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Re-assessment pendingVCSEnergy industries (renewable/non-renewable sources)RwandaRegistry: RegisteredAMS-I.D

Giciye III Hydropower Project in Rwanda

Developer: B.B. Energy (Asia) Pte Ltd

VCS-3720 ↗

#3070of 5075 in Renewable energy#40of 148 in Rwanda#867of 1609 in Verra (VCS)#1144of 2003 in AMS-I.D

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 2 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 5.1 / 10 Dimension scores are locked — the faint arcs are empty tracks, not zero scores.

Scale 0–10 · method weights: integrity 35% · transparency 25% · claim safety 25% · documentation 15%.

Re-assessment pending · v2.1

Analysis

The Giciye III Hydropower Project is a registered VCS renewable energy project with confirmed additionality and a named VVB, but it carries a significant unresolved capacity discrepancy (7.2 MW in the PPA versus 9.8 MW in the project description) that raises material over-crediting risk. Multiple corrective actions remain open, leakage is deducted at 0% without a clear justification in the verification report, and the baseline method is inconsistently described across documents. The project's avoidance-based nature limits reversal risk, but the combination of the capacity gap, unaddressed leakage, and project-specific baseline warrants caution before relying on the claimed credits.

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Findings

Risk Indicators

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Leakage

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Baseline

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Eligibility & market

What can you claim with this credit?

Four checks buyers ask about, from the registry and the Integrity Council (ICVCM).

  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    In scope, not yet eligible

    The registry flags units as in scope for CORSIA; eligibility still needs host-country authorization.

    Source: registry label

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Methodology not approved by ICVCMAMS-I.D

    The Integrity Council assessed this methodology as not meeting the Core Carbon Principles.

    Source: ICVCM assessment

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

    Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.

    Source: project sector

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    No Article 6 authorization

    No corresponding adjustment: the host country can also count this reduction towards its own target.

    Source: registry label

Information only, from public sources. Claim rules (CORSIA, SBTi, EU rules on green claims) change: check them before making a public claim. Since 27 September 2026, EU consumer rules do not allow “climate neutral” product claims based on offsets.

Registry labels last checked:2026-10-04

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2020
1,45601,456
2021
23,276023,276
2022
22,638022,638
2023
9,38509,385
Total56,755056,755

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