Kargilik 24 MW Hydropower Plant, Turkey

Audit Analysis

The Kargilik 24 MW hydropower project is a straightforward renewable-energy avoidance credit with VVB-confirmed additionality and no reversal events, but its project-specific baseline, absence of FPIC, and 'late to verify' registry status introduce moderate risk. Multiple contradictions across documents and low extraction confidence weaken confidence in the data record. Overall a mid-range project with no critical red flags but several areas needing clarification.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Registry status is 'Late to verify', indicating the project was overdue for its verification cycle, raising questions about whether the plant operated as claimed throughout the monitoring period.
• ⚠Eight contradictions were identified across documents, including conflicting baseline methodology labels (project-specific vs. jurisdictional) and inconsistent safeguards/grievance reporting between the 2011 and 2020 verification reports.
• ⚠Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) was not conducted, which is a gap for a project operating in a community-adjacent setting in Türkiye.
• ⚠Minimum extraction confidence is rated low, meaning at least one key document was poorly readable, reducing reliability of the extracted data.

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