Grid Connected Solar PV Project by M/s. Giriraj Enterprises in Maharashtra

Audit Analysis

A grid-connected solar PV project in Maharashtra validated under CDM AMS-I.D v18 with a VVB-confirmed combined additionality test and a jurisdictional baseline. However, the validation report carried four corrective actions (missing technical documents, boundary inconsistency, a rounding error in baseline emissions, and absent monitoring records), and the available record contains no monitoring reports, no FNRB or usage-rate data, and a significant presentation discrepancy between the PDD and validation report on total emissions. The project is structurally sound for a solar avoidance credit but the documentation and data trail are thin.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠The PDD (2021-03-31) reports a total ERR of 64,746 tCO₂e while the validation report (2021-04-13) reports 9,249 tCO₂e — a 7× gap that, while likely reflecting a lifetime-vs-annual basis difference, was not reconciled in the documents and undermines data reliability.
• ⚠Four corrective actions were required at validation, including a rounding error in the baseline emissions calculation (CAR 03) and an inconsistent project-boundary demonstration relative to AMS-I.D v18 (CAR 02), indicating the project documentation was not fully compliant at the time of validation.
• ⚠No monitoring reports, monitoring period, FNRB method, usage-rate data, or CORSIA/CCP eligibility information were found in the extracted record, leaving the post-validation performance and market-eligibility picture entirely unverified.

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