OSMANCIK HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT

Audit Analysis

The Osmancık Hydroelectric Power Plant is a registered VCS small-hydro project with a confirmed investment-test additionality and no inherent reversal risk, but its data quality is undermined by ten cross-document contradictions, five material findings, over twenty corrective actions, and a low extraction confidence rating. The most consequential issue is a 25% discrepancy in the grid emission factor between the PDD (0.4476) and the verification report (0.562), which directly affects the magnitude of claimed credits. Leakage is treated as a 0% deduction with the justification described as 'not addressed' in the most recent verification report, leaving a gap in the integrity case.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Grid emission factor contradicts between the PDD (0.4476, 2024-09) and the verification report (0.562, 2024-08), a 25% difference that materially changes the credit quantity
• ⚠Leakage deduction is 0% and the most recent verification report (2024-08) records the justification as 'not addressed', whereas the earlier verification report (2023-05) called it 'deemed negligible'
• ⚠Baseline method is recorded as 'project' in the 2023 verification report but 'jurisdictional' in the 2024 monitoring report, creating ambiguity about the baseline construction
• ⚠Five material findings in the verification report include an incorrect rated discharge value, a unit error (MWh instead of MW), and contradictory deviation statements
• ⚠Minimum extraction confidence is rated 'low', indicating at least one key document was poorly readable and the reliability of extracted figures is reduced

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.