Orb Energy Solar Project India
GS-1152 ↗ · current registry ID: GS696
#571of 1935 in Renewable energy#274of 975 in India#283of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)#2of 10 in AMS-I.A
Audit Analysis
The Orb Energy Solar Project is a grid-connected solar thermal electricity project in India with a fundamentally sound renewable-energy claim, but it is undermined by a project-specific baseline, absence of a buffer pool, unaddressed reversal risk, and a notable volume of material findings and corrective actions across monitoring and verification reports. The ERR figures are internally consistent within the latest verification period and the project delivered roughly 110% of the pro-rata lifetime expectation, but data-quality issues and a crediting-period discrepancy reduce confidence in the overall record.
Red Flags
- Nine material findings and six corrective actions across the verification reports indicate recurring data-quality problems in the monitoring record (missing serial numbers, inconsistent installation dates, clubbed customer codes).
- No buffer pool percentage is stated and reversal events are explicitly 'not addressed' in the extracted record, leaving permanence risk unquantified for a 7-year crediting period.
- The crediting period start date differs between the 2013 verification report (2010-09-12) and the 2015 verification report (2012-09-12), and the 2015 report leaves the end date blank, creating ambiguity about the true project duration.
- Leakage justification is contradictory: the 2015 verification report states 'deemed negligible' while the 2014 monitoring report describes it as 'quantified'.
Credit Vintages Exhausted
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,482 | 1,482 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 6,827 | 6,827 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 10,264 | 10,264 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 13,120 | 13,120 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 13,396 | 13,396 | 0 | |
| Total | 45,089 | 45,089 | 0 |
Risk Indicators
Combined test in PDD; VVB confirmation not explicitly stated
Avoidance project; reversal not addressed
0% deemed negligible; minor contradiction with MR
Project-specific; no reassessment date recorded
FPIC, grievance mechanism, benefit sharing all documented
CORSIA and CCP status not stated in available documents
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