Kurtkayasi Wind Power Plant

Audit Analysis

The Kurtkayasi Wind Power Plant is a well-structured Gold Standard wind project with VVB-confirmed additionality, a jurisdictional grid-emission-factor baseline, and no reversal risk inherent to the avoidance-type methodology. Several inter-document contradictions (baseline method, additionality test type, leakage treatment) and a set of minor corrective actions temper the scores, but the fundamental design is sound for a renewable-energy credit. ERR delivery for the 2024 monitoring period sits at roughly 108% of the pro-rata ex-ante expectation, indicating no over-crediting concern.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Baseline method is described as 'project' in the 2022 verification report but 'jurisdictional' in the 2023 validation report — the more recent validation report is privileged, but the inconsistency raises a question about which baseline was actually applied in earlier verification cycles.
• ⚠Additionality test type is recorded as 'combined' in the 2017 monitoring report but only 'investment' in the 2023 validation report; the narrower test in the more recent document is a mild concern.
• ⚠The monitoring report (undated) does not address leakage, while the 2022 verification report states it was quantified — the absence of leakage discussion in the monitoring cycle is a documentation gap.
• ⚠Six corrective actions were flagged in the verification report, including revisions to baseline GHG calculations and air-quality parameter descriptions, indicating some data-quality issues in the MRV record.

Credit Vintages