Foumbouni-Mitsamiouli solar farm

Audit Analysis

The Foumbouni-Mitsamiouli solar farm is a registered VCS renewable energy project with a verified combined additionality test and a jurisdictional baseline, but it carries significant unresolved issues around the Mitsamiouli sub-project (capacity discrepancy, unverified commissioning date, insufficient information). Multiple contradictions across documents—particularly on safeguards, FPIC, and baseline method—undermine confidence in the project's documentation and claim robustness.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Mitsamiouli plant actual capacity (5.4 MWp) exceeds the registered estimate (4 MWp), raising potential over-crediting risk if the higher output was used in calculations without proper adjustment.
• ⚠The most recent verification report (April 2026) reports FPIC as not conducted, no grievance mechanism, and safeguards not mentioned—directly contradicting the earlier verification report (July 2025) and the validation report, which all reported these as present.
• ⚠A material finding explicitly states 'Insufficient information to demonstrate additionality' and 'Insufficient information on activity instance – Mitsamiouli,' yet the VVB still issued a verification with only corrective actions rather than a non-conformity.
• ⚠Eight contradictions were identified across documents, including baseline method (jurisdictional vs. project-specific), ERR figures (1,579 vs. 1,350), and crediting period dates, indicating significant data reliability concerns.

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