Improved Woodstove Project 2 in Udaipur

Audit Analysis

The Improved Woodstove Project 2 in Udaipur is a Gold Standard energy-efficiency project with VVB-confirmed additionality and a quantified 5% leakage deduction, but it is severely undermined by an extensive list of material findings including errors in ER calculations, data transfer mistakes, unit inconsistencies, and a baseline household-count mismatch (15,000 vs 18,951). The volume of corrective actions (over 30 items) and multiple cross-document contradictions in ERR figures, FNRB method, and leakage treatment indicate significant data-quality and documentation weaknesses that erode confidence in the reported credits.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Multiple errors in ER calculations and data transfer to the ER sheet identified in the 2026 verification report, raising fundamental questions about credit validity
• ⚠Baseline NRB consumption referenced 15,000 households while the project reported 18,951 households — a 26% discrepancy in the baseline denominator
• ⚠Over 30 corrective actions required across the verification cycle, including missing fuel-wood consumption data, missing repair/replacement records, and missing distribution dates for ~500 stoves
• ⚠Contradiction in FNRB method: local field measurement (2026 VR) vs national default (2025 MR) — the basis of the emission factor is inconsistent across documents

Credit Vintages