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Run-of-the-river Hydroelectric Power Project in Uttarakhand by Alaknanda Hydro Power Company Limited.

Standard
CDM
Methodology
ACM0002 (CDM)
Registry
CDM-4776 ↗ · Registered
Country
India
Credit type
Hydro
Vintage
2013

CarbonMeld's document-based rating gives Run-of-the-river Hydroelectric Power Project in Uttarakhand by Alaknanda Hydro Power Company Limited. (CDM-4776) 3.4 out of 10 (Very low rating) under CarbonMeld methodology v3, documents read on 21 Oct 2026. The analysis read 13 of the 15 registry documents. It is CarbonMeld's own assessment, not a rating given by the registry or the standard.

Assessment

Document-based rating

3.4/10

Very low rating (under 3.5)

Evidence coverage: medium

How solid the credit is, as far as the registry's public documents show. 5.0 is the neutral point, where no public source says good or bad.

Methodology v3 · documents read on 21 Oct 2026

Starting point

  • Additionality: CCQI's score for this type of project
  • Quantification: CCQI's score for this type of project
  • Claim safety: neutral (5.0) — no public grade of this type of project is used

Not counted in the number

  • The oldest vintage still on sale, the content of the safeguards and the verifier's quality: not among the facts read

How this analysis was made

Our method
CarbonMeld methodology v3 · documents read on 21 Oct 2026 · 13/15 registry documents read

Analysis

Run-of-the-river Hydroelectric Power Project in Uttarakhand by Alaknanda Hydro Power Company Limited (India) generates grid-connected renewable electricity (hydro, 4 turbines of 82.5 MW = 330 MW) under ACM0002 version 12.1; registry status Registered (CDM), 6,196,321 credits issued in 2021–2022. The documents name Bureau Veritas Certification as validation / verification body. The latest monitoring report (2020-02-01 – 2020-12-31) reports 1,112,512 tCO2e achieved.

Eligibility & market

Under decision 4/CMP.20 of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (FCCC/KP/CMP/2025/7/Add.1, paragraph 5), the submission of requests for issuance of new CERs was discontinued as of 30 June 2026; requests to transfer CERs to the Article 6.4 mechanism registry, cancellations and any other transactions in the CDM registry are discontinued as of 31 December 2026. The UNEP-CCC Article 6 Pipeline (checked 2 Nov 2026) lists a request to move this activity to the Article 6.4 mechanism and no approval of it; approvals were due by 30 June 2026 (decision 20/CMA.7, paragraph 25). This page keeps the project's record and our analysis.

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  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    Not published

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  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    No ICVCM information

    No CCP label and no ICVCM decision found for this project's methodology.

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

    Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.

    Source: project sector

    Covers: the project type, not a label on individual credits

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    Not published

    This registry does not publish Article 6 authorizations.

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.

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2021
1,280,16601,280,166
2022
4,916,15504,916,155
Total6,196,32106,196,321

Methodology versions used

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

  1. 2013–2016ACM0002 v12.1since replaced by v22.0

    monitoring report

    official page · verified on

  2. 2013–2018ACM0002 v12.1since replaced by v22.0

    monitoring report

    official page · verified on

  3. 2016–2017ACM0002 v12.1since replaced by v22.0

    monitoring report

    official page · verified on

  4. 2017–2018ACM0002 v12.1since replaced by v22.0

    monitoring report

    official page · verified on

  5. 2018–2020ACM0002 v12.0since replaced by v22.0

    monitoring report

    official page · verified on

  6. 2020ACM0002 v12.1since replaced by v22.0

    monitoring report

    official page · verified on

  7. Period not statedACM0002version not stated in the document

    issuance document

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

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CarbonMeld (2026). Run-of-the-river Hydroelectric Power Project in Uttarakhand by Alaknanda Hydro Power Company Limited. (CDM-4776): CarbonMeld document-based rating, methodology v3, documents read on 21 Oct 2026. https://carbonmeld.com/projects/run-of-the-river-hydroelectric-power-project-in-uttarakhand-by-alaknanda-hydro-p-cdm-4776/.

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