GHG abatement project through wind based energy generation, in Kutch, Gujarat

Audit Analysis

A standard CDM wind energy project in Kutch, Gujarat, using the well-established ACM0002 methodology with a VVB-confirmed investment additionality test and a jurisdictional grid baseline. The project shows reasonable integrity and claim safety, but documentation gaps (missing verified ERR, absent FPIC and grievance mechanism records) and four outstanding corrective actions temper the overall assessment. Pro-rata delivery of approximately 67% of the expected emissions reductions for the elapsed monitoring period is within normal wind variability but warrants monitoring.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Verified ERR figure is not stated in any available document; only the claimed 216,601 tCO2e from the monitoring report is available, preventing independent cross-check of actual delivery
• ⚠No FPIC or grievance mechanism documentation found in the extracted record, despite safeguards being mentioned in the PDD
• ⚠Grid emission factor of 0.92 tCO2/MWh is from 2009, three years before project registration, and no updated value is referenced in the monitoring report
• ⚠Four corrective actions remain outstanding from the validation process, including clarification of beta calculation conservativeness and correction of installed capacity data

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