Household Biogas plants installed in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh & Gujarat
GS-1612 ↗ · current registry ID: GS2520
#136of 268 in Biogas#663of 975 in India#1072of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)#36of 60 in AMS-I.E
Audit Analysis
A Gold Standard household biogas project in rural India with confirmed additionality and a quantified 5% leakage deduction, but undermined by an extensive list of 30+ corrective actions from the VVB, multiple data inconsistencies between the monitoring report and verification report, and a project-specific baseline with no recorded reassessment. The project delivered roughly 84% of its pro-rata ex-ante expectation for the monitoring period, indicating conservative crediting, but the poor MR quality and unresolved data contradictions reduce confidence in the reported figures.
Red Flags
- 30+ corrective actions required by the VVB, including inconsistencies in woody biomass displacement data, unexplained plant count change (5,550 to 5,530), and missing precision/sampling documentation
- Contradiction between the 2023 verification report (additionality verified) and the 2019 verification report (additionality not verified) raises questions about the robustness of the additionality claim
- FNRB method contradicts between the monitoring report (national default) and the verification report (local field), creating uncertainty about the emission factor basis
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 8,558 | 8,558 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 21,845 | 21,845 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 21,832 | 21,832 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 21,682 | 21,682 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 21,490 | 21,323 | 167 | |
| 2017 | 21,258 | 21,258 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 20,573 | 20,573 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 19,846 | 19,846 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 19,906 | 16,753 | 3,153 | |
| 2021 | 19,067 | 11,710 | 7,357 | |
| 2022 | 11,082 | 663 | 10,419 | |
| Total | 207,139 | 186,043 | 21,096 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed barrier test (2023 VR)
8% plants non-functional
5% quantified deduction applied
Project-specific; no reassessment date found
FPIC, grievance mechanism, benefit sharing documented
CORSIA and CCP status not stated
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