Grid connected electricity generation using natural gas by the Vemagiri Power Generation Ltd.

Audit Analysis

A CDM fossil-fuel-switch project (natural gas replacing coal) with a confirmed combined additionality test and jurisdictional grid baseline, but undermined by 15 material findings and 15 corrective actions that expose significant PDD inaccuracies and monitoring-plan deficiencies. The verified ERR of 99,002 tCO₂e for the 2013–2016 period represents roughly 63% of the pro-rata lifetime expectation, suggesting conservative crediting, yet the internal contradiction in claimed ERR figures within the same monitoring report raises data-reliability concerns.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠15 material findings and 15 corrective actions identified by Bureau Veritas, including PDD inaccuracies in metering, boundary, emissions description, and monitoring-plan deficiencies in QA/QC, calibration, and data-source documentation
• ⚠Internal contradiction in the 2016 monitoring report: total ERR claimed appears as both 415,893 and 25,746 tCO₂e in the same document, creating ambiguity about the correct ex-ante baseline
• ⚠Leakage is described as 'quantified' in the monitoring report but no specific deduction percentage is stated in any available document
• ⚠Baseline method is characterised as 'jurisdictional' in the 2016 monitoring report but 'project' in the 2012 PDD, creating uncertainty about the actual baseline construction

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