"Waste Heat Recovery project" at Saraikela, Kharsavan, Jharkhand by M/s Kohinoor Steel Private Limited

Audit Analysis

A CDM waste heat recovery project at a steel plant in Jharkhand, India, validated by TÜV NORD CERT with a confirmed combined additionality test and a standard ACM0004 methodology. The project's core design is sound, but seven corrective action requests during validation, a single short monitoring period delivering only ~70% of the pro-rata expectation, and several unquantified parameters (FNRB, usage rate, verified ERR) limit confidence in the credit claims.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Seven corrective action requests (CARs) in the validation report, including missing baseline justification, unclear additionality barriers, and an unrealistic crediting period start date — all rectified but indicating weak initial documentation
• ⚠The monitoring report (May–Dec 2008) reports 22,976 tCO2e against a pro-rata expectation of ~32,770 tCO2e for that 7-month window, implying the project delivered only ~70% of the expected reduction in the first period
• ⚠Internal contradiction within the same monitoring report: baseline method described as both 'project-specific' and 'jurisdictional'
• ⚠No verified ERR figure found in the extracted record; only the PDD ex-ante estimate (393,235 tCO2e lifetime) and one monitoring-period figure (22,976 tCO2e) are available

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.