GS Microscale PoA: Integrated Domestic Energy Systems (IDES) for rural communities in India– RVPA 07

Audit Analysis

This Gold Standard cookstove project in rural India has VVB-confirmed additionality and a conservative usage-rate assumption, but is undermined by numerous material findings (20 CARs/FARs), a 0% leakage deduction that conflicts with the PDD's 5% estimate, no stated buffer pool, and multiple significant contradictions in ERR figures across documents. The project's data reliability is weakened by these inconsistencies, and several key permanence and safeguards elements remain unaddressed.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Leakage deduction changed from 5% in the PDD to 0% in the validation report with only a 'quantified' justification — no detailed analysis provided in the extracted record
• ⚠Total ERR figures differ by a factor of 15 between the PDD (8,951) and the validation report (137,605), and two validation reports show different verified values (137,605 vs 225,430)
• ⚠20 material findings (12 CARs, 5 FARs, 3 VVB FARs) were raised during validation/verification, including unresolved issues on double-counting prevention, stove type inconsistency, and additionality demonstration
• ⚠FPIC status is not stated in any available document despite the project serving rural communities in two Indian states

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