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Optimisation of Kiambere Hydro Power Project

Standard
CDM
Methodology
ACM0002 (CDM)
Registry
CDM-7783 ↗ · Registered
Country
Kenya
Credit type
Hydro
Vintage
2025
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CarbonMeld's document-based rating gives Optimisation of Kiambere Hydro Power Project (CDM-7783) 3.4 out of 10 (Very low rating) under CarbonMeld methodology v3, documents read on 21 Oct 2026. The analysis read 13 of the 19 registry documents. It is CarbonMeld's own assessment, not a rating given by the registry or the standard.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based rating

010203 Document-based rating 3.4 / 10
Additionality 🔒 Quantification 🔒 Claim safety 🔒
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Document-based rating

3.4/10

Very low rating (under 3.5)

Evidence coverage: medium

How solid the credit is, as far as the registry's public documents show. Additionality and quantification start from a public grade; permanence starts at 5.0, the neutral point, where none applies, and claim safety always does.

Methodology v3 · documents read on 21 Oct 2026

Starting point

  • Additionality: CCQI's score for this type of project (CCQI does not list this methodology under this programme: the grade CCQI gives this type of project under the programme)
  • Quantification: CCQI's score for this type of project (CCQI does not list this methodology under this programme: the grade CCQI gives this type of project under the programme) (CCQI grades version 21 of this methodology)
  • Claim safety: neutral (5.0) — no public grade of this type of project applies

Rules that raised the number: 1

Each rule, with the fact and the source it rests on, is in the Premium analysis.

Not counted in the number

  • The oldest vintage still on sale, the content of the safeguards and the verifier's quality: not among the facts read

Analysed on 21 Oct 2026Latest monitoring period ends:

evidence: 13/19 registry documents read

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How this analysis was made

Standard
CDM (UNFCCC) How our current method reads projects of this standard
Methodology
ACM0002 version 13.0.0 How our current method reads projects of this type
Our method
CarbonMeld methodology v3 · documents read on 21 Oct 2026 · 13/19 registry documents read

Analysis

Optimisation of Kiambere Hydro Power Project (Kenya) generates grid-connected renewable electricity (hydropower, 2 x 84.5 MW i.e. a total installed capacity of 169 MW) under ACM0002 version 13.0.0; registry status Registered (CDM), 198,811 credits issued in 2014–2022. The documents name DET NORSKE VERITAS as validation / verification body. The documents estimate 41,204 tCO2e per year, 412,040 tCO2e over the 10-year crediting period. The latest monitoring report (2018-10-01 – 2020-12-31) reports 46,816 tCO2e achieved. The latest monitoring period achieved 50% of its ex-ante estimate (per the monitoring report).

Eligibility & market

Under decision 4/CMP.20 of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (FCCC/KP/CMP/2025/7/Add.1, paragraph 5), the submission of requests for issuance of new CERs was discontinued as of 30 June 2026; requests to transfer CERs to the Article 6.4 mechanism registry, cancellations and any other transactions in the CDM registry are discontinued as of 31 December 2026. This page keeps the project's record and our analysis.

What can you claim with this credit?

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  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    Not published

    This registry does not publish CORSIA eligibility per project.

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    No ICVCM information

    No CCP label and no ICVCM decision found for this project's methodology.

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

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

    Source: project sector

    Covers: the project type, not a label on individual credits

  • 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.

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2014
47,309047,309
2020
123,1600123,160
2022
28,342028,342
Total198,8110198,811

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~$15.56/tCO2

Vintage 2025

184,582 tCO2 available

checked on 11 Nov 2026

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CarbonMeld (2026). Optimisation of Kiambere Hydro Power Project (CDM-7783): CarbonMeld document-based rating, methodology v3, documents read on 21 Oct 2026. https://carbonmeld.com/projects/optimisation-of-kiambere-hydro-power-project/.

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