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Re-assessment pendingVCSEnergy industries (renewable/non-renewable sources)IndiaRegistry: RegisteredAMS-I.D

SONAWADE SMALL HYDRO POWER PROJECT

Developer: Mahati Hydro Power Projects Private Limited

VCS-1114 ↗

#1590of 5087 in Renewable energy#859of 2807 in India#723of 1608 in Verra (VCS)#567of 2003 in AMS-I.D

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 3 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 6.0 / 10 Dimension scores are locked — the faint arcs are empty tracks, not zero scores.

Scale 0–10 · method weights: integrity 35% · transparency 25% · claim safety 25% · documentation 15%.

Re-assessment pending · v2.1

Analysis

The Sonawade Small Hydro project is a registered VCS energy-generation project with a verified investment-test additionality and no material findings, but it carries moderate concerns around a project-specific baseline, an unaddressed 0% leakage deduction, and three corrective actions related to meter calibration and data consistency. The verified emissions reduction for the final monitoring period (13,036 tCO₂e) represents roughly 94% of the pro-rata expectation from the PDD lifetime estimate, indicating conservative delivery. Multiple cross-document contradictions and a medium extraction confidence temper confidence in the overall data picture.

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Findings

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On this page: the analysis of 3 Sep 2026, marked “Re-assessment pending”. Per-dimension scores, risk indicators, 4 red flags, score factors, detailed analysis, and 24 registry documents (24 analyzed).

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Eligibility & market

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Four checks buyers ask about, from the registry and the Integrity Council (ICVCM).

  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    No CORSIA label on the registry

    Not usable for airlines' CORSIA obligations.

    Source: registry label

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Methodology not approved by ICVCMAMS-I.D

    The Integrity Council assessed this methodology as not meeting the Core Carbon Principles.

    Source: ICVCM assessment

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

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

    Source: project sector

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    No Article 6 authorization

    No corresponding adjustment: the host country can also count this reduction towards its own target.

    Source: registry label

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.

Registry labels last checked:2026-10-25

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2010
34,55734,306251
2012
27,03727,0370
2013
19,77319,7730
2014
16,19616,1960
2015
15,28815,2880
2016
14,57014,5700
2017
15,4367,3538,083
2018
14,00212,7901,212
2019
5,26005,260
2020
6,56406,564
Total168,683147,31321,370

Methodology versions used

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

  1. 2010–2012AMS-I.D v17.0since replaced by v18.0

    verification report

    official page · verified on

  2. 2012–2018AMS-I.D v17.0since replaced by v18.0

    verification report

    official page · verified on

  3. 2018–2020AMS-I.Dversion not confirmed in the document text

    monitoring report

  • AMS-I.D: Active (CDM / UNFCCC) · official page · verified on

A version is shown only when the document's own text writes it next to the methodology code. Current versions, status and CCP ranges come from the official pages linked, checked on the date shown.

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