Solar thermal power plant by Godawari Green Energy Limited (GS3429 CER to VER conversion)

Audit Analysis

A solar thermal electricity project in India with VVB-confirmed additionality and conservative verified emissions reductions (67% of pro-rata expectation), but undermined by significant contradictions in baseline method, lifetime ERR estimates, and leakage justification across documents. Multiple material findings and corrective actions indicate documentation quality issues, and the absence of a documented buffer pool or permanence mechanism is a notable gap for an avoidance-type project.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Lifetime ex-ante ERR estimate differs by a factor of ~5 between the PDD (1,131,600 tCO2e) and the 2016 monitoring report (230,040 tCO2e), with no documented explanation for the revision
• ⚠Baseline method is described as 'project-specific' in the verification report but 'jurisdictional' in the monitoring report — a fundamental methodological contradiction
• ⚠Leakage deduction is 0% with justification described as 'quantified' in the verification report but 'deemed negligible' in the monitoring report — internally inconsistent
• ⚠Multiple material findings in the 2019 verification report: missing calibration certificates, missing ER cross-check sheet, missing feeder-wise location details, and use of an outdated MR template

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