Grid-connected electricity generation from renewable sources at Kadavakallu, Putluru Mandal, Dist.

Audit Analysis

A 13.5 MW wind project in Andhra Pradesh, India, registered under CDM with a combined additionality test confirmed by SGS UK and a jurisdictional grid baseline. The project is an avoidance-type with no inherent reversal risk, and the 0% leakage deduction is appropriate for grid-connected generation. The main concern is an apparent discrepancy between the 167,550 CERs issued in 2008 and the 30,826 ERR reported in the 2011 monitoring report, which most likely reflects two separate monitoring periods but creates a data-reliability question.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠The monitoring report (2011) reports 30,826 tCO2 ERR while the issuance document (2008) records 167,550 CERs; although these likely cover different monitoring periods, the overlap in stated dates (monitoring period begins 2007-07-22) raises a potential double-counting question that is not explicitly resolved in the available documents.
• ⚠The grid emission factor of 0.81 tCO2/MWh is sourced from 2005 data and no baseline reassessment date is recorded in the extracted record, leaving the currency of the baseline unverified.

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