Erzurum Aziziye Solar Power Plant
GS-1888 ↗ · current registry ID: GS7493
#153of 770 in Renewable energy#34of 121 in Turkey#68of 426 in Gold Standard (GS)#49of 417 in AMS-I.D
Audit Analysis
The Erzurum Aziziye Solar Power Plant is a Gold Standard solar electricity project with VVB-confirmed additionality and conservative delivery (2.2% below ex-ante expectation). However, the project-specific baseline, absence of a stated buffer pool, multiple corrective actions during verification, and gaps in FNRB and CORSIA/CCP documentation limit confidence in the credit's robustness.
Red Flags
- Project-specific baseline method (not jurisdictional) increases sensitivity to local grid assumptions; the 2025 verification report states 'project' while the 2024 monitoring report references 'jurisdictional', creating ambiguity about which baseline actually applies.
- Buffer pool percentage is not stated in any available document, leaving permanence risk unquantified despite the project being an avoidance-type activity.
- 15 Corrective Action Requests and 9 additional CARs were issued across verification cycles, including a project-type mislabelled as 'wind' instead of 'solar' and a CP renewal deviation that was not approved, indicating recurring documentation quality issues.
- FPIC status is contradictory: the 2025 verification report confirms FPIC was conducted, while the 2023 PDD records it as not conducted.
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 12,704 | 12,704 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 12,733 | 7,686 | 5,047 | |
| 2021 | 13,062 | 261 | 12,801 | |
| 2022 | 12,626 | 0 | 12,626 | |
| 2023 | 11,756 | 0 | 11,756 | |
| 2024 | 11,169 | 0 | 11,169 | |
| 2025 | 3,967 | 0 | 3,967 | |
| Total | 78,017 | 20,651 | 57,366 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed investment test
Avoidance project, low inherent reversal risk
0% deduction, quantified justification
Project-specific, not jurisdictional
FPIC, grievance mechanism, benefit sharing documented
CORSIA and CCP status not stated
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