Outapi Pv Plant
#275of 1935 in Renewable energy#1of 8 in Namibia#128of 1339 in Verra (VCS)#99of 806 in AMS-I.D
Audit Analysis
The Outapi PV Plant is a standard VCS renewable energy project with a well-established investment-test additionality confirmed by the VVB and a jurisdictional grid-emission-factor baseline. However, three Corrective Action Requests during verification—including reliance on a check meter due to missing main-meter calibration proof, inclusion of pre-crediting-period generation, and an internal inconsistency in the grid emission factor—introduce moderate data-quality concerns that temper an otherwise conventional credit profile.
Red Flags
- Calibration proof for the main meter could not be provided; generation data for the 2023–2025 verification relied solely on a check meter (verification report, 2025-10-07).
- Net power generation included output from June 2018, before the official crediting-period start of 1 July 2018 (corrective action in verification report).
- The grid emission factor applied in the monitoring report was inconsistent with the value used in the supporting Excel workbook (corrective action in verification report).
- Leakage justification is inconsistent across documents: the 2022 verification report records it as 'not addressed' while the 2025 monitoring report states 'deemed negligible'—no quantitative leakage analysis is present in either.
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3,773 | 3,773 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 4,436 | 4,436 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 7,678 | 7,678 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 10,006 | 10,006 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 11,140 | 5,646 | 5,494 | |
| 2023 | 10,797 | 0 | 10,797 | |
| 2024 | 11,363 | 0 | 11,363 | |
| 2025 | 2,511 | 0 | 2,511 | |
| Total | 61,704 | 31,539 | 30,165 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed investment test
Generation project, no reversal risk
0% deduction, justification inconsistent across docs
Jurisdictional grid EF, standard method
FPIC, grievance mechanism, safeguards documented
CORSIA and CCP status not stated
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