Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions Through Photovoltaic Technology - Dahanu Solar Power Pvt. Ltd.
GS-2409 ↗ · current registry ID: GS7677
#1396of 1935 in Renewable energy#745of 975 in India#1270of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)#1075of 1287 in ACM0002
Audit Analysis
A Gold Standard solar PV project in India with a fundamentally sound project type (grid-displacement avoidance) but significant documentation and verification gaps. The most serious concern is a contradiction in the VVB's additionality verification status between two validation reports, compounded by 22 outstanding corrective actions and multiple cross-document inconsistencies in ERR figures, baseline method, and crediting period dates. The project's inherent low permanence and leakage risk for solar PV partially offsets these concerns.
Red Flags
- Additionality verification status is contradictory: the 2022 validation report confirms VVB verification while the more recent 2023 validation report does not, leaving the additionality claim in an unresolved state
- 22 corrective actions remain outstanding, including missing monitoring data (April 2020 generation records), incomplete SDG safeguarding evidence, and unverified meter calibration compliance
- Lifetime ex-ante ERR figures differ by 76% between the PDD (261,998 tCO₂e) and the monitoring report (148,938 tCO₂e), with no documented explanation for the revision
- The monitoring period (Jan–Dec 2024) falls entirely after the stated crediting period end date (Aug 2022), creating a temporal inconsistency that undermines the monitoring chain
- FPIC was not conducted despite the project's location in India, and Safeguarding Principle 4.4 (Indigenous People) is missing from the assessment
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 31,267 | 0 | 31,267 | |
| 2021 | 48,058 | 0 | 48,058 | |
| 2022 | 32,020 | 0 | 32,020 | |
| Total | 111,345 | 0 | 111,345 |
Risk Indicators
Investment test present but VVB verification status contradictory across reports
Solar PV avoidance project, no reversal events reported
0% deduction, reasonable for solar PV but justification contradictory across documents
Project-specific baseline, method description inconsistent between reports
Grievance mechanism and benefit sharing present, but FPIC not conducted and Indigenous People safeguard missing
CORSIA and CCP eligibility both not stated in available documents
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