Soma District Heating Project- Zone 1
GS-491 ↗ · current registry ID: GS2736
#75of 1329 in Industrial#85of 295 in Turkey#169of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
The Soma District Heating Project (Zone 1) is a Gold Standard energy-efficiency project in Turkey with a clearly identified investment-test additionality assessment and a named VVB (RINA Services). The verified emissions reductions match the claimed figure exactly, and the project delivered roughly 79% of the pro-rata lifetime expectation for the elapsed monitoring period, indicating no over-crediting. However, several key parameters—buffer pool, baseline reassessment date, FNRB method, and usage-rate verification—are absent from the extracted record, and the 0% leakage deduction rests on a brief 'deemed negligible' justification without further quantification.
Red Flags
- Leakage deduction is 0% with only a 'deemed negligible' justification; for a district heating project where displaced energy could be consumed elsewhere, a more detailed quantification or explicit boundary analysis would be expected
- Baseline is project-specific and no reassessment date is recorded; while the 10-year crediting period (2014–2024) has not yet expired, the absence of any documented reassessment schedule is a gap
- CORSIA eligibility and CCP status are both unstated, leaving dual-channel or double-claiming risk unassessed
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 59,334 | 25 | 59,309 | |
| Total | 59,334 | 25 | 59,309 |
Risk Indicators
Investment test identified but VVB confirmation not explicitly recorded
no reversal events reported
0% deduction with brief 'deemed negligible' justification
Project-specific baseline; no reassessment date recorded
Grievance mechanism and benefit sharing present; FPIC not stated
CORSIA and CCP statuses both unstated
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