Grid Connected Solar Power Project in Bikaner

Audit Analysis

A CDM grid-connected solar project in Bikaner, India, validated by SGS United Kingdom Ltd under AMS I.D v17, with a jurisdictional baseline and VVB-confirmed additionality. The project's integrity is supported by standard CDM safeguards, but the absence of any monitoring reports, a ten-fold discrepancy in claimed emissions reductions between the PDD and validation report, and eight material findings during validation (all subsequently resolved) limit confidence in the project's verified performance and data reliability.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Ten-fold discrepancy in total emissions reductions between the PDD (8,602 tCO2e) and the validation report (86,019 tCO2e), raising data-reliability concerns even though the validation report figure is privileged as the authoritative value
• ⚠No monitoring reports or verified emissions-reduction figures are available in the extracted record, making it impossible to confirm actual performance against the claimed 86,019 tCO2e over the 2013–2022 crediting period
• ⚠Eight material findings (CARs/CLs) were raised during validation, including missing host-country approval, PPA technology discrepancies, and an unjustified 21% plant load factor, indicating the initial submission was substantially incomplete

Credit Vintages

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