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ScoredVCSavoidanceBurkina Faso (Africa)Vintage 2019Registry: RegisteredAMS-I.A

Off Grid Solar PV Project at Iamgold Essankane SA Gold Mine

Developer: Essakane Solar S.A.S

VCS-2434 ↗

#106of 5087 in Renewable energy#161of 1608 in Verra (VCS)#3of 48 in AMS-I.A

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 7.3 / 10 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%.

Analysis

Off Grid Solar PV Project at Iamgold Essankane SA Gold Mine (Burkina Faso (Africa)) generates renewable electricity for the user (solar power source through photovoltaic conversion technology, 128,880 thin film (CdTe) photovoltaic modules for a total installed capacity of 14.928 MW) under AMS-I.A version 16.0; registry status Registered (VCS), 107,122 credits issued (vintages 2019–2025). The documents name KBS certification as validation body and LGAI Technological Center, S.A. (Applus+ Certification) (2019-06-01 – 2020-12-31) as verification body. The latest monitoring report (01-January-2024 – 31-May-2025) reports 22,113 tCO2e achieved.

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Findings

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Eligibility & market

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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.A

    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: project sector

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    No Article 6 authorization

    No corresponding adjustment: the host country can also count this reduction towards its own target.

    Source: registry label

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:2026-10-25

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2019
11,0163,5207,496
2020
18,748018,748
2021
19,234019,234
2022
17,964017,964
2023
18,047018,047
2024
15,723015,723
2025
6,39006,390
Total107,1223,520103,602

Methodology versions used

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

  1. 2019–2020AMS-I.A v16.0since replaced by v19.0

    monitoring report

    official page · verified on

  2. 2019–2020AMS-I.A v16.0since replaced by v19.0

    verification report

    official page · verified on

  3. 2021–2022AMS-I.A v16.0since replaced by v19.0

    monitoring report

    official page · verified on

  4. 2022–2023AMS-I.A v16.0since replaced by v19.0

    monitoring report

    official page · verified on

  5. 2024–2025AMS-I.A v16.0since replaced by v19.0

    monitoring report

    official page · verified on

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

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