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Re-assessment pendingGSSmall, Low - Impact HydroHondurasRegistry: RegisteredAMS-I.D

La Esperanza Hydroelectric Project

Developer: Consorcio de Inversiones S.A. (CISA)

GS-677 ↗ · current registry ID: GS395

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#3805of 5087 in Renewable energy#27of 48 in Honduras#1443of 2172 in Gold Standard (GS)#1430of 2004 in AMS-I.D

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 5 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 4.8 / 10
Integrity 🔒 Transparency 🔒 Claim Safety 🔒 Documentation 🔒
Dimension scores are locked — the faint arcs are empty tracks, not zero scores.

Scale 0–10 · method weights: integrity 35% · transparency 25% · claim safety 25% · documentation 15%.

Re-assessment pending · v2.1

Scored2026-09-05medium confidenceLatest monitoring period ends: 2023-12-31

evidence: 33/35 registry documents analyzed · 5 red flags

Generated by CarbonMeld Analysis Pipeline · Methodology · Editorial Policy · About the System
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Analysis

La Esperanza is a long-running (since 2010) small hydro project in Honduras with verified additionality and no reversal risk, but it is burdened by an unusually large volume of material findings and corrective actions across multiple verification cycles, a 0% leakage deduction with no stated justification, and a 2023 monitoring period that delivered only about 54% of the pro-rata ex-ante expectation. The project's core avoidance logic is sound, but data-quality and documentation issues significantly erode confidence in the reported figures.

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Findings

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Evidence

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On this page: the analysis of 5 Sep 2026, marked “Re-assessment pending”. Per-dimension scores, risk indicators, 5 red flags, score factors, detailed analysis, and 35 registry documents (33 analyzed).

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Eligibility & market

What can you claim with this credit?

Four checks buyers ask about, from the registry and the Integrity Council (ICVCM).

  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    No CORSIA label on the registry

    Not usable for airlines' CORSIA obligations.

    Source: registry label

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Methodology not approved by ICVCMAMS-I.D

    The Integrity Council assessed this methodology as not meeting the Core Carbon Principles.

    Source: ICVCM assessment

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

    Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.

    Source: registry label

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    Not published

    This registry does not publish Article 6 authorizations.

Information only, from public sources. Claim rules (CORSIA, SBTi, EU rules on green claims) change: check them before making a public claim. Since 27 September 2026, EU consumer rules do not allow “climate neutral” product claims based on offsets.

Registry labels last checked:2026-09-27

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2006
14,072014,072
2007
12,072012,072
2008
20,732020,732
2009
14,748014,748
2010
29,151029,151
2011
32,328032,328
2012
22,741022,741
2013
20,719020,719
2014
20,294020,294
2015
15,814015,814
2016
12,940012,940
2017
26,9826,38720,595
2018
27,22613,61313,613
2019
16,284016,284
2020
27,755027,755
Total313,85820,000293,858

Methodology versions used

The methodology version stated in each monitoring, verification and issuance document, by period, compared with the official methodology pages.

  1. 2005–2006AMS-I.D v4.0since replaced by v18.0

    verification report

    official page · verified on

  2. 2007AMS-I.Dversion not confirmed in the document text

    verification report

  3. 2008–2009AMS-I.D v4.0since replaced by v18.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  4. 2009–2010AMS-I.D v4.0since replaced by v18.0

    monitoring report

    official page · verified on

  5. 2010–2011AMS-I.D v16.0since replaced by v18.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  6. 2012AMS-I.D v16.0since replaced by v18.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  7. 2013–2014AMS-I.D v16.0since replaced by v18.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  8. 2015–2016AMS-I.D v16.0since replaced by v18.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  9. 2017AMS-I.D v16.0since replaced by v18.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  10. 2017–2018AMS-I.Dversion not confirmed in the document text

    monitoring report + verification report

  11. 2019–2020AMS-I.D v18.0current version

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  12. 2023AMS-I.Dversion not confirmed in the document text

    monitoring report

  • AMS-I.D: Active (CDM / UNFCCC) · official page · verified on

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Analysis ProvenanceAMS I.D.: Grid connected renewable electricity generation
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