Hassan Composite Vermicompost Biogas Project

Audit Analysis

A small-scale biogas project in Hassan, India, with 516 biodigesters, verified under Gold Standard. Additionality is confirmed by the VVB and a 10% leakage deduction is applied, but the project-specific baseline, absence of a buffer pool, unaddressed reversal risk, and missing safeguards documentation limit confidence in the integrity of the claims. Several contradictions between the monitoring and verification reports introduce data-reliability concerns.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Reversal events are explicitly noted as 'not addressed' in the verification report, and no buffer pool percentage is stated, leaving permanence risk unquantified
• ⚠Contradiction between the verification report (leakage 'quantified') and the monitoring report (leakage 'deemed negligible') undermines confidence in the 10% deduction
• ⚠No FPIC, grievance mechanism, or safeguards documentation found in any available record
• ⚠Crediting period end date is not stated in the verification report, making the full project duration and remaining credit validity unclear

Credit Vintages