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ScoredVCSEnergy industries (renewable/non-renewable sources)MoroccoRegistry: RegisteredACM0002

Ouarzazate II Concentrated Solar Power Project

Developer: Numerco Limited

VCS-2004 ↗

#107of 5087 in Renewable energy#1of 24 in Morocco#162of 1608 in Verra (VCS)#104of 3484 in ACM0002

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

Ouarzazate II Concentrated Solar Power Project (Morocco) generates grid-connected renewable electricity (parabolic Trough, 200 MW) under ACM0002 version 19.0; registry status Registered (VCS), 607,006 credits issued (vintages 2018–2023). The documents name 4K Earth Science Private Limited as validation body and 4K Earth Science Private Limited (2018-04-25 – 2019-12-31), KBS Certification Services Ltd (2020-01-01 – 2023-12-31) as verification bodies. The documents estimate 406,293 tCO2e per year. The latest verification report (01-January-2020 – 31-December-2023) verifies 1,278,703 tCO2e. The latest monitoring period achieved 79% of its ex-ante estimate (per the monitoring report).

Red Flags

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Findings

Risk Indicators

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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)

    Pilot phase only (2021–2023)

    Eligible only for the pilot phase: not usable for the current 2024–2026 phase.

    Source: registry label

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Methodology not approved by ICVCMACM0002

    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
2018
172,4700172,470
2019
384,236151,405232,831
2023
50,300050,300
Total607,006151,405455,601

Methodology versions used

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

  1. 2018–2019ACM0002the documents for this period state different versions (v19.0, v20.0)

    monitoring report + verification report

  2. 2020–2023ACM0002 v19.0since replaced by v22.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  3. Period not statedACM0002 v19.0since replaced by v22.0

    verification report

    official page · verified on

  • ACM0002: Active (CDM / UNFCCC) · official page · verified on

A version is shown only when the document's own text writes it next to the methodology code. Current versions, status and CCP ranges come from the official pages linked, checked on the date shown.

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Analysis ProvenanceACM0002 version 19.0

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