Ouarzazate II Concentrated Solar Power Project

Audit Analysis

The Ouarzazate II CSP project has a fundamentally sound design with VVB-confirmed additionality and a jurisdictional baseline, but is undermined by data-quality issues flagged in the verification report (meter calibration delays, grid emission factor inconsistencies, and multiple corrective actions). The low extraction confidence and contradictions between documents reduce confidence in the reported figures, though the underlying methodology (ACM0002 for displaced grid electricity) is well-established.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Grid emission factor used in the monitoring report is inconsistent with the approved PDD, as flagged in the verification report corrective actions
• ⚠Multiple energy meter readings are inconsistent with reported export/import/net electricity figures; import value of zero for all months deemed unrealistic by the VVB
• ⚠Benefit sharing is described in the verification report but not in the monitoring report (same date, 2024-12-16), creating an internal inconsistency
• ⚠Baseline method is stated as 'jurisdictional' in the 2024 monitoring report but 'project' in the 2019 validation report — unresolved discrepancy
• ⚠Low extraction confidence across the document set, indicating at least one key document was poorly readable

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