Household biogas project in Uttarakhand and Kerala, India

Audit Analysis

A household biogas project under Gold Standard with VVB-confirmed additionality and a quantified 5% leakage deduction, but undermined by a material finding that emission reductions were initially miscalculated across varying commissioning dates, eight corrective actions, and the absence of a stated buffer pool or reversal-risk treatment. The project delivered roughly 107% of its pro-rata ex-ante expectation for the monitoring period, indicating no material over-crediting after correction, but the project-specific baseline and unaddressed permanence risks limit confidence.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Material finding: emission reductions were initially calculated for the full monitoring period despite staggered biogas plant commissioning dates, indicating an over-crediting error that required correction
• ⚠Eight corrective actions (CAR 01–CAR 08) were required, suggesting systemic calculation or reporting weaknesses in the initial verification
• ⚠No buffer pool percentage is stated in any available document, and reversal events are explicitly noted as 'not addressed', leaving permanence risk unquantified
• ⚠FPIC status is contradictory: the validation report confirms it was conducted, while the PDD states it was not

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