 tCO₂e over 10 years) is far below the first monitoring-period delivery (32,149 tCO₂e over ~2 years), a 6.4× pro-rata over-delivery that, while conservative for buyers, raises questions about the robustness of the original ex-ante modelling.
• ⚠The monitoring plan was found to be missing several required parameters (lignite consumption, emission factor, NCV, steam generation, etc.) at the time of the 2010 verification, requiring a corrective action to revise the plan.
• ⚠Baseline method is described as 'project-specific' in the monitoring report but 'jurisdictional' in an appendix, creating ambiguity about the baseline construction approach.

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