Solar Power Project by Dalmia Cement in Assam

Audit Analysis

A VCS-registered solar power project (AM0123) by Dalmia Cement in Assam with a jurisdictional grid baseline and VVB-confirmed additionality, but the verification report flags eight corrective actions covering double-claiming risk, captive-user definition, project boundary scope, and stakeholder consultation timing. The project delivered roughly 90% of its pro-rata ex-ante expectation for the first monitoring period, which is within normal solar variability, yet the unresolved material findings and documentation quality issues temper confidence in the credit's integrity.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Material finding CL 04 explicitly raises a double-claiming and Scope 3 emissions concern that has not been resolved in the available documents
• ⚠Eight corrective actions remain open, including defining the captive user, demonstrating VCS eligibility via wheeling, and removing BESS/hydro emissions from the project boundary
• ⚠Stakeholder consultation dates were found to be inconsistent with VCS standard timing requirements relative to project start
• ⚠Contradiction between the PDD (benefit sharing described) and the verification report (not described) leaves community benefit claims unverified

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.