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Grid Connected Solar Energy Project

Standard
VCS
Methodology
ACM0002 (CDM)
Registry
VCS-1890 ↗ · Registered
Country
India
Credit type
Energy industries (renewable/non-renewable sources)

CarbonMeld's document-based rating gives Grid Connected Solar Energy Project (VCS-1890) 3.4 out of 10 (Very low rating) under CarbonMeld methodology v3, documents read on 20 Oct 2026. The analysis read 29 of the 35 registry documents. It is CarbonMeld's own assessment, not a rating given by the registry or the standard.

Assessment

Document-based rating

3.4/10

Very low rating (under 3.5)

Evidence coverage: medium

How solid the credit is, as far as the registry's public documents show. 5.0 is the neutral point, where no public source says good or bad.

Methodology v3 · documents read on 20 Oct 2026

Starting point

  • Additionality: CCQI's score for this type of project
  • Quantification: CCQI's score for this type of project
  • Claim safety: neutral (5.0) — no public grade of this type of project is used

Rules that raised the number: 2

Rules that lowered the number: 1

Each rule, with the fact and the source it rests on, is in the Premium analysis.

Not counted in the number

  • The oldest vintage still on sale, the content of the safeguards and the verifier's quality: not among the facts read

How this analysis was made

Our method
CarbonMeld methodology v3 · documents read on 20 Oct 2026 · 29/35 registry documents read

Analysis

Grid Connected Solar Energy Project (India) generates grid-connected renewable electricity (solar) under ACM0002 version 19.0.0; registry status Registered (VCS), 2,205,611 credits issued (vintages 2017–2024). The documents name LGAI Technological Center, S.A. (Applus+ Certification) as validation body and LGAI Technological Center, S.A. (Applus+ Certification) (2017-08-07 – 2019-03-31, 2021-05-21 – 2022-09-20, 2021-05-21 – 2022-09-30, 2022-09-21 – 2023-08-31), Earthood Services Private Limited (2019-04-01 – 2020-07-20, 2020-07-21 – 2021-05-20), EcoLance Private Limited (2023-09-01 – 2024-12-31) as verification bodies. The latest verification report (01-Sep-2023 – 31-Dec-2024) verifies 421,438 tCO2e.

Eligibility & market

What can you claim with this credit?

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

  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    No CORSIA label on the registry

    Not usable for airlines' CORSIA obligations.

    Source: registry label · read on 8 Nov 2026

    Covers: this project's credit records as read on the registry

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Methodology not approved by ICVCMACM0002

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

    Source: ICVCM assessment · ICVCM table read on 4 Nov 2026

    Covers: the methodology (every project using it), not this project's credits

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

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

    Source: project sector

    Covers: the project type, not a label on individual credits

  • 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 · read on 8 Nov 2026

    Covers: this project's credit records as read on the registry

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.

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2017
42,64842,6480
2018
275,132275,1320
2019
324,621324,6210
2020
317,371309,1558,216
2021
297,954293,8604,094
2022
426,45684,284342,172
2023
200,79170,000130,791
2024
320,6380320,638
Total2,205,6111,399,700805,911

Retired by

Organisations named as beneficiaries in the registry's public retirement records. (+32)

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CarbonMeld (2026). Grid Connected Solar Energy Project (VCS-1890): CarbonMeld document-based rating, methodology v3, documents read on 20 Oct 2026. https://carbonmeld.com/projects/grid-connected-solar-energy-project/.

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