Soma-Polat Wind Farm Project
GS-703 ↗ · current registry ID: GS398
#398of 1935 in Renewable energy#86of 295 in Turkey#170of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)#302of 1287 in ACM0002
Audit Analysis
The Soma-Polat Wind Farm is a Gold Standard wind project with VVB-confirmed additionality and no inherent permanence risk, but it carries a significant number of documentation corrections (18 CARs, 22 corrective actions) and eight inter-document contradictions that erode confidence in the underlying data. The verified emissions reductions exceed the claimed figure, suggesting conservative crediting, yet the baseline method is inconsistently described across documents and several key eligibility fields remain unstated.
Red Flags
- Eight contradictions between documents, including conflicting baseline methods (project-specific in the 2025 verification report vs. jurisdictional in the PDD) and conflicting additionality test types (barrier vs. combined)
- 18 Corrective Action Requests and 22 outstanding corrective actions, including turbine identification errors, employment record discrepancies, and PDD template errors
- CCP status and CORSIA eligibility are not stated in any available document, leaving dual-channel risk unassessed
- Grid emission factor differs between the 2025 verification report (0.597) and the 2025 validation report (0.6763), with no clear reconciliation
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 13,808 | 13,808 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 94,247 | 94,247 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 132,777 | 131,827 | 950 | |
| 2012 | 237,630 | 237,630 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 257,882 | 257,882 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 210,666 | 161,130 | 49,536 | |
| 2015 | 244,505 | 244,505 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 261,061 | 261,061 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 224,322 | 211,024 | 13,298 | |
| 2018 | 234,678 | 234,678 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 234,770 | 187,393 | 47,377 | |
| 2020 | 243,613 | 156,134 | 87,479 | |
| 2021 | 251,271 | 5,025 | 246,246 | |
| 2022 | 268,949 | 0 | 268,949 | |
| 2023 | 98,726 | 0 | 98,726 | |
| Total | 3,008,905 | 2,196,344 | 812,561 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed barrier test (2025 VR)
Wind project, no reversal risk, no events reported
0% deduction, justification inconsistent across reports
Project-specific vs. jurisdictional contradiction
Grievance mechanism and benefit sharing present; FPIC not conducted
CCP and CORSIA status not stated in available documents
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