Mersin Wind Farm Project
GS-1397 ↗ · current registry ID: GS753
#1328of 1935 in Renewable energy#246of 295 in Turkey#1182of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)#1032of 1287 in ACM0002
Audit Analysis
The Mersin Wind Farm is a 62.7 MW avoidance project in Turkey that is delivering roughly in line with its ex-ante expectations (~102% of pro-rata), but it carries significant integrity concerns: the most recent verification report does not confirm VVB verification of additionality, the baseline method is inconsistent across documents, and 28 corrective actions remain open. Data quality issues—including a clearly unrelated academic paper mixed into the extracted record and low extraction confidence—undermine confidence in the documentation base.
Red Flags
- Additionality (investment test) was NOT verified by the VVB in the 2025 verification report, contradicting the 2022 report which confirmed it
- 28 open corrective actions and 11 material findings (including corrections to GHG reduction amounts and generation values) indicate unresolved quality issues
- Baseline method is contradictory: the PDD (2023) states 'jurisdictional' while the 2024 verification report states 'project-specific'
- FPIC was not conducted despite the presence of local village stakeholders
- The extracted record contains an unrelated academic paper on education technology, indicating a serious document-handling or extraction error
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 20,258 | 20,047 | 211 | |
| 2011 | 80,968 | 79,990 | 978 | |
| 2012 | 66,482 | 66,303 | 179 | |
| 2013 | 81,118 | 81,118 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 66,580 | 66,480 | 100 | |
| 2015 | 83,853 | 53,855 | 29,998 | |
| 2016 | 83,272 | 83,272 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 48,055 | 47,094 | 961 | |
| 2018 | 33,213 | 33,213 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 104,278 | 101,113 | 3,165 | |
| 2020 | 111,726 | 84,140 | 27,586 | |
| 2021 | 123,942 | 21,399 | 102,543 | |
| 2022 | 125,724 | 1,928 | 123,796 | |
| 2023 | 107,233 | 0 | 107,233 | |
| 2024 | 72,339 | 0 | 72,339 | |
| Total | 1,209,041 | 739,952 | 469,089 |
Risk Indicators
Investment test present but not VVB-verified (2025)
Avoidance project, no reversal events
0% deduction, quantified justification
Project-specific; PDD/verification contradiction
Grievance mechanism present; FPIC not conducted
CORSIA and CCP status not stated
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